Over the past four years, BMW has been collaborating with Toyota on different projects that have to do with development of fuel-cell technologies, in an effort to accelerate the commercialization of hydrogen-powered vehicles. Among other things, this collaboration has been …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Traffic Congestion Is Unpleasant, But It’s Just One of the Issues Associated with Modern-Day Transportation
Here’s an article that analyzes the traffic in the most congested cities in Europe: what causes it to worsen, and what progressive concepts are being offered to loosen it up. There are no surprises here: you get what you reward. …
Electric Aircraft
Frequent commenter Tom asks: Craig, did you see this article on the successful prototype of an all electric airplane? I hadn’t seen this idea per se, but I’m aware that there are thousands of people who have been hard at …
Will Highways of the Future Offer Inductive Charging for Electric Vehicles?
My good friend Cameron Atwood asked for my comments on this concept of electrifying our highways by installing inductive charging in a certain lane of each of our major roadways. The attraction, of course, is that the concept eliminates, or …
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Does Sodium-Ion Battery Chemistry Represent a Legitimate (I Hate To Use the Word) “Breakthrough?”
Generally, I’m extremely skeptical of claims about breakthroughs in battery technology. As they say, “There are lies, damn lies, battery specifications, and battery salesmen.” For some reason however, I have a tendency to believe the gist of this article on …
Electric Vehicles: The Consumer Value Proposition
A long-time 2GreenEnergy supporter from Mexico City writes: The change-over from oil fuel to electric vehicles has been slow because EVs and HEVs are expensive, and at present market price, only the rich find how to justify such an investment. …
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Electric Commuter Vehicle: Cool Design, But Iffy Sales Proposition
John McMillian writes: At Shockwave Motors, we make electric cars cool by providing a high performance electric roadster (pictured) that’s economical, pollution free, and just plain fun to drive! Our three-passenger roadster has a range of 80 to 100 miles …
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Trends in Electric Transportation Sure Do Look Appetizing
Ice hockey immortal Wayne Gretzky said, “I don’t skate to the puck; I skate to where the puck is going to be.” Let’s see if we can’t apply that outside the confines of the rink. Where’s electric transportation going to …
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Fastest Charging Electric Bus
Gary Tulie writes: Hi Craig, This piece on “electric buses about to go mainstream in Ningbo, China” is interesting. Yes, this is what they’re talking about doing at Stanford University as well. Keep in mind that providing a 5 KM range in …
Impetus for Super-Efficient Drivetrains: Government Regulation in Fuel Standards, Emissions Per Mile, Etc.
Regarding my post: New Discovery in Hybrid-Electric Drivetrains, long-time reader Arlene notes: I haven’t looked at the engineering of the EDI drivetrain, (but) I would also suggest that this particular market niche is nowhere near as price sensitive as consumer light vehicles. …
