Category: Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

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 …

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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 …

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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 …

Cleantech Investment: Vast Fuel Savings for Class 8 Trucks Read More »

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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 …

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The second that electric cars started showing up on dealer lots, people took to the Internet and started sharing different stories and myths about the electric car. While some of these myths may be a little more grounded in truth …

From Guest Blogger Jake Fisher: Seven Myths About the Electric Car Phenomenon Read More »

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The electric vehicle market has been growing at a pretty high rate in the past couple of years, which has encouraged more and more car makers to start developing cars that are powered by electricity. Today, almost all major manufacturers …

From Guest Blogger Jordan Perch: Kia Soul EV Coming To America in 2014 Read More »

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Frequent commenter Glenn Doty writes on my recent post concerning the EV adoption rate: Your source states that 67,200 EV’s have been sold this year, but that number is a worldwide total sales figure. Total worldwide sales of ICE’s are …

On the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve Read More »

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I hope readers will check this out:  electric vehicle sales are going through the roof. Apparently, the phenomenon I predicted has started to kick in: falling prices, better range, and lots of word of mouth from really ecstatic customers. Now, …

Electric Vehicle Sales Takes Rocket Ride Read More »

One of the email lists I am on is an organization’s called “Operation Free,” a group of former military personnel who believe that eliminating our use of oil is paramount for our national security. In a missive I received from …

From Guest Blogger Brian McGowan: Migrating to Renewable Energy and Getting Off Oil Read More »

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Here’s an article that speaks to the challenge of creating a viable infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicles.  The problem at its core is a Catch 22: EVs will not become popular without such an infrastructure, but the return …

Catch 22: Building the Electric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure Read More »

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