It’s clear that inductive charging will someday replace the “plugging in” experience for the EV driver. Qualcomm’s purchase of Halo a few years ago was a clear signal to me that this idea has some real push behind it, as …
A Reasonable Amount of Low-Hanging Fruit for Electric Vehicles Read More »
The idea of cordless charging for electric vehicles has been around for more than a decade now, and several car makers, including Nissan, GM and Volvo, have tried to develop a system that would be able to charge cars without …
From Guest Blogger Jordan: Volvo Takes an Important Step Towards Cordless EV Charging Read More »
There are plenty of benefits offered by electric cars, alongside a number of challenges that they still face. Here are some of the main ones. Tiny Running Costs Once you’ve got the upfront cost of purchasing the car out of …
From UK Guest Blogger “Search” — Electric Cars Are The Future! Or Are They? Read More »
Here’s a general article on electric transportation in the U.S. — strangely in “SeekingAlpha” — a blog site associated with the minute details that drive stock prices. I thought I’d present it here because of the cool maps that show …
Fast-Charging Stations Are Strategic To the Success of Electric Transportation Read More »
Here’s an article that discusses the rise of electric transportation and the effects that this will have on the grid. I have two issues with it: 1) The author erroneously notes that EV charging could cause a 43% increase in …
Frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes on my recent post concerning the EV adoption rate: Your source states that 67,200 EV’s have been sold this year, but that number is a worldwide total sales figure. Total worldwide sales of ICE’s are …
One of the email lists I am on is an organization’s called “Operation Free,” a group of former military personnel who believe that eliminating our use of oil is paramount for our national security. In a missive I received from …
From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Migrating to Renewable Energy and Getting Off Oil Read More »
Here’s an article that speaks to the challenge of creating a viable infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicles. The problem at its core is a Catch 22: EVs will not become popular without such an infrastructure, but the return …
Catch 22: Building the Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure Read More »
It looks like this transition to electric transportation is taking root in the U.S. August was the first month that sales topped 10,000 units. I’ve always said that this transition has the potential to happen very quickly, once word-of-mouth sets …
As my colleague Jon Lesage notes in his newsletter, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may be changing the way it does its MPG (miles per gallon) calculations. Recent news has shown large gaps between claims and truth in the …
The EPA’s MPG Ratings for Electric Vehicles – Essentially Meaningless Read More »
