The other day I asked my friend Paul Scott, who co-founded the EV advocacy group Plug-In America and currently sells the Leaf at the Nissan dealership in downtown Los Angeles, about environmentally friendly cars, specifically about the real environmental benefits …
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Electric Vehicles
Examining the Consumer Value Proposition for Electric Vehicles
Here’s a piece of idiotic reporting on electric vehicles that I thought I’d share. Apparently, a survey shows that current EV customers are quite happy with their purchase, but a large number of non-EV drivers (the report doesn’t quantify this) don’t like …
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What Does Avis’ Purchase of Zipcar Mean for the Car-Sharing Industry?
I’d like to think that Avis Rent A Car’s purchase of Zipcar for $500 million is good news for the car-sharing industry and the social phenomenon behind it. There is no question that car sharing is a terrific idea, in …
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Another Benefit of Sustainable Transportation: Less Traffic Congestion
Those of us who live near major cities spend a great deal of time stuck in traffic, when we’re unfortunate enough to be forced to drive at rush-hour, or encounter some special circumstance like an accident. I’m sure many of …
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Indianapolis Going All In On Electric Vehicles
Apparently, the city of Indianapolis is in the process of changing out its entire fleet of non-police cars and trucks with electric vehicles. I hope this comes amidst an entire rethinking of the way the city addresses the issue of …
Developing Advanced Battery Packs for Electric Vehicles
It’s good to see the public and private sectors working together. Here’s a story announcing the U.S. Department of Energy’s five-year, $120-million award for a team of 14 companies, universities and national laboratories. The project will be led by Argonne …
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Car of the Future: Infographic
Here’s a neat infographic that presents these folks’ idea of the car of the future. No doubt there are some good, futuristic ideas here that differentiate this thing from what we have now, but I don’t believe this is the …
Cleantech in Slovakia
Native Slovakian Robin Babicek writes on the 2GreenEnergy Facebook page on my post concerning the geothermal breakthrough coming out of homeland: As long as we’re on the subject of Slovakia, have you heard about project GreenWay? I go away …
10 Things You Didn’t Know about Electric Vehicles
Here’s a consumer-oriented piece from the U.S. Department of Energy: 10 Things You Didn’t Know about Electric Vehicles. Nicely done. There are a couple of issues with EVs, however, that make this a trickier issue than the article implies: • Even …
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From Guest Blogger Joshua Gold: What BMW Is Doing in Hybrids in 2013
You may be less likely to tear out your hair during your family’s next road trip if you take that trip in the BMW Active Tourer. This compact hybrid is in the concept stages, but is expected to come complete …
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