Tag: Electric Vehicles

Here’s a “TED Talk” recorded just last month featuring Elon Musk, the driving force behind PayPal, then Tesla Motors, SpaceX, and Solar City.  What a wild ride it is to listen to a guy who thinks at this level.  He …

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Tourism is an important part of the economy; it creates jobs and brings in outside money to a community. The problem is that by its very nature, tourism can be harsh on the environment as lots of energy and resources …

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A bit of predictable news in the electric vehicle space: GM will soon offer a 200-mile battery EV, and Coda Automotive is imploding under the weight of its stupidity and arrogance, leaving a few (gullible) suppliers with unpaid debts. The comments …

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The history of Toyota Crown dated back to 1950’s when the company launched its first Crown car. This car was launched for the local Japanese market and it was not an international appearance which means that the car was limited …

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A young, bright, and extremely respectful friend sent me  this video on supercapacitors a few hours ago.  And, since he had been very active in communicating with me lately, he wrote, “Tell me to shut up if I get to be …

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A friend sent me this piece on Solar City and Honda, asking if I’d seen it. Yes, I did. But “why Honda?” is a good question, I would think. They DO have a battery EV – “The Fit EV,” but …

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The mayor of New York City wants to install 10,000 EV charging stations. Yikes.  I hate to sound unsupportive, but the last thing I want on that island is a car – of any type.  When I have meetings in …

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Frequent commenter and alternative fuels expert Ben Thorp responds to my piece on electric transportation the other day, noting: Energy efficiency … may be the largest issue if saving fossil fuel or the global environment is a major concern. The …

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A friend sent me this article on the adoption of electric vehicles for my comment. Like so many other things, there are two sides to the “EV” coin, but, as I told him, this piece was written for the lowest possible …

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In this video, FedEx acknowledges that the importance of “going green” isn’t as great in the mind of the typical American consumer as it was a few years ago, but notes that it’s at least as important in the mind …

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