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Category: Electric Vehicles
171 Scientists: CO2 Budget Of Electric Mobility “Twice As Big As Assumed” By European Leaders
Co-signatory Thomas Koch of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology told Germany’s BILD: “We stand by the Green Deal, the CO2 reduction. But we appeal to the EU Commission to acknowledge…
Electric-Bus Inferno In Hanover-Germany…Explosive Fire Causes “Millions In Damages”
Although fires can happen anywhere, they become critical and dangerous when e-vehicles are involved. An affected battery acts as a powerful fire accelerant due to a chain reaction and must…
EV Growth Projections May Go Bust
With a simple stroke of the pen, Governor Newsom believes he has the power to change the lifestyles of all California residents, and control the supply-demand balance for societies and…
Get Ready for the Ride of Your Life – Waymo Autonomous Taxi Escapes Handlers
Citizen reporter Joel Johnson documenting some of his hair raising experiences in San Francisco robot taxicabs. Includes video.
Bitcoiner Weighs in on Electric Cars Saving the Planet
It is interesting to see views on mitigation policies from outside our community. And by community we mean both sides arguing over the topic of AGW for years.
EV’s not family workhorses, but short range second cars
In a recent Los Angeles Times article, citing Edmunds data, The number of battery-electric models available more than doubled from 2018 to 2019, but EV sales budged in the wrong…
The Dawn Of The E-Vehicle Battery Environmental Disaster …Discarded Even Sooner Than Expected
“We would never have imagined the quantities that would accumulate after such a short time,” says Schmidt. His company alone and competitor Duesenfeld, both of which specialize in recycling car…
EV subsidies, fantasies and realities
Tesla may be synonymous with electric vehicles right now. But within a few years, GM, Volvo and many other manufacturers will be making mostly or only EVs, because they’re emission-free,…
Weakest link to EV growth is the material supply chain
The worldwide plans for EV domination of the vehicle population are like having the plans to build a large house without sufficient materials being available to ever finish the house.
Battery Basics for Climate Warriors
There are basically only three non-kinetic electrical storage mechanisms: electrochemical, pseudocapacitive, and capacitive. We deliberately exclude indirectly kinetic pumped hydro, for which there are two big expansion problems: insufficient remaining…
Electric vehicle shock treatment
Joe Biden, his fellow Democrats, and apparently big U.S. automakers, have joined the rush to transform America’s transportation to 100% electric vehicles (EV) whether We the People want it or…
Reality Check On The Electric Car
Believe me, I and most other cooperative managers in the country would love to see an abundance of electric cars. If every member of our cooperative were to go out…
Mandating electric vehicles without a plan will be devastating to California’s economy
Ramifications of California Governor Newsom’s ban on sale of gas-powered vehicles by 2035 Guest essay by Ronald Stein Ambassador for Energy & Infrastructure, Irvine, California Before sky diving, you need to…
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