Mostly electric car charging in the U.S. is free, as in zero cost to the consumer. There is of course a cost to buy the charging station, install it, get permits to install, etc. The businesses who install charging stations need to recoup their investment – there needs to be…
Can you spell Oschersleben? If so, you’re a better man than me. In any case, Ho Chi Fung has taken pole position at the eRoadRacing Europe race #2 at that track. It’s a double header for the eRoadRacing this weekend with events in both Indianapolis (where Shane Turpin has taken…
The eRoadRacing guys are racing in Indianapolis for what may be the final race of the 2013 North America season, and I’m not there, missing a North America TTXGP/e-Power/eRoadRacing for the first time. Whether there’s something wrong with this picture remains to be seen, but in the meantime I’m combing…
In Murfreesboro Tennessee yesterday a drunk woman crashed her Tesla Model S into a telephone pole. She told police she was “messing with the radio.” It was a clear day, hers was the only car in the crash, so I’m guessing a combination of inebriation and driver distraction caused the…
The Formula E electric car racing series may be doomed before it launches. Or maybe not. Over on proev.com they’re claiming that Formula E is doomed because the organizers are not organizing a racing series, but are making poor choices based on marketing goals, and have created technical flaws. I’m…
Crude oil coming from hydraulic fracturing dependent oil operations in the Bakken Shale region are more dangerous, more explosive, than crude oil from other sources. Crude oil isn’t normally seen as a high explosion risk hazmat material. The train derailment in Quebec in July that resulted in a huge explosion…
Maybe Elon Musk is stretching too far with the Hyperloop concept? The idea, a system of tubes containing low atmospheric pressure air, through which electrically driven capsules ride at supersonic speeds, was just unveiled today, and already there are naysayers. I think there’s many who hear Musk as over-confident and…
Gil de Ferran is a 20+ year veteran of motorsports having won several championships including the IndyCar (twice) and Indianapolis 500. The Formula E electric car racing series announced today they’d signed him up for two roles. The first role is “Ambassador” and “spokesman” for the series, primarily in North…
TEPCO reported on Sunday that highly toxic levels of radioactive tritium and cesium are leaking into the Pacific Ocean from the crippled Fukushima no. 1 power plant. Amid rising concerns about radiation leaks at the site, and a declaration of Emergency by Japans Nuclear Regulatory Agency, TEPCO drilled a new…
The hydraulic fracturing boom is causing water shortages and drying up towns in West Texas, and elsewhere. Water is the source of life, and clean water means clean healthy life. The fracking process, as it’s popularly known, consumes massive amounts of water. This is water that the oil well operator…
GM CEO Dan Akerson has done it again, allowed his loose lips to say big things about future generations of the Chevy Volt. GM’s CEO Dan Akerson and his loose-lips spoke again about future product plans for the Chevy Volt, predicting on Thursday a future Volt with an longer electric…
Just how afraid of Tesla is GM? I’m asking this because of a pair of events, one where Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk laid out the company’s roadmap making it clear they can and will bring a 200+ mile range electric car to market in a couple years, and another…
Formula E has signed up FOX Sports to handle broadcasting the Formula E races. They’ll have exclusive broadcast rights in the U.S. and a mix of exclusive and non-exclusive rights elsewhere. FOX Sports has broadcast entities in over 80 countries on six continents. Ohmy.. that’s a big media organization. In…
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced on Thursday that operators of unconventional gas wells will no longer be unconditionally exempt from seeking an air quality plan approval for well sites. Instead, guidance issued by the DEP explains the agency may grant unconventional gas well operators permit exceptions if they…
The potential new oil production boom from hydraulic fracturing in California’s Monterey Shale region will require a little-known technique using powerful acids to dissolve underground rock. The first of a series of articles by Next Generation research analyst Robert Collier focuses on the technical reality of what will be required…
