I happen to be looking through an issue of Car and Driver yesterday and noticed their discussion of the EPA’s struggle to measure and report MPG ratings for plug-in hybrids. Apparently, there are people who fail to realize that this …
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Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicle Safety
Jim Stack writes in: Nissan is taking care of this for EVeryone with their new Nissan LEAF. It’s made in the far east, Smyrna Tennesse …. They are much safer that gas cars; you don’t die from fires when gas …
Island Green Brings Electric Transportation to Bermuda
It was an incredible day here on Bermuda – seven fast-paced 45-minute-long meetings on electric transportation with senior people in business and government. Some folks were, perhaps, a bit stand-offish, but most were clearly appreciative of our ideas. I may …
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Bermuda — Going Green
Toyota's Plug-In Hybrid
Not to harp on the obvious, but without vigorous grassroots efforts to the contrary, the migration to renewable energy and clean transportation will be slow and arduous. In news that underscores this point, Toyota unveiled its new plug-in hybrid, promising …
Model for Clean Transportation – Santa Monica
I want my book on renewables to feature a few chapters on the public sector – what our government at various levels is doing to promote clean transportation and energy. To knock out the piece on municipalities, this morning I’m …
The Domino Effect in Electric Transportation
When I was a little boy, the concept of the domino effect occupied a large and scary part of the national consciousness. For those too young to remember, the idea at the time was that, if one country in Southeast …
Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Los Angeles Auto Show
A quick comment on California’s governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s presence at the Los Angeles Auto Show. My friend Steve Ellis at Honda, who also spoke, submitted this video to EVWorld. If you watch the first few minutes, you’ll see great political …
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Nissan's Leaf: "Distinctive"
“It’s distinctive without being bizarre.” This is the description that Plug-In America’s Paul Scott bestowed upon the new Nissan Leaf, a sleek electric vehicle that will be introduced in the US next fall. I finding this telling, as it’s what …
Just Got Fooled Again
This week’s news in electric transportation calls to mind the auto companies’ deceit a decade ago with California’s Zero-Emission Vehicle mandate. According to the Automotive News, Chrysler has disbanded the engineering team that was working to bring three electric models …
