Gary Stark asked me to comment on this intriguing video on the future of transportation, which suggests that, rather than make incremental improvements in our transportation system, that we replace the whole enchilada with a system of small tram-like cars …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
From UK Guest Blogger “Search” — Electric Cars Are The Future! Or Are They?
There are plenty of benefits offered by electric cars, alongside a number of challenges that they still face. Here are some of the main ones. Tiny Running Costs Once you’ve got the upfront cost of purchasing the car out of …
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Fast-Charging Stations Are Strategic To the Success of Electric Transportation
Here’s a general article on electric transportation in the U.S. — strangely in “SeekingAlpha” — a blog site associated with the minute details that drive stock prices. I thought I’d present it here because of the cool maps that show …
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The Future of Transportation
Here’s 2GreenEnergy Associate and transportation visionary Dan Sturges giving a talk on the future of mobility. He’s most certainly right about a lot of things: • Our current transportation paradigm (the car) has been with us for over 100 years, and …
Hot New Trends in E-Bikes
I’ve had numerous productive conversations with Brian Nordwall, the proprietor of Seattle E-Bike, a company with a very bright future. Because my business background is more in the business-to-business space, I tend not to know as much about consumer products, …
Electric Transportation and Our Power Grid
Here’s an article that discusses the rise of electric transportation and the effects that this will have on the grid. I have two issues with it: 1) The author erroneously notes that EV charging could cause a 43% increase in …
Renewable Energy and Electric Transportation
When my colleague Jon Lesage of the Automotive Digest found me checking out the Alt Car Expo a few weeks ago, he asked me to say a few words on camera about my new book (“Renewable Energy — Following the …
Electric Transportation Infographic
Here’s an interesting infographic on electric transportation, showing the substantial progress that EVs are making in American society. Now, of course, the game is to get rid of coal as the lowest-cost form of base load, so it is no …
Cleantech Investment: Vast Fuel Savings for Class 8 Trucks
Here in the United States, we burn approximately 28 billion gallons of diesel per year, the equivalent of 42,000 Olympic-size swimming pools; this is 31% of the world’s total, and results in the emission of 311 million tons of CO2 …
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Self-Driving Cars Are On the Way
Here’s a terrific video on the pros and cons of self-driving cars. Astonishingly, it looks like we are indeed headed in that direction. To me, this is an example of a sad fact about our civilization and our modes …
