Here are some interesting updates on Telsa, from our Kansas City, MO-based colleague Fritz Maffry. – ed The Perfect Storm
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Regenerative Braking
A friend wants my comment on a device that would somehow help large trucks achieve regenerative braking. While I don’t know the details, I point out: I’m concerned that this won’t work as well in the real world as you …
From Kansas Tech Maven Fritz Maffry: Notes on Electric Transportation
Parity and then angle up on the adoption hockey stick curve Most indicators are illustrating that change is going to now come much faster than expected, meaning faster adoption at much higher volumes. The sheer product deluge and increasing price …
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Discussion with Prospective Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Based Truck Manufacturer
This morning I received a generic, vanilla business plan from a fellow in Dresden, Germany (pictured) that contemplates the manufacturing and sales of a line of trucks with hydrogen fuel cell drive trains. My opinion is that no attempt to enter …
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Good News from Norway
Here’s a cool video about the marvelous progress that Norway is making in terms of electrifying transportation, and the gains they’re seeing in terms of improved air quality and thus, human health. This didn’t happen without government subsidies, but Norwegians tend …
No Love Lost Between California and the Trump Administration
Unremarkably, the Trump administration is a) rolling back MPG and emissions standards for cars and trucks sold in the U.S., degrading both human health and our environment, while b) trying its damndest to make it impossible for the more progressive …
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Decarbonizing Transportation in the U.S.
A great deal is implied by the meme here, principally why many other nations, some more advanced than others, have modernized mass transportation systems that cause gross reductions in car VMT (vehicle miles traveled). Quite conspicuously, the U.S. has failed …
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Turkey
Question: Which of the following are true about Turkey? a) Its human rights record (oppression, torture, disappearances, etc.) is among the worst in the world.
Tech Maven Fritz Maffry Focuses on Electric Transportation
Here are a few words on the adoption of electric vehicles from my Kansas City, MO-based colleague Fritz Maffry. – Craig PICKUP TRUCKS RACING TO ELECTRIC BIG TIME GM and Ford are on crash programs to get electric pickup trucks …
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Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Electric Transportation
Question: By what percentage did EV sales grow in the U.S. last year (2018, over 2017)? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
