by Jim Motavalli for BNET, March 18, 2010
I reported yesterday that price was one of the “Seven Barriers to the Electric Car.” Indeed it is, but some states are trying to reduce the economic hurt by offering [...]
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by Jim Motavalli for the Daily Green, March 17, 2010
Nobody knows how many people will be lined up at the dealership doors with checkbooks on hand when the new wave of battery electric and plug-in hybrid cars–including the Nissan Leaf, Chevrolet Volt, Coda sedan, [...]
Full article →Electric cars are not slow, they’re not dangerous, and they’re not dirty simply because they recharge from coal plant-created energy. by Jim Motavalli for Mother Nature Network, March 17, 2010 Despite how many times they’re told differently, some Americans persist in their belief that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Sorry, nope. [...]
Full article →by John Voltz for Cleantech Blog, March 2, 2010
Recently, I made a small diversion from my walk to the office in San Francisco and took a ride in a Wheego. The Wheego was being showcased at Justin Herman Plaza right across from the Ferry Building not far from my office in the [...]
Full article →Fleets and Fuels, March 1, 2010
Virginia’s Evatran is talking up a trial in Wytheville, Va. of its Plugless Power brand “hands-free” proximity charging system for battery electric vehicles plug-in hybrids. “We recognize that convenient charging of electric vehicles is essential to their volume acceptance,” Evatran cofounder and sales and marketing director [...]
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