I’m glad to see that France is back in the news with respect to renewable energy and electric transportation. According to this article, the EV battery market there is predicted to experience a compound annual growth rate of over 44%!
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Electric Vehicles
Tesla Model S – Green Auto Market Digest
I have to say that I love my colleague Jon Lesage’s Green Auto Market Digest. He shows a profound understanding of the industry, and brings tons of unique and valuable insights that most people miss. Here’s an article from the …
E-Scooters On the Rise
I had a terrific Skype call this morning with a fabulous Munich-based company: Govecs, a purveyor of extremely high-end German-engineered electric scooters. I hope to get a marketing and PR gig with them, but I have to admit that they’re …
Southern California's Pasadena Freeway Celebrates 73rd Birthday — But Can We Achieve Sustainable Transportation?
As The Writer’s Almanac notes, the Los Angeles area’s Pasadena Freeway was opened on this date in 1940, the first freeway — a high-speed, divided, and limited-access thoroughfare — in the western United States. This was just a few years …
Tagged with: sustainable transportation
Automotive Engineering and the Electric Vehicle Adoption Curve
I wrote a piece on France and renewable energy just now that reminded me of the first French-American EV conference (Long Beach, CA, in December, 2010); it was such a riveting event that I thought it would be followed by …
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From Guest Blogger Hanna: Green Car Rentals are Taking Off
Fuel prices have been on the rise over the past decade. In the UK, drivers can expect to pay 60p more than ten years ago, while US drivers have seen a price surge of 47 cents in the past year …
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Tagged with: Car rental, Carbon Footprint, electric vehicle, Green vehicle, Hybrid vehicle, Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius, Volkswagen Jetta
Electric Transportation in Europe
It looks like Europe continues to embrace electric transportation. According to my colleague Fritz Maffry, the Renault Twizy is selling very well on The Continent. The doors are optional, and windows are unavailable. Good thing it never rains in Europe. …
Issues with the "Hydrogen Economy"
In an email conversation I had with a reader I noted my surprise that General Motors seems to be headed in the direction of hydrogen, and I expressed my belief that the “hydrogen economy” is not a solid idea. I’m …
Fuel Cell Breakthrough
Here’s a supposed breakthrough in fuel cells on which I thought readers may want to comment. I’ve always believed that the cost and longevity of the fuel cell itself is really not the gating issue here, but rather the creation …
Overcoming an Objection To Prospective Electric Vehicle Owners: Battery Life
Perhaps the largest impediment to the adoption of electric vehicles is owners’ worry about the battery, i.e. what happens when it reaches the end of its life and needs to be replaced. When you think about it, there are no …
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