Category: Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

BIOVOLT PICKUP TRUCKS — A conceptual offering — by Jim Miller 1. OVERVIEW Do you want a light pickup truck which gets 60 to 120 miles per gallon of fuel? So do we. Do you want that pickup powerful enough …

BIOVOLT TRUCK — from Guest-Blogger Jim Miller Read More »

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One can argue that the Tesla Roadster is just too much: too fast, too small, and way too expensive, for starters. It’s harder to make the same claim about the Tesla Model S, due out next year. A full-sized sedan …

Think the Tesla Roadster Is Just “Too Much?” Check Out the Model S Read More »

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I honestly don’t know what to make of supposedly honest and professional reporters who write articles that deliberately misrepresent the case for electric vehicles. Here’s Forbes Magazine’s recent piece Electric Cars Are An Extraordinarily Bad Idea, by Louis Woodhill. And here’s …

Forbes Magazine Deliberately Misrepresents the Case for Electric Vehicles Read More »

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I always look forward to the AltCarExpo in Santa Monica each year. It’s rather like one of the major auto shows, but without all the flashing lights, loud noises, “booth-babes” – and, more to the point, all the gas- and …

Some Dubious Advice from the AltCarExpo Read More »

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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V3DnBFkUec&w=420&h=315] The total world market for electric bicycles is exploding, spurred in large measure by the huge urban populations of China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and the rest of Southeast Asia. Add to that the demand created by a growing …

Great Design in Electric Bicycles: Investors Welcome Read More »

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There are some highly respected thinkers who completely and vocally reject the idea of electric vehicles. I spoke recently with John Petersen of SeekingAlpha.com fame, whose recent article: “It’s Time To Kill The Electric Car, Drive A Stake Through Its …

Electric Vehicles: If You’re Looking for Harmony and Consensus, Seek Elsewhere Read More »

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V3DnBFkUec]Here’s a short video in which I discuss a terrific investment opportunity I’ve encountered — a wonderful design for an electric bicycle. Even the “EV doubters” believe that e-bikes are going to become an increasingly important component of transportation …

Electric Bike: Terrific Design — and Investment Opportunity Read More »

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A few weeks ago, I was one of a lucky few to be invited to Seattle, the home of electrical distributor North Coast Electric Company, for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Energy Transfer Merchant (“ETM,” a play on “ATM”), a …

“Energy Transfer Merchant” Offers Cutting-Edge EV Charging Station Read More »

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As my client John Collings and I contemplate the future of his business, EV Profiler, and the way we need to present it to the market, we turn our attention to the basic message: removing the concept of range anxiety …

The EV Profiler Puts an End to that Nagging Question: Will an Electric Vehicle Work for Me? Read More »

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I have a very brilliant friend, Dr. Boris Monahov, who lives in Bulgaria and does a great deal of advanced battery research all around the world.  I met him at the Energy Storage show a month or so back, and …

Electric Vehicles Make Kinder, Gentler Drivers Read More »

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