The world is in the process of phasing out internal combustion engines in favor of EVs, and there are indications, after years of disappointment, that the EV adoption curve is finally starting to take off. Part of the challenge, of …
Tag: battery swapping
Can Electric Vehicle Battery-swapping Succeed?
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 …
If Fisker Automotive Goes Away, It Won't Be the First Bad Idea To Do So
Here’s a conversation I’m having with a friend about the mess at Fisker, i.e., the departure of the company’s founder. Craig: That’s incredible about Fisker. What do you make of all this? Friend: It reminds me of John DeLorean in …
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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 …
Electric Transportation: Short-Term Challenges, Long-Term Promise
I wrote a piece yesterday about the struggles of Project Better Place, the attempt to sell large populations of car drivers on the concept of adopting electric vehicles, and paying a certain price per mile driven, using leased batteries that, …
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Electric Vehicle Battery-Swap Concept “Project Better Place” Running Into Trouble
I was never a fan of the electric vehicle battery-swap concept “Project Better Place” for countries like the United States, with a sprawling landmass of 3.5 million square miles — in the “Lower 48” alone. But I’m surprised (and saddened, …
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Electric Vehicles Will Hit Hard, Fast and Expectedly. Who Predicted 10 Years Ago that 5 Billion Of Us Would Have Cell Phones?
I’m always interested in articles that speculate on the “electric vehicle adoption curve,” i.e., the pace at which EVs will be integrated into our transportation mix. Here’s a piece by Steven Cohen, Executive Director, Columbia University’s Earth Institute, that concludes …
