A reader notes on a recent post about electric transportation: We can think all day, as long as we keep in mind that Oil cartels are not quite ready to surrender a $multi-trillion industry.
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
How Important is “Vehicle-to-Grid” in the EV Adoption Curve?
There is no doubt that electric transportation will make terrific headway over the coming couple of decades. Here, Forbes suggests that one-quarter of the cars on the road in 2040 will be EVs. Fair enough. But the author goes on …
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Hydrogen-based Transportation
The video linked here is a promotion for the hydrogen-based Toyota Miria. Here are a few comments on its claims: It’s for the philosopher; it’s an ode to living.
Electric Cars Go “Exponential”
2GreenEnergy super-supporter Gary Tulie of idyllic Buckinghamshire England (see pic if you doubt my claim) sent me this thoughtful piece on the EV adoption curve. I responded: I agree with the basic concept, i.e., that a slight drop in the …
Vehicle to Grid Technology Is Happening in the Netherlands
Gary Tulie, long-time colleague extraordinaire, writes: Craig, here is one of the things I predicted when helping with Bullish on Renewable Energy. In the Netherlands, 6000 Tesla electric vehicles are beginning to show the potential of controllable charging to help …
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2GreenEnergy at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo
I’m down at the ACT Expo in Long Beach today, duly impressed, as always, with the progress that the world is making in the direction of sustainable transportation. Of course, most of what we see here are vehicles that are …
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Tesla’s Strategic Direction
My colleague Jon LeSage writes in his GreenAutoDigest: TESLA SEEKING JOINT VENTURE PARTNER AND OTHER INTERESTING NEWS FROM CHINA If you take a look at which global automakers have joint ventures with government-backed Chinese companies, you’ll notice only one missing: …
Electric Vehicles and the Coming Disruption in the Oil Market–More Discussion
There has been some interesting discussion on my recent post: Electric Vehicles and the Coming Disruption in the Oil Market, including some back-and-forth about the unhappy fate of General Motors’ concept electric vehicle “EV-1,” and the allegation that GM sabotaged …
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From Guest Blogger Christopher Austin: The Greenest Cars for 2017
With emission regulations in the automotive industry getting tighter by the moment, numerous emission-related scandals (remember Dieselgate?) and imminent global warming, the green factor is starting to become an important aspect to consider when buying a new car. Luckily, the …
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Big Oil Is Fully Cognizant of the Market Forces Pushing Towards Electric Transportation
I thought I would offer a few random observations on the adoption of EVs, based on the reading of this subject over the last 10 years:
