[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 …
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44EaTcV_-4o]Here’s an interview in which I discuss a company that appears to have made a considerable breakthrough in zinc-air batteries, enabling the sale of product at $160/kWh. If this is “for real,” which I believe it is, the potentials …
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[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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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. …
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[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 …
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[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. …
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 …
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 …
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