Category: Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

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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Yesterday, I had the good fortune to speak with Brian Nordwall, the proprietor of Electric Bike Seattle, a retailer/distributor for the very hottest products from all over the world in the e-bike arena. I was completely impressed with the depth …

Booming Market for Electric Bikes Read More »

Here’s Elon Musk’s response to the extraordinarily well-publicized fire in a Tesla Model S, in which he explains that statistically, fires per mile are five times less frequent in electric vehicles than they are in gasoline-powered cars.

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Here’s an article on the transformation that Las Vegas is making vis-à-vis sustainable transportation, which focuses on car-sharing.  Last time I spoke with my colleague Dan Sturges, transportation visionary, he was hard at work at the strategic planning surrounding this …

Las Vegas Rolls Dice with Sustainable Transportation Read More »

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It looks like the driverless car game is about to become much more competitive than it has been so far, as electric car company Tesla Motors has started working on an autonomous car project, and we should be able to …

From Guest Blogger Jordan Perch: Tesla To Work On Autonomous Vehicle Read More »

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