I would call the photo here deceptive. The manufacturer of the “Greenline 48 Fly,” as it’s called, represent their product as “environmental boating. Yet it has two diesel engines that deliver a combined 440 horsepower. In full sun, that solar …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Volkswagen Phasing Out of Fossil Fuel-Powered Automobiles
German automaker Volkswagen will no longer build internal-combustion engine vehicles at its Zwickau plant in Mosel, in its transition to the production of electric cars. The plant will henceforth produce only EVs for Volkswagen, Audi, and Seat. Some say that …
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Electrifying Class 8 Trucks
A reader sent me this video, in which an ostensible expert in equities trading raves about the merits of purchasing stock in Hyliion, a start-up that claims that future sales of its electric drivetrain for Class 8 trucks is going …
VW’s Newest Electric Vehicle
It is suggested that this will come in at about $30K and offer a 200-mile range. Here’s what I told the guy who took back my diesel Jetta due to the emissions scandal, and suggested a new, gas-powered model: “There …
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Tesla Surges, Ford and GM Falter
2GreenEnergy supporter Cameron Atwood writes: Hi, my friend. Seen this? Why Tesla Is Surging While Ford And GM Struggle (NASDAQ:TSLA). Summary: • Tesla surges while legacy manufacturers are struggling to transform. • Mindset is critical, Tesla has it while Ford and GM …
Low Speed EV Market Going Nowhere
Will the low-speed EV market soon triple in size? Oh sure. People love the pulse-quickening exhilaration of going slowing and taking long periods of time getting places. They adore listening to angry drivers’ horns and getting flipped off by the …
Tesla’s Move Will Accelerate Vehicle to Grid Adoption
Ever since the electric car came into public view in the 1990s, the subject of V2G (vehicle to grid) has been an undertone in many conversations on the subject. All that energy stored in millions of batteries, distributed across an …
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Lithium-Sulfur Batteries To Help Electrify Brazil’s Bus Fleets
When we think of Brazil nowadays, we tend to think of the oppressive regime of authoritarian, Trump-wanna-be Jair Bolsonaro, and his quest to ruin the Amazon rainforests. Yet Brazil continues to implement a great number of innovative strategies aimed at …
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More on the Feasibility of Hydrogen
Reader Markus Dirnbacher commented further on my post Feasibility of Hydrogen: The (hydrogen) delivery infrastructure does exist, e.g. ships, trucks whatever you chose. Yes, it’s not profitable yet but that’s the same for everything in the beginning. Hydrogen mobility will …
Sweden Gets It
Sweden’s vegan oat milk product “Oatly” comes from a company totally devoted to sustainability. From a spokesperson: “Electrical transportation is a key part of our supply chain strategy globally and on these routes, we will be reducing our carbon footprint …
