It looks like this transition to electric transportation is taking root in the U.S. August was the first month that sales topped 10,000 units. I’ve always said that this transition has the potential to happen very quickly, once word-of-mouth sets …
Tag: Nissan Leaf
From Guest-Blogger Jess: 6 Top Electric Cars And Why You Should Buy One
Electric car options have exploded in the past couple of years. Prices have become more reasonable, while quality and features constantly improve. The government has also begun issuing a $7,500 federal income tax credit for qualified fully motor and battery-powered …
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Electric Vehicle Competitors to BMW's i3
From the 2GreenEnergy Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/2GreenEnergy, Robin Babicek, one of our 3238 “friends,” commented on yesterday’s post on the BMW i3 (electric vehicle): 1. It’s ugly. 2. Battery range puts it alongside other EVs such as the LEAF. While this …
Low Price of BMW's All-electric i3 Causes a Stir
Writing for the Motley Fool, Katie Spence opines that the low price ($41,350 less incentives) for the neat little BMW i3 (pictured here) is seriously bad news for competitors of various types. The most obvious, head-on-head player is the Nissan …
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From Guest Blogger Hanna: Green Car Rentals are Taking Off
Fuel prices have been on the rise over the past decade. In the UK, drivers can expect to pay 60p more than ten years ago, while US drivers have seen a price surge of 47 cents in the past year …
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Tagged with: Car rental, Carbon Footprint, electric vehicle, Green vehicle, Hybrid vehicle, Nissan Leaf, Toyota Prius, Volkswagen Jetta
Taxing Electrical Vehicle Drivers
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 …
Supercapacitors as Energy Storage Devices
A young, bright, and extremely respectful friend sent me this video on supercapacitors a few hours ago. And, since he had been very active in communicating with me lately, he wrote, “Tell me to shut up if I get to be …
Environmentally Friendly Cars
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 …
Island Nations Need Renewable Energy, Low-speed Electric Vehicles
I’m often asked for my advice about bringing electric transportation to island nations. Readers may recall that I’ve spent a fair chunk of time investigating this subject on behalf of Bermuda. Here, I write back to a friend who’s working …
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Tagged with: EcoVElectric, Electric Vehicles, EVs, island nations, low-speed electric vehicles, Nissan Leaf, Renewable Energy
Notes on Electric Transportation
I just got off the phone with a friend of a friend, who heads up the electric vehicle strategy at one of the largest utilities in the U.S. Here are some of the ideas we covered: • Especially in the …
