Electric Vehicles
Readers may be interested in the comments of my friend and client Serafino Carri, posted earlier. Sonny, as he is popularly known, being the good guy he is, wrote me a private email with his response, cautious about offending me …
Brass Tack #1 and EV Adoption – Response from a Friend Read More »
Here’s an additional conversation with Wayne Goldman that I thought readers would find interesting. I happened to have rented an Audi A4 diesel when I was in Spain a couple of weeks ago that got well over 50 MPG. I …
I just had the pleasure of speaking with one of the early developers of electric vehicles, Wayne Goldman. Though I don’t agree with a lot of what he said about the EV industry, I publish it here out of sheer …
David Goldstein comments: Sadly, recent surveys have shown that many auto consumers place Global Warming near the bottom of their concerns. Yes, this appears to be true. I have to guess that this is caused by a combination of three …
Yesterday I had the good fortune to reconnect with an industry colleague, Brian Wynne, the president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association in Washington, DC. The EDTA is an organization supported by members consisting largely of electric vehicle manufacturers and supply …
Interview with the Electric Drive Transportation Association Read More »
David Holden writes: I am no adherent of Shai Agassi’s dubious scheme, but it does show the willingness of power companies to support EV. development. As long as think has come up, here are my thoughts on Better Place. 1) …
A reader writes in: A lot of acceptable solutions for electric passenger cars (light duty vehicles) were already proposed and I agree that are very viable. Unfortunately for heavy vehicles (interurban buses and trucks) are not so many. I see …
Wrapping up with Alex C: Battery cell temperature control over charge cycles and vehicle life is far from trivial with a duty cycle much more severe than any consumer electronics device. That’s for sure. One our clients at EV World …
Electric Vehicles and Battery Management Systems (BMSs) Read More »
More from Alex C: Consumer research indicates only 5% of American’s are true “greenies.” Remember that most Americans do NOT believe in the global warming scare and that it is a large political war….they don’t care…they will buy EVs if …
Alex C. goes on: In early 1900’s many cars were EVs and then they lost out to gasoline engines due to better cost and performance. 1970’s a large EV wave came in with the fuel crisis that caused gasoline prices …
Electric Vehicles and Issues with Lithium Ion Batteries Read More »
