The world is changing in so many different ways, and several of these are in our response to COVID. Commute into an office? Why, when you can work from home and remain socially distanced? Even post-COVID, we’re faced with a …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Are “Microlinos” the Future of Transportation?
In reference to my recent post: What EV Are, and Are Not, in Our Future, a reader notes: You need a Microlino – right? I say no… if you care not about your body. But someday, we might have little …
What EV Are, and Are Not, in Our Future
When I come across an animated video for a little and unattractive “car of the future,” I normally conclude: “Well of course it’s animated, because nothing even remotely close to this will ever actually be built, because it will have …
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More on GM’s Investment in Its New V-8
Here’s a little hate mail on my recent post: General Motors Building a New V-8 Engine: At least someone in that company has the brains to build what the public wants not electric motors shoved up our butts. There is …
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General Motors Building a New V-8 Engine
When I was a small boy in 1965, my grandfather bought me some stock in General Motors at $32 per share. His purpose was to show me how wonderful capitalism is, by enabling me to see my money working for …
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Diesel Vs. Electric
The irony in the meme here that electric vehicles perform like rockets, especially compared to diesel engines.
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The Future of Personal/Urban Mobility
If you’re sold on the idea that this start-up that proposes to sell a tiny, low-speed EV represents the future of urban transportation, and you’re certain that it’s wise to make an investment in the company that hopes to offer …
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The Ever-Controversial Elon Musk
This from long-time EV advocate Zan Dubin-Scott (pictured): Hitching a ride to the near future, where one day soon all our trucks will be electric, like this (prototype) Tesla semi cab. Heavy-duty vehicles account for 10% of on-road vehicles but …
Company with New Engine Wants Investors
A company called LiquidPiston says: Traditional engines are inefficient, heavy, and expensive. That’s why we made a better one. Introducing the X Engine: LiquidPiston’s compact, ultra-efficient, and power-dense engine that runs on our patented thermodynamic cycle. Our groundbreaking innovation is …
Another Low-Speed EV
In the 14 years I’ve been covering electric transportation, I’ve seen the announcement of many dozens of low-speed EVs, every one of which has failed to gain any real traction in the market. Manufacturers of cars that don’t pass highway …
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