Electric Vehicles
I had the pleasure of meeting Michael Pesin of the local power utility up here in Northwestern Washington State: Seattle City Light, at the launch of my client EV4’s new product, the “Energy Transfer Merchant.” I thought this conversation was …
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Here’s local news coverage of the event my client EV4 asked me to attend yesterday: the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Energy Transfer Merchant, a futuristic, multi-function EV charging station. I found it interesting that the Pacific Northwest’s largest distributor of …
One of our 2GreenEnergy clients in the electric vehicle charging sector has asked me to be a part of a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their latest product release this Wednesday in Seattle. And when a client asks for my participation, of …
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Here’s another note on the value of electric vehicles vs. internal combustion engines. I’m intrigued with the points that Glenn Doty has raised regarding the spurious logic that the DoE and others have used in their “well to wheels” comparisons. …
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dx2YbkUcEk&w=420&h=345] Here, I present a summary of a business plan that would implement a terrific design concept in electric bicycles. I met these folks when I was moderating a panel discussion at the Alt Car Expo in 2009, and …
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mrq938qFp7w&w=420&h=345] I’m not an auto manufacturing guy, but I’m closely connected with some of the top people in this field. They’ve come together with a business plan that, when implemented, will build high-quality but inexpensive light-duty electric pick-up trucks. …
Glenn Doty is a vital part of Doty Windfuels, a company with a terrific future in synthetic fuels made from off-peak wind energy, water, and CO2. I’ve written about them extensively; they’ve been a wonderful client, whose business plan I …
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I’ve driven a few high-performance sports cars in my day. I never owned anything more powerful than my current (ancient) BMW 540i, but I drove several of the Maseratis of the 1990s, before their regrettable hiatus on importing them to …
I decided to take the train to Los Angeles this morning, rather than driving. Even though this takes a bit longer, it has numerous benefits: I certainly did right by the world by not using the gas, and I was able …
When I have a few extra minutes, I blog on a range of other energy-related sites. A reader of one of these, EnergyCollective.com, writes: Great article (meaning this one). It’s unfortunate that this piece couldn’t have been written ten years …
Electric Transportation — Why Now and Not Decades Ago? Read More »
