As more and more car makers seem willing to embrace hydrogen as the fuel of the future and start to increase investment in fuel cell technology, the issue of scarce refueling infrastructure becomes ever more pressing. Although automakers like Toyota …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
From Guest Blogger Ali Lawrence: The Future of Green Car Technology
Everybody feels like they are unique; like they have at least some experiences no one else could ever understand. They have idiosyncrasies that set them apart from the billions of other people that have ever lived. The same thinking seems …
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Toyota’s First Hydrogen Car
Anyone in the market for a little asinine reading material will love this piece on Toyota’s new hydrogen car, to be launched next year (several decades after the concept was initiated). Sure, the company predicts that sales volumes will not …
Carlos Ghosn, Electric Vehicles, and China
I friend sent me this interview the auto legend Carlos Ghosn, the CEO of a three-companies alliance: Renault, Nissan, and some Russian company with which I’m unfamiliar. I think the world of Carlos Ghosn as an executive. I attended the …
The Environmental Validity of Electric Vehicles
Very few people understand a sad truth about electric vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2014: right this very minute, most of them carry no real environmental benefit over gas- or diesel-powered vehicles, given an honest well-to-wheels analysis of the …
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Range-Extended Electric Trucks – Is There Potential There?
I just got a notification about a new range-extended EV company, co-founded by GM-legend Bob Lutz, that aspires to raise the capital necessary to manufacture and sell electric pick-up trucks. The guy sent me the following and asked for my …
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Telsa Motors Faces Threats, 24/7/365/…
It’s so incredibly rare that I agree with anyone who’s written something of any real meaning and value on the financial website Seeking Alpha on the subject of Telsa Motors I thought, I note this exception. The author states that out-maneuvering …
From Guest Blogger Pano: Why Should You Consider Switching to a Hybrid?
The increasing popularity of hybrid cars is good news as we edge closer to true zero-emission vehicles. There are now more choices available to buyers with luxury firms like BMW and Porsche becoming interested in the market as well as options …
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EMCycle – A Good Idea for Consumer-Commuters Who Like To Get Exercise, But Are Less Excited About Bicycling in the Rain
My colleague Michael Scholey, CEO of e-bike start-up EMCycle (see picture) just sent me this cool little video on the maintenance process for maintaining London’s 10,000 bikes for hire. I find this remarkable. The bloke reports: “Bikes work rain or …
From Guest Blogger Jenny Richards: Shift into A Green Drive with Eco-Cars
When fossil fuel costs suddenly shot through the roof a few decades back and continued to spiral upwards thereafter, it brought a new consciousness about the need to reduce dependency on the fast depleting fossil fuel reserves. The need for …
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