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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Electric Vehicles
Here’s an EV that Never Needs Recharging–No Lie
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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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Trains Provide Tiny Carbon Footprint on a Per Mile-Ton Basis
If it’s true that there are guy-things and girl-things, trains most certainly fit into the former category. But in addition to their mysterious appeal to the male instinct/libido/whatever-it-is, trains provide numerous other benefits to our society, mainly that they offer …
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What’s New in Personal Transportation? Not Much
On this day in 1903, The Ford Motor Company sold its first car, a two-cylinder Model A (shown here).
A Contributed Post: Battery Testing Equipment Is Increasingly Being Used in Motorcycle EV Development
The Motorcycle Battery Monitoring System The desire for electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing rapidly. Demand for EV motorcycles is following the same pattern, meaning the industry needs to act fast. The industry recognises that this means the battery management system (BMS) …
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Fuel Cell Technofraud
Here’s an exercise in technofraud that I found amusing. The level at which you understand chemistry and physics in general or fuel cells in particular is of no importance here; that’s how obvious this is. Here’s a process by which …
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Dwight Eisenhower’s Worst Nightmare Has Come True
In response to this piece reminding us of Eisenhower’s warning about the military industrial complex, my colleague, Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott writes:
Modern-Day Transporation
Here’s wonderful imagery that illustrates how inefficient our current modes of transportation are. Antonymous vehicles get rid of the driver. What we need to phase out is the car, and the gasoline that powers it.
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