Some of the claims we come across are immediately discarded because they violate the laws of physics. Others may be theoretically possible but so outrageous that they too must be tossed out the window.
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Operational Costs of Electric Vehicles Are Great, But…
My colleague Bill Moore of EV World fame sent this pic and writes: “Used my long-unused KillaWatt meter to measure how much energy it took to top off the Fiat 500e battery after driving 14.3 miles yesterday. Answer: 4.6kWh for …
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EV Road Trip
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly is about as good as it gets in the news radio biz, but she conducted a very weird interview the other day with reporter David Ferris of E&E News, an online news site that covers energy …
This Is What Mass Transit Looks Like
All the innovations in transportation are good, but we still haven’t shattered the basic paradigm of carting around 4000 pounds of steel to get us to work and back. The issue, of course, is profit. Selling steel and oil makes …
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Regenerative (aka Recuperative) Braking
Senior Energy Analyst Glenn Doty writes on the subject of large electric vehicles: While I was clear in my praise for the electric buses, (large electric trucks represent) the opposite case: One of the avenues of lowest net gain for …
This Bud’s Comin’ At You in an Electric Truck
More good news about electrifying large vehicles. Anheuser-Busch, the beer company behind popular brands like Budweiser and Stella Artois, is launching the largest fleet of Class 8 electric trucks in North America.
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Electrifying Large Vehicles
When I joined EV World as their VP Marketing in 2008, it was “common wisdom” that we were one hell of a long way from electrifying large vehicles like buses, cargo ships and Class 8 trucks. Good news: as presented …
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At War Over Air Quality
Last year, a close friend sold his house here in Santa Barbara, California and moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico. When I asked about his reasoning he explained that he thought the droughts, believed to be largely a product of …
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Electric Transportation Is Arriving
Here are four countries that offer a novel array of different incentives to electric vehicles owners. My favorite: Austria hochsgeschwindichkeit (speed limit). On smoggy days, gas- and diesel powered cars are limited to 100 KPM (62 MPH), where their EV …
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Fuel Cell Vehicles: Nice Try But No Cigar
Meet The Electric Car That Doesn’t Need To Be Plugged In. We’ve already met. Dozens of times, over a period of decades. The fuel cell vehicle is a good example of a technology that never made it and never will.
