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 …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
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.
Tomorrow’s Transportation
The author of this meme says it so well. Getting rid of the driver is far less desirable than getting rid of the oil that’s causing everything from war to climate change to lung cancer. The problem lies, however, in …
Renewable Energy and Electric Transportation: Making ‘Em Happen
It’s good to see Jim Stack still hard at work helping folks understand the rapid migration to renewable energy and electric transportation. Linked above is a piece he wrote for Quora, the popular question and answer blog.
Public Transportation and Sustainability
I love this meme. So true. Our attempt at public transportation here in the U.S. is spotty.
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Here’s an EV that Never Needs Recharging–No Lie
As I’ve written dozens of times in the past, regenerative braking for electric vehicles is mostly bs. When we calculate the amount of kinetic energy that we covert to heat in our cars’ and trucks’ braking systems and compare that …
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Wells, Wires, and Wheels
That’s the title of a recent report from French-based global banking group BNP Paribas, predicting the end of the oil industry. It’s discussed here, where the author explains why he believes that solar, wind and EVs will be the death …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: The Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
Question: What’s depicted in the map at left? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers. Relevance: The EV adoption curve is based on a complex set of variables, but this one’s critical.
Small Electric Vehicle: Reason to Be Suspicious
Here’s the small, all-electric Scoot. Not sure about this one. First, it’s not good to see contradictory language. In the same ad, it claims its range is: “roughly 40 miles,” “a 125 mile journey,” and “cruising range approx. 100km (62 miles)”
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