Electric Vehicles
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. …
It Will Soon Be Time To Say So Long–And Thank You–To the Internal Combustion Engine Read More »
In our ongoing effort to keep 2GreenEnergy readers informed on developments in the electric vehicle space, here’s a new entrant from a company called Sondors. The essence of the trike form is that it circumvents NHTSA (National Highways Traffic Safety Administration, part …
Here’s a letter discussing the U.S. EPA’s attack on our existing standards for clean transportation, from Plug-in America, the largest advocacy group for electric vehicles in the world. I’ve had the pleasure of working with this organization’s co-founders, Chelsea Sexton …
U.S. Policy on Clean Transportation: Just Say No Read More »
Why hasn’t the market opened up for small, fun-to-drive, low-cost EVs for use in urban settings, campuses, and last-mile commuting to and from mass transit? I’m not sure anyone has an answer to that question.
When American car-buyers were given 12 different criteria for making their purchase, “performance/speed” ranked a healthy fourth (behind price, fuel economy, and style). Perhaps this figure may be tailing off slightly as baby boomers age and tend not to care …
People Love Teslas–For Several Different Reasons Read More »
Used doesn’t mean “worn down.” It does not mean “obsolete.” And most of all, it doesn’t mean “environmentally destructive.”
Balancing the budget can seem difficult for a lot of us. When a big purchase such as a new vehicle comes along, there’s likely to be a lot on your mind. But to find a vehicle that will really fit …
From Guest Blogger Jake M: Affordable Vehicles with Good Fuel Consumption Read More »
Here’s one you can file under “Business as Usual.” Automakers want to review (read: “repeal and replace”) the Obama-era gas-mileage standards, citing that such an aggressive approach would cripple the U.S. economy and destroy jobs. It seems to me that …
Well, at least three that I can think of. We’re all aware of steady development of better and lower-cost batteries, which seems to be the putative victor here. Once affordable batteries provide a range of 350 miles, and we’re fairly …
The Migration to Electric Transportation Has Many Faces Read More »
As we’ve noted a few times over the years here, Royal Dutch Shell seems to be by far the most progressive of the world’s major oil companies. Here’s an article discussing Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden (who recently traded in …
Royal Dutch Shell Sees Electric Transportation Coming, Won’t Be Caught Flatfooted Read More »
