From Jon LeSage’s Green Auto Digest: Vehicle-grid integration summit coming up: Special thanks to 2GreenEnergy editor Craig Shields for recommending attending the “EVs and the Grid” conference next month.
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Electric Transportation Is Racing Your Way
From Green Auto Market: California may ban fossil-fuel vehicles: California may join up with China, the UK, France, and Norway in banning fossil-fuel powered vehicles. Mary Nichols, chairman of the California Air Resources Board, told Bloomberg Friday that Gov. Jerry Brown is interested in exploring …
Ford and the Environment
From Green Auto Market: The former Environmental Protection Agency official who played a leading role in 2011 negotiating fuel economy and emissions standards has called upon Ford Motor Co.’s executive chairman Bill Ford to lead the dialogue on the midterm review and beyond. Former …
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2GreenEnergy: Proud Media Sponsor of the 3rd Annual “EVs and the Grid” Conference
As we’ve often discussed here, the migration to renewable energy on the grid, and the simultaneous replacement of petroleum with electric transportation are really two sides of the same coin. That’s largely because the environmental benefits of EVs are realized …
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Energy and Transportation Headed in a Good Direction, But Will That Be Enough?
Here’s an article for those who wonder if the migration to electric transportation is really happening; it heralds Mercedes-Benz’ $11 billion investment in their new electric SUV. Yes, it’s happening—and fast. Those following the energy industry are supremely confident that …
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Electric Bus Breaks a Record, But Who’s Impressed?
Here’s an electric bus that has set the record for miles on a single charge. The reader is supposed to believe that this is some sort of accomplishment, even though
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If Environmentalism Is Punishment, It Won’t Happen
If being a good steward of the environment comes at the expense of comfort, convenience, style, safety, or any of the other things we demand in our lives, it’s not going to happen. That’s the thought that went through my …
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Bans of Gasoline and Diesel Vehicles: Coming To a Theater Near You
It was just a few days ago that we discussed the new world’s record that Scotland set for the deployment of tidal energy. Here we are less than a week later, and Scotland announces their coming ban (in 2032) on …
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Consumer Fraud in Electric Transportation
The claim: “It’s especially perfect for those who seek to go off-grid for a while, as it runs without fuel or charging stations.” No it doesn’t….unless you’re pushing it, pulling it, or coasting it down a hill. Holy mother of …
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It Will Soon Be Time To Say So Long–And Thank You–To the Internal Combustion Engine
Here’s an article in The Economist that pays the homage that is due to the internal combustion engine, which, since it came on the scene 124 years ago, has systematically changed virtually every aspect of human life on this planet. …
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