[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzZzqv1zFyo&w=445&h=364] Here, I interview FunRide’s Pat Mahan on some of the new ideas that are at the forefront of the concept of car sharing. I offer Pat what I thought was a terrific idea: car sharing on college campuses to …
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Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles and the Traditional Automakers
I want to call readers’ attention to the discussion on what I think is one of the hottest and most important topics in clean energy: the EV adoption curve and the sincerity of the OEMs in building and selling EVs. …
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FunRide: Car Sharing with a Twist – Alternative Fuel Vehicles – Part Four in a Series
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV4PvVhIgGA&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] FunRide‘s Pat Mahan explains that his company represents “car sharing with a twist,” i.e., a fleet of 100% alternative fuel vehicles. I first came across this company years ago when I first set out to learn something about …
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Car Sharing — Social Benefits — Part Three in a Series
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhJgObXAA1Q&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1] Pat Mahan of FunRide discusses the social benefits of car sharing with me on a recent airing of the 2GreenEnergy Report. In my mind, the degree to which car sharing is successful is an indicator of the degree …
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How Sincere Are the Large Auto OEMs in Their Integration of Electric Vehicles?
My friend Paul Scott of Plug-in America has me convinced that the large auto OEMs – the Nissans and GMs of the world – are sincere in their integration of electric vehicles. But watching this process unfold surely does test …
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What Is FunRide? Car Sharing and Alternative Fuel Vehicles — Part 2 in a Series
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtxpBvM-v0&w=445&h=364] Here’s another snippet of my talk with Pat Mahan from FunRide. Here, he talks about his organization, which offers car sharing and alternative fueled vehicles. I ran across FunRide a couple of years ago in meetings I had with …
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Car Sharing with Alternative Fuel Vehicles – Part One
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYJzpN22pzg&w=445&h=364] Here’s Funride’s Pat Mahan speaking with me about car sharing and alternative fuel vehicles on a recent episode of the 2GreenEnergy Report. Car sharing is an important phenomenon, insofar as it reduces the net number of cars that are …
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Why I Wouldn't Buy Tesla
Tesla, the electric sports-car manufacturer, had a very successful IPO yesterday and today the stock continues to rise. Personally, I wouldn’t go near it. Battery technology still has a long way to go. When it does get there –probably in …
EMCycle – Cool E-bike Design for Eco-sensitive Drivers
Michael Scholey, CEO of e-bike start-up EMCycle, visited me on the 2GreenEnergy report for a show we taped yesterday, to be aired shortly. As you’ll see in the show, EMCycle boasts a cool, futuristic design for eco-sensitive drivers of short …
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Electric Bicycles on the 2GreenEnergy Report
Tuesday afternoon I’m headed to the television studio – Channel 6 — in beautiful Ventura, CA for my monthly taping of a couple of shows of the 2GreenEnergy report. My first guest is the CEO of Emcycle – an e-bike …
