Electric Vehicles
My first stop on my trip north (San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver) last week was to EV start-up Saba Motors. I had met CEO Simon Saba a few weeks earlier when he approached me after the talk I gave at the …
Saba Motors Boasts Light-weight Electric Vehicle Design Read More »
One of the lessons we learn as we go through life is how much tougher things actually are than they initially appear. I was a reasonably athletic person as a young man, and I thought surfing might come easy. Wrong. …
Pi Mobility – An E-bike Design with — Get This — Nothing Wrong! Read More »
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5Q1ZxQw-AQ&w=500&h=405]I was pleased to have EMCycle CEO Michael Scholey on the 2GreenEnergy Report recently discussing electric bicycles with me. I believe that he’ll have considerable success with his own unique product in this exciting market space, and I thought he …
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXd-xk-rCRU&w=445&h=364] Do you have a clean energy story that you’d like to tell the world? One day each month, I shoot a series of short television shows called the “2GreenEnergy Video Report” in which I interview folks with interesting stories …
Electric Transportation, Fossil Fuels, and “Internalizing the Externalities” Read More »
I had the pleasure of meeting Michael Pesin of the local power utility up here in Northwestern Washington State: Seattle City Light, at the launch of my client EV4’s new product, the “Energy Transfer Merchant.” I thought this conversation was …
Are Electric Vehicles Really “Green?” — Another Viewpoint Read More »
Here’s local news coverage of the event my client EV4 asked me to attend yesterday: the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Energy Transfer Merchant, a futuristic, multi-function EV charging station. I found it interesting that the Pacific Northwest’s largest distributor of …
One of our 2GreenEnergy clients in the electric vehicle charging sector has asked me to be a part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their latest product release this Wednesday in Seattle. And when a client asks for my participation, of …
Kicking Off a New Idea in Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Read More »
Here’s another note on the value of electric vehicles vs. internal combustion engines. I’m intrigued with the points that Glenn Doty has raised regarding the spurious logic that the DoE and others have used in their “well to wheels” comparisons. …
Electric Vehicles vs. Internal Combustion Engines — Ensuring the Comparison is Fair Read More »
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dx2YbkUcEk&w=420&h=345] Here, I present a summary of a business plan that would implement a terrific design concept in electric bicycles. I met these folks when I was moderating a panel discussion at the Alt Car Expo in 2009, and …
Electric Bicycle — Terrific Design Concept, Business Plan Read More »
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrq938qFp7w&w=420&h=345] I’m not an auto manufacturing guy, but I’m closely connected with some of the top people in this field. They’ve come together with a business plan that, when implemented, will build high-quality but inexpensive light-duty electric pick-up trucks. …
