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It's the Electric Vehicles, Stupid

It's the Electric Vehicles, Stupid

Want to save the planet?  I do.  Want to save money, the public health, energy and not be reliant on Big Oil?  Me too. Okay, here’s the equation then:  Internal combustion engines are inherently inefficient – losing as much as 85% of the power that goes into the gas tank along the way to moving […]

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EV Update

EV Update

Now might be a good time to talk again about the promise of the electric or fuel-cell vehicle.  Given the Gulf of Mexico disaster, one would hope that it must start to penetrate, sooner rather than later, that it is past time to leave the internal combustion engine behind.  The naysayers talk about the “romance” […]

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Fill 'Er Up

Project Better Place is coming along nicely.  These are the folks who could catalyze the quest for the electric car’s full penetration into all the world’s markets.  I love this stuff – see Future Car for instance.   Here’s an eye-opening interview with Shai Agassi, PBP’s founder.   I mean, how cool is this?!

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