I often point out that solar-powered vehicles are impractical in the extreme, but here, I have to say yowza. I’m going to guess that there are 600 solar panels here, times 400 Watts is 240 kW or 322 HP.
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Is ExxonMobil Taking a Haircut? Actually, It’s More Like a Good “Shearing”
It seems like progressives are right, at least in part, when they claim agency in the economic collapse of companies like ExxonMobil, whose market cap has plummeted to the tune of $184 billion (40%) over the last six years.
Tagged with: Concerned government are banning the sale of gasoline-powered cars and light trucks, Divestment raised cost of capital, economic collapse of companies like ExxonMobil, ExxonMobil market cap has plummeted to the tune of $184 billion (40%) over the last six years, hiding the effects of climate change that would devastate the planet, hybrids or switching to alternate-fuel vehicles
Worlds’ Buses Moving Away from Fossil Petroleum
My colleague Jon LeSage serves as Editor and Publisher of Green Auto Market, which tracks the business of green cars, fuels, and technologies. As shown in the bar chart below, pure diesel buses now account for less than half of …
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On the EV Adoption Curve
Here’s a fabulous article that nails the seven most important reasons that the adoption curve of electric vehicles has been so unexciting. A point I found interesting is “lack of clear superiority” (in terms of performance).
Oil Industry Death Spiral
Obviously, we shouldn’t expect what’s pictured here to be the norm, if for no other reason than even fast charging takes longer that anyone would want to stand around in what used to be a gas station. Yet at the …
Aptera EV Concept Car
When I first became interested in electric transportation in 2008, the Aptera was already on the scene, and, as I recall, hunting around for potential investors.
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Oh Happy Day: Trump Kills Electric Vehicle Tax Credit Extension
From this article: The oil industry, a staunch opponent of electric vehicles (EVs), received an early Christmas present from the White House as President Trump reportedly intervened to quash an EV tax credit expansion from inclusion in a government spending package.
Tagged with: 500, common sense gun laws, Consumers who purchase an EV can currently claim a credit up to $7, oil industry funding worked hard to kill the clean energy incentives, oil industry staunch opponent of electric vehicles (EVs), planet that is no longer warming due to human activity, sustainability, Trump specifically pushed for excluding the EV tax credit, what the common American might happen to care about has precisely zero on our law-making processes
Celebrating Nature’s Beauty with Plug-In America Co-founder Paul Scott
My friend Paul Scott has been active in the environmental movement and the push for electric transportation since long before he co-founded Plug-In America with Chelsea Sexton in 2005. Accompanying his video here, he writes: Wanted to share a sliver …
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Long-Range Electric Vehicles Multiplying Like Rabbits
Yes, 2019 brought us great sadness in terms of environmental and humanitarian disasters, but it also packed a huge passel of joy for our Christmas stockings. In particular, the electric transportation space continued its expansion with the introduction of a …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Energy–Tesla Motors
Question: Part of what makes Tesla so successful is their vast network of super-charging stations. What record did they just break in terms of numbers? (Hint: It’s a multiple of 5,000.) Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: …
