Tag: electric vehicle adoption curve

Question:  What’s depicted in the map at left? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance:  The EV adoption curve is based on a complex set of variables, but this one’s critical.    

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In addition to all the practical considerations associated with the electric vehicle adoption curve, there is the “cool factor.”  But that’s a little nebulous, isn’t it?  The subject of “what makes something cool” has been studied exhaustively, and it’s unclear …

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2GreenEnergy supporter Gary Tulie writes from Buckinghamshire, England as follows:  Hi Craig, Panda New Energy has just placed what has to be the biggest order yet for electric cars – They have ordered 250,000 cars for $12 billion from Nevs, a …

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Here’s an article on emerging battery technologies that will greatly improve the calculus under which electric vehicles will be adopted into the mainstream, focusing on the work IBM is doing in lithium-air. After some level of technical analysis, the author …

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Over a cold beverage during the holidays, my brother Geoff (terrific person) came to ask me about my level of satisfaction with what I’m doing here at 2GreenEnergy. “It’s a mixed bag,” I told him, candidly. “It’s a combination of …

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I’m always interested in articles that speculate on the “electric vehicle adoption curve,” i.e., the pace at which EVs will be integrated into our transportation mix. Here’s a piece by Steven Cohen, Executive Director, Columbia University’s Earth Institute, that concludes …

Electric Vehicles Will Hit Hard, Fast and Expectedly. Who Predicted 10 Years Ago that 5 Billion Of Us Would Have Cell Phones? Read More »

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A reader who predicts a slow EV adoption curve writes: Americans are addicted to not only to oil but also to driving.  Most Americans see automobiles as freedom to do whatever, whenever they like. They do not like to be restricted …

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I commented last week on the Wall Street Journal’s article on Nissan’s electric vehicle – the Leaf.  The author points out that Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn has made this commitment “without even knowing if people will buy them.”  Every time …

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw9CPtvysTI&w=445&h=364] In this segment of the 2GreenEnergy Report, Plug-In America’s Paul Scott speaks with me on one of my favorite subjects: the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve. Readers may have noticed that I’ve try to get at this subject “eight ways …

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I spent the better part of yesterday afternoon in a television studio in Ventura, interviewing Plug-In America vice president and co-founder Paul Scott. Paul had generously committed the time, and drove his Toyota RAV-4 EV up from Santa Monica for …

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