A reader sent me this, noting: Hey let me get off next exit, & charge my batteries for 4 hours, by then we will have another 6 inches of snow. Indeed, it would be a very poor decision to push …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
California to Ban Sales of New Gas/Diesel-Powered Automobiles in 2035
From reader Mark White: You have probably seen this. California is set to make history by banning sales of gas-powered cars. Can it deliver? Yes, I wrote a piece on this the other day, in my post called California: No …
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California: No New Gas/Diesel-Powered Automobiles After 2035
A reader notes: Finally ending the insanity of 20th Century petrochemical industries, fully 35 years into our 21st. This is good news, to be sure, but don’t think for a moment that the battle is over. Big Oil has been …
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Tagged with: Big Oil
New Dodge EV Features Deafening “Exhaust System” Roar
I suppose that a case could be made that Dodge is an auto brand specially targeted at morons. Think Budweiser, Trump. But most people don’t like to look stupid. Speaking strictly for myself, I would feel like an absolute idiot …
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Why Electric Vehicles Have Only One Gear
When it comes to the transmissions in their cars, almost all Americans prefer automatics, and increasingly few of our millennials even know how to drive standard (manual) transmissions.
Tagged with: Electric Vehicles
Wind Turbines on EVs and Why That’s a Bad Idea
Here’s an article on EVs that explores the topic in the title above. The fellow admits that he’s not an engineer or a physicist but observes, correctly, that attaching a wind turbine to the top of an EV and using …
Greetings from Jakarta, Indonesia
That’s quite a fleet of high-speed, all-electric trains you folks have there. Congratulations! Not unlike the rest of Asia, Japan, and most of Western/Central Europe. Pity you will not find anything remotely resembling this in the United States.
Tagged with: high-speed all-electric trains
Questions on Renewables and EVs
An old friend asked for my response to three (multi-pronged) questions on renewable energy and electric transportation. Here are my responses: Question #1: How long do you believe it will take until the RE technologies will be able to …
Tagged with: renewables and EVs
Carbon Dioxide Capture
A reader asked for my feedback on this concept in CO2 capture. I really don’t have the background to evaluate this, but I can say that the capturing of CO2 at point sources, e.g., coal plants and concrete manufacturing, is …
Elon Musk Gets the Science Right
As disappointed as many of us are that Elon Musk turned out to be a selfish pig, we need to give credit where it’s due, and that means acknowledging that most of his observations about energy and transportation are spot-on. …
