It appears that in merry old England, it won’t be long (2020) until the count of EV charging points outnumbers gas stations. Of course, we need to put this into perspective.
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Electric Aviation
Here’s a conference I won’t be attending, but not for lack of interest. The topic: the future of low-emission aviation. The speakers: spokespeople from GE, Honeywell, Airbus, Siemens, Rolls Royce, and NASA. Topics: See (impressive) list below.
Government Regulation Is the Driver in a Great Deal of Cleantech Development
The common wisdom among those following the migration to electric transportation is that large commercial vehicles will be the very last to make that transition. Here to challenge that notion is my colleague Jon LeSage, whose current edition of Green …
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The Future of Transportation Needs To Contemplate Parking in Congested Areas
Here’s another installment on my colleague Jon LeSage’s Green Auto Digest, which starts with an excellent discussion of the problem with parking in the world’s big cities. I have a contrarian viewpoint here (not that it’s my first), in that …
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From Guest Blogger Rebecca Hill: Eight Reasons EVs are the Future of Transportation
Whether you’re glued to Google headlines or the New York Times, reading the next headline about electric vehicles probably gives you a rush. Perhaps, it was news of Apple’s interest in charging stations that caught your attention. Or maybe it’s …
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From Guest Blogger Dixie Somers: Tips for Reducing Your Car’s Carbon Footprint
Driving can have a hugely negative impact on your carbon footprint, and while we all strive to reduce our personal drain on the environment, there are some things we struggle to do without. While you work toward a world that …
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Smart Cars
Thought you’d enjoy this. There is a sad truth behind the joke, however. Some folks think the world is so fixated on preserving the environment that large numbers of people are willing to punish themselves by driving small, cramped and dangerous …
An Update on Vehicle-to-Grid
What’s happening in “vehicle-to-grid” (V2G), the concept of using an intelligent, bidirectional flow of electrons between electric vehicles and the power grid? Well, at a macro level, the honest answer is: not much. Pretty much everyone would like to live …
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Our Burgeoning Interest in Flying Cars
When I read my colleague Jon LeSage’s piece on the development of flying cars in his Green Auto Digest this morning, I had the same reaction that anybody would: How feasible is this? How far in the future does this …
Exploring the Future of Mobility
My colleague Jon LeSage of “Green Auto Digest” fame has written a book about his own experience with the future of urban mobilit y, Tales of UberMan: An auto journalist shares his Prius with savvy riders, published as a Kindle e-book. …
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