Category: Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

In his publication Green Auto Market, my colleague Jon LeSage reports: Tesla’s stock went up 7 percent Tuesday after reporting it produced 87,048 vehicles in the second quarter while delivering 95,200, strong performance that exceeded analyst forecasts.

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We live our lives inundated with information. Anyone wishing to purchase anything from a car to case of wine to a box of toothpicks can go to any of a myriad of studies so as to formulate the best purchase …

New Car Reports Use Weird Parameters Read More »

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Readers are of two minds when it comes to my frequent rants against the barrage of techno-fraud and misleading claims we see on social media.  Some are bored, but most like the challenge of applying math and the laws of …

Examining Dubious Tech Claims Read More »

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Are we entering an era of electric aircraft? Well, that’s actually not a yes or no question, as discussed here: Why the Age of Electric Flight Is Finally Upon Us.

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When analyzing Tesla’s outselling Porsche on the Continent, one could say that the latter is a brand of car whose bloom is off the rose.  Far off. It was fashionable in the 1980, at least in California, to show off your …

Tesla Is Outselling Porsche In Western Europe This Year Read More »

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Chemical reactions that release energy are called “exothermic.” For example, take the combustion of methane, where we have: CH4 + 2O2 –> CO2 + 2H2O + energy. The energy is then used to cook our food, power our vehicles, or …

Electric Vehicle Chemistry Read More »

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The EPA confirmed that the range of the new Tesla Model S is indeed 370 miles.  Sounds like the end of range anxiety; I don’t know anyone who wants to drive farther than that in a single day.  

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I am such a sucker for these time-lapse graphics!  They make me feel like I own a racehorse that’s miraculously made its way to the Kentucky Derby; it didn’t break out of the gate well, but it’s closing like gangbusters …

Electric Vehicle Sales Graphics Rock the House Read More »

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There is a case to be made that autonomous driving will greatly reduce the carbon footprint associated with transportation.  Though many of us wish we were able to eliminate the fossil consumption, as opposed to the driver, we shouldn’t look …

Will Advanced Thinking in Traffic Intersections Reduce Our Carbon Footprint Read More »

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Here’s an interesting article on the petrochemicals that we use to light-weight our vehicles — electric and otherwise. While there is plenty of interesting information here, I’m not sure what to conclude. 

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