Electric Vehicles
I was a middle-aged man in 2005 when Aptera was formed and began to accept investors’ cash. Now I’m older, grayer, and, in the back of my mind, wondering how much longer this can continue. I’m likely to go to …
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The ridiculous claims made by cleantech scammers are made possible by Americans’ amazing level of ignorance when it comes to science. Ask yourself how it is remotely possible that driving a hydrogen fuel-cell based car purifies the air.
At left is a screen shot from this video that suggests that we will soon have robots to fill our gas tanks. That means that somewhere, someone thinks there will be enormous investments in this infrastructure that will pay for …
As shown in the video below, an auto analyst, “Elliot” takes a spin in Toyota’s Japan-only electric kei car: the C+Pod, and asks, “Could this tiny EV be the affordable electric car we’ve been waiting for, and a sign that …
A reader sent me this pic and notes: Welp, time for my regularly scheduled bi-monthly “am I gonna make it to the gas station” panic. My advice: Find out how large your gas tank is and how many gallons of …
Here’s a company looking for investors. And who wouldn’t jump at a chance? They claim to have solved a very real problem, i.e., how to enable EV owners who live in apartments to charge their cars. They write: Power Hero …
Right this minute, you’re reading the words of someone who has reviewed a couple of thousand cleantech business plans, and over the last 14 years in this endeavor, who’s developed a few guiding principles to simplify matters. One is that …
Is This a Solution to EV Charging? It’s Impossible to Know. Read More »
In 2009 I interviewed one of the early developers of electric transportation, Wayne Goldman, whose daughter just called me to tell me of his passing. He will be missed. Above is a link to our initial conversation.
When a friend sent me a link to his concept for a solar-powered car, I thought immediately of all the ideas I’ve come across that are built on the misunderstanding that electric motors with horsepower ratings that enable open-road driving …
Re: the ad here, I wrote, “We need a new internal combustion engine like we need faster biplanes. What type of moron buys into this?” Reader Andrew Dean replies: “Literally everyone smart enough to know that electric cars are NOT …
Should You Invest in a New Internal Combustion Engine? Read More »
