Given the recent bankruptcy of battery-swapping innovator Project Better Place, it may appear unlikely that battery-swapping has any chance of success – even in the long-term. Yet I’m not sure that’s true – especially in regions with small footprints and …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
From Guest Blogger Angie Mansfield: Where Will the Electric Car Industry Be in the Next Few Years?
While the electric car is commonly seen as a future technology, the late 19th to early 20th century saw peak popularity for this mode of powering engines. At the time, electricity was easier to use, and electric cars easier to …
Comment on the Alternative-fuel Movement in the Automotive Industry
I often shake my head when I read articles about the alternative-fuel movement in the automotive industry and the constant proliferation of clean-burning fuels. Last week, Volvo Trucks became the first manufacturer to announce plans to commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered …
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Examining the Resale Market for Electric Vehicles
I thought readers might be interested in a conversation I’m having with my colleague Jon Lesage, alt-fuel auto industry guru: Jon (in his newsletter): Hybrid electric vehicles are doing much better at retaining their market value than are plug-in electric …
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Quick Notes on the Future of Transportation
Today is the 117th anniversary of Henry Ford’s first successful test drive of the automobile; his four-horsepower, 500-pound frame called the “quadricycle” (pictured here) ran on pure ethanol. Electric vehicles came along shortly thereafter as well, and enjoyed impressive market …
Bicycling Addresses Urban Congestion, Public Health
Here’s a report on the increased use of bicycling in the U.S., pointing out that the demographic of white guys is the only one that isn’t experiencing huge growth. Hey, I’m trying to do my part! A gating factor, understandably, …
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From Guest Blogger Adam Groff: Are You Driving Off With Electric Vehicles?
Choosing an electric car over a gasoline vehicle saves the environment from harmful emissions, but there are other things to take into consideration besides Mother Nature. Although full electric vehicles are not yet widely adopted in the United States, the …
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Electric Transportation and Coal-Fired Power Plants
Here’s an article suggesting that electric transportation saves lives insofar as its environmental benefits reduce global warming, and heat causes more deaths each year. Sadly, this is an oversimplification. As long as coal is our lowest-cost base-load energy source, EVs …
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Tesla’s Meteoric Rise in the Electric Vehicle Space
What was I thinking not buying stock in Tesla when the company turned profitable? I was telling my daughter earlier this morning that missing this opportunity made me feel like a world-class chump. What to make of this whole phenomenon? …
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The Changing Paradigm in Personal Transportation
Here’s an article that underscores something I firmly believe: the concept of car ownership, a paradigm of the American lifestyle in the 20th Century, is on its way out. Just as a generation decided it no longer needed a telephone that …
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