Electric Vehicles
Glenn Doty is a vital part of Doty Windfuels, a company with a terrific future in synthetic fuels made from off-peak wind energy, water, and CO2. I’ve written about them extensively; they’ve been a wonderful client, whose business plan I …
Are Electric Vehicles an Eco-friendly Replacement for Internal Combustion Engines? Read More »
I’ve driven a few high-performance sports cars in my day. I never owned anything more powerful than my current (ancient) BMW 540i, but I drove several of the Maseratis of the 1990s, before their regrettable hiatus on importing them to …
I decided to take the train to Los Angeles this morning, rather than driving. Even though this takes a bit longer, it has numerous benefits: I certainly did right by the world by not using the gas, and I was able …
When I have a few extra minutes, I blog on a range of other energy-related sites. A reader of one of these, EnergyCollective.com, writes: Great article (meaning this one). It’s unfortunate that this piece couldn’t have been written ten years …
Electric Transportation — Why Now and Not Decades Ago? Read More »
I know not everyone studies the well-to-wheels comparisons of fuel sources for transportation, and that there are people who harbor grave misunderstanding in the area. Here, frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes: With our current grid, nearly 100% of the energy …
Studies on Auto Emissions Favor Electric Vehicles Read More »
Here’s a piece I just wrote for a client: “EV Profiler.” Hope you enjoy. If you’re interested, please let me know. It would certainly be foolish to underestimate the challenge the world faces in migrating to electric transportation. Just like …
We Face Challenges in Migrating to Electric Transportation Read More »
I’ve begun delivering a consulting action for my client, the “EV Profiler.” Imagine, if you will, a device placed in your current car that provides a super-accurate report on the amount of energy you consume in your day-to-day driving. Based …
“EV Profiler” — a Powerful Sales Tool for Electric Vehicles Read More »
Here’s an article on electric transportation I just put on Clean Energy Wonk, in which I express my continuing bullishness on the subject.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q7prldEBpo&w=425&h=349] Here’s the presentation — including the audio track — that I made to the Electric Vehicle Summit at the Biltmore Hotel in downtown Los Angeles last week. In essence, my point is that, though I’m bullish on the …
The talk I gave at the Electric Vehicle Summit last week is linked here, including the PowerPoint as well as the audio track. I concluded it with a reminder that, in terms of the EV adoption curve, we don’t really …
Electric Vehicle Adoption — What Do We Really Know? Read More »
