Electric Vehicles
AeroVironment, or “AV” as it’s more commonly called, is a company best known as the dream of the late Dr. Paul MacCready. A visionary environmentalist and aeronautical engineer, Dr. MacCready drove the development of human-powered aircraft and an array of …
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I functioned as the moderator of the “Charging Infrastructure” panel before a full and enthusiastic audience at the 4th annual AltCarExpo last Friday, October 2nd. For the first hour, AC Propulsion’s CEO Tom Gage, Plug-In American’s Paul Scott and Clean …
I’ll be moderating the “infrastructure” panel at the AltCarExpo in Santa Monica, CA this Friday. I already feel a warm connection with my panelists that I’m sure will make for a good presentation to the audience when we take the …
I’m honored to be a panelist at the AltCarExpo in Santa Monica, CA, October 2nd and 3rd. This is a truly special event for several reasons, one of which is obvious: The world is running at top speed in the …
Obviously, the gating factor to the electric transportation industry is battery technology. Yet costs are falling and energy density is increasing, and I think we all have the sense that the battery packs that we see in the EVs of …
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I’m pleased to see that blogger Frank Eggers has become active here, who writes: As one of the comment-posters stated, too little attention is being given to reducing the need for driving . . . With better urban planning, people …
I just had the pleasure of speaking with Rick Woodbury, CEO of Commuter Cars. Rick and his highly pedigreed team of auto designers and strategists have assembled a business plan surrounding the Tango, the small and unique commuter car. There …
Tina Juarez writes: I get the impression that folks don’t really understand the cost of electricity to charge an EV… When the local Costco decided after years of letting my charge my EV while shopping that I was stealing too …
I notice that there appears to be pretty solid consensus among readers (at least among those who leave comments) that the real problem in EV migration is more cultural than it is technological. As an example, Mike writes: Resistance to …
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