A friend asked if this salt water-powered car has merit. Sorry to say, but it’s a scam; the description of the “science” they provide is technobabble. Chemical energy is released when a molecule with high-energy bonds breaks apart, e.g., sugar …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Public Transportation, Sustainability, and Corruption
From where you’re sitting right this minute, can you take public transportation to the airport? Many of your answers will be in the affirmative. Maybe you’re in Paris, and you take the RER to De Gaulle. Or maybe you’re in …
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Driverless Cars? Say It Ain’t So
Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn made some radical statements this week on Nissan’s beating its competitors by rolling out driverless cars for sale by 2020. Say it ain’t so. I’m so disappointed to see that the automotive world is even talking …
The Future of Transportation: The Parking Meter Is a Double-Edged Sword
I have both good and bad news for folks who own cars and occasionally have to park them in urban areas. First the good news: Almost 20% of the gasoline consumed in urban driving is eaten up by people looking …
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From Guest Blogger Jordan: Proterra’s Electric Bus Shows a More Eco-Friendly Future For Public Transit
Cars that run on electricity have been around for a while now, but the fact they are still too expensive for most consumers prevents them from becoming commonplace. That’s why those who want to preserve the environment by using alternative …
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Changing the Face of Energy and Transportation in the 21st Century
I have been taking a break from writing books, largely because I was out of ideas—until just a minute ago when I had what I think is a good concept: how the tech giants (e.g., Google) and the American billionaires (e.g., …
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For a Bold New Vision for the Future of Transportation, Check out skyTran
Yesterday, I came across skyTran, a rather futuristic idea for mass transportation —a concept designed to relieve urban congestion and reduce the eco-footprint associated with transportation generally. Here’s one of dozens of illustrations they have on the website:
A Reader’s Business Plan Contemplates Converting Gas/Diesel Powered Cars and Trucks to Electric Vehicles
A fellow by the colorful name Ulysses Pascal wanted my opinion of his plan to convert internal combustion engine-based cars and trucks to electric vehicles. With his permission, I thought I’d publish our conversation and see if other readers have …
EMcycle: An E-Bicycle with an Important Twist
It’s been a while since I wrote anything about my friends at EMcycle, whom I interviewed for one of our very first “2GreenEnergy Video Reports” back in 2011. Astonishingly, EMcycle never got the full commitment of support they needed: an …
Morgan Stanley: Tesla Motors Is World’s Most Important Automaker
Here’s a good example of an important phenomenon in today’s world: things change very quickly. Apparently, Morgan Stanley believes that Tesla Motors is now the world’s most important automaker. Could anyone have predicted this a few short years ago? Or, …
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