In this edition of Green Auto Digest, my colleague Jon LeSage (pictured) gets at an issue that struck me when I first got interested in electric transportation: the EPA’s mile-per-gallon ratings. We seem married to assigning MPG equivalents to EVs, even …
Tag: Chevy Volt
Fuel Costs for Chevy Volt Are Quite Appealing
Here’s an article on the per-mile cost of driving the (plug-in hybrid or “range-extended” hybrid) Chevy Volt, written by a Volt owner who, apparently, keeps track assiduously. Because his daily commute to work is inside the battery-only range and he …
Low Price of BMW's All-electric i3 Causes a Stir
Writing for the Motley Fool, Katie Spence opines that the low price ($41,350 less incentives) for the neat little BMW i3 (pictured here) is seriously bad news for competitors of various types. The most obvious, head-on-head player is the Nissan …
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Prospective Electric Vehicle Owners Analyze Break-Even Point on Fuel Costs
Cameron Atwood writes: I recall seeing figures indicating the $45k Volt pays off the difference in savings on gas over electric cost over its ICE (internal combustion engine) brethren in six years. That’s not especially dismal. It depends on how …
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Extended Range Electric Vehicles and Plug-in Hybrids
Frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: Craig, EREVs (extended range electric vehicles), are not simply ‘Plug-in hybrids’. The GM Volt is an astonishing example of US engineering, and advanced technology. All Americans should feel proud of the GM Volt. I have to …
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Plug-In Hybrids: Now THAT’S Complexity
Here’s a wonderful video that explains the multiple drivetrains at work in the Chevy Volt. A couple of immediate impressions: 1) No wonder the price on this sucker is $41K, with all that going on. The bill of materials (costs …
Big Advancements in Electric Vehicle Batteries
A reader asks my opinion of Envia Systems‘ lithium-ion battery. I reply: If these claims are true, it’s a really important breakthrough — potentially even more significant than that of my friends at Eos Energy Storage. The number one issue …
Predicting the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
[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 …
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2GreenEnergy Video Report: Electric Transportation
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZm4idH5kzc&w=480&h=390] Here, 2GreenEnergy Video Report host George Alger interviews me on the subject of electric transportation. We cover fuel-cell and battery EVs, the most likely consumer adoption curve, and the imperative on the part of the OEMs to begin …
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[The Vector] Chevy Volt – A Vehicle with Scarcity Value
For all the attention it is receiving, the Chevrolet Volt is not going to change much about the typical vehicle GM sells.
