Electric Vehicles
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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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? …
Tesla’s Meteoric Rise in the Electric Vehicle Space Read More »
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 …
The Changing Paradigm in Personal Transportation Read More »
A friend sent me this piece on taxing electric vehicle drivers, and wrote: I haven’t seen anything that has gotten me this angry in a while. This is insane! And the comments so far seem to be reflective instead of …
The growing realization that global climate change is a reality and that the motor vehicles for personal use produce about 10% of global emissions of CO2 (greenhouse gas), has spurred innovation in green technologies in the automotive industry. In addition …
Question: How many electric vehicles (passenger cars only) are predicted to be sold globally in 2017? Answer: Can be found at http://2greenenergy.com/cool-guess-answers/8732 . Relevance: The United States is by far the world’s largest consumer of crude oil, accounting for more …
Take a COOL Guess – the Fun Quiz on Clean Energy. Today’s Topic: Electric Transportation Read More »
Thanks to 2GreenEnergy supporter Don Harmon for alerting me to this wonderfully accessible piece on the environmental issues associated with lithium. If for no other reason, this is important because of the frequent argument that the potential for lithium shortages …
What Are the Environmental Issues Associated with Lithium-Ion Batteries Read More »
There is so much general ignorance on the basic issues confronting renewable energy and electric transportation that it’s sometimes hard to know how to react to articles like this one on “vehicle to grid,” i.e., the concept that large number …
Electric Transportation, Vehicle To Grid, and Wind Energy Read More »
Wow, I sure wish I had bought some stock in Tesla when the ultra-sexy Model S came out. The company, though still not profitable, looks very close to turning that corner, and the market knows it. In terms of the …
Longtime 2GreenEnergy supporter and EV enthusiast Fritz Maffry just sent me this piece on BMW’s entrance into the electric vehicle space — a process that has been slow and measured, but perhaps, in the end, one that will prove to …
BMW's i3 — Cutting Edge Electric Vehicle Technology Read More »
