Tag: EV range

My response to the reader who sent me the meme here: You need to stick with subject matter that doesn’t involve math or science. The average price of electricity in the U.S. is $0.11/kWh. The range of an EV with …

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From this article, sent to my by 2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gay Tulie Lithium batteries will soon power electric vehicles traveling 2,000 km (1,242 miles) on a single charge, say the team at (Australia’s) Brighsun New Energy. The company is preparing for …

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Taxis seem to be among the worst possible applications for electric vehicles, since they’re constantly on the go, with no defined routes, thus range and charging times represent huge issues.  (The exception here, of course, is taxis that are based …

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As suggested in this article comparing the total cost of ownership of a Nissan LEAF and a Nissan Juke, electric vehicle owners save a considerable amount over the life of their cars, due primarily to the significant savings in fuel …

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Here’s an article that presents some specious logic associated with electric vehicle adoption.  In particular, the greening of conventional vehicles militates away from, not towards, the adoption of EVs; the payback in fuel consumption for an EV is far more …

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Here’s a piece of idiotic reporting on electric vehicles that I thought I’d share.  Apparently, a survey shows that current EV customers are quite happy with their purchase, but a large number of non-EV drivers (the report doesn’t quantify this) don’t like …

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Here’s a consumer-oriented piece from the U.S. Department of Energy: 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Electric Vehicles.  Nicely done. There are a couple of issues with EVs, however, that make this a trickier issue than the article implies: • Even …

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