Sorry for the last-minute notice, but if you’re available tomorrow at 1 PM EDT (10 AM PDT), and you’re looking for some insight into the electric vehicle market (electric trucks in particular), please join Dr. Brooks Agnew, CEO of Vision …
Category: Electric Vehicles
Electric Vehicles
Purveyors of Electric Vehicles Need To Offer a Reasonable Business Proposition
Here’s a press release (dressed as a news article) from Aerovironment, a company with a division that makes electric vehicle chargers. And here’s a line from it that reminds me of the adage: “If the only tool you have is …
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Prospective Electric Vehicle Owners Analyze Break-Even Point on Fuel Costs
Cameron Atwood writes: I recall seeing figures indicating the $45k Volt pays off the difference in savings on gas over electric cost over its ICE (internal combustion engine) brethren in six years. That’s not especially dismal. It depends on how …
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Hoopla Aside, Auto Manufacturers Not Anxious To Roll Out EVs
A quick note from the electric vehicle show in Los Angeles in early May: It’s true that most of the credible car-makers have EV products scheduled for delivery in the not-too-distant future. But they’re obviously hedging their bets, delaying their market entrance …
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Good To Chat with Dan Sturges, Transportation Visionary
On my way to the electric vehicle show in downtown Los Angeles this morning I dropped in to see 2GreenEnergy associate Dan Sturges. I picked him up at his place in nearby Culver City, and chatted with him about the …
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2GreenEnergy at the Electric Vehicle Symposium in Los Angeles
I tend to make up my mind about travel at the last minute, leaving all options open until the very end. For example, the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS-26) happens to be in Los Angeles this year, and runs from Sunday …
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Clean Car Calculator
Here’s a “clean car calculator” in which users can plug in certain values and receive an instant assessment of the eco-impact of their vehicle. I’ll point out (before skeptics like reader Glenn Doty have the chance) that the methodology is …
Enterprise Is Shopping for Electric Vehicles
At yesterday’s Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Conference I had a wonderful conversation with a senior player at Enterprise Holdings, the parent company of Enterprise Rent-A-Car. I began by validating him for coming to a show like this; to me it shows, …
IBM’s Vice President of Energy and Utilities — Making a Difference in Electric Transportation
Here’s another quick note from San Diego, where I’m spending the day at the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure USA 2012. I just had a great conversation with Allan Schurr, IBM’s Vice President of Energy and Utilities. I performed quite a …
EV Charging Standards as Discussed at the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Conference
I’m spending the day in San Diego at the Plug-In Electric Vehicle Infrastructure USA 2012, meeting people, listening to talks, and doing an on-camera interview with industry guru Jon LeSage at Green Car Digest. I just had an interesting conversation …
