Here’s an article on the use of EVs as a tool to power our homes and/or send electricity back to the grid. My comments are in italics. A study by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute shows how electric vehicles (EVs) could double …
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A Misinformed Opinion on Electric Transportation
The reader who submitted the mere here writes: If you want EVs just do it. If you want to drive gas/diesel vehicles do it as well. Let’s not try to make everyone conform to our way of life. If electric …
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Uptera? Aptera? How Would I Know?
A couple of things look a bit strange about this piece, supposedly from CBS News on the three-wheeled EV for which the company has been raising capital from investors since 2025 without a single car ever to see the road: …
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Comparing Internal Combustion Vehicles to EVs Requires Honesty
Here’s a meme whose purpose is to bash EVs, using a combination of lies and half-truths. Scientists have been conducting “well to wheels” studies that compare EVs to internal combustion engines since the late 20th Century and have concluded that …
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Toyota Spurning the Electric Vehicle Trend
From Engine Patrol: Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda cautions that an EV-only future could have serious repercussions for Japan’s auto industry. He estimates that 5.5 million jobs, including those in Toyota’s supply chain, could be at risk. Toyoda also reiterated his …
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Fake News in Electric Vehicle Land
Re: the meme here, Plug-In America co-founder Paul Scott writes: BMW will go out of business if they give up on EVs and try to make fuel cell cars. If you think charging infrastructure isn’t ubiquitous enough yet, try finding …
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Disinformation in Electric Transportation
And they’re using conductive (rather than inductive) charging like the trolleys of 100 years ago? Sure!
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Driving an EV Won’t Make the Need for Gasoline Disappear Immediately, But Isn’t that Obvious?
The author of the meme here seems to be suggesting that driving an EV while the world is still transitioning away from gasoline is hypocritical. That doesn’t show much insight or intelligence. Yes, maybe his house has a gas generator …
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Flying EVs?
From Alef Aeronautics: (Our company has) introduced the Alef Model A, a futuristic flying car priced at $300,000, promising production by 2025. Despite skepticism from many, the company has made significant strides, securing a manufacturing deal to bring this vision …
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The Small Group of Nut-Jobs that Form the EV Counter Revolution
A few points: Gasoline prices have been falling for more than two years. Electric transportation is making steady progress around the world, where some countries are passing laws prohibiting the sale of new gas- and diesel-powered cars and light-duty trucks …
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