Here in Silicon Valley there are so many electric cars driving around that it’s easy to forget what it was like in 2011 or before. Back in the 2000’s owning an electric vehicle was outright weird, but today the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley has one of the…
Today, TheStreet posted a really messed up Chevy Bolt EV review reminding me of the big learning I got from writing my book, Range Confidence: Charge Fast, Drive Far in your Electric Car (see link in sidebar). The author of that Chevy Bolt EV review got what sounds like a…
Recently a big-box retailer in Romania, Kaufland, announced it would build a network of 10 fast charging stations across Romania. I take this as a cool sign of progress with electric vehicle adoption. While Western Europe has taken to electric vehicles in a big way, especially Norway, Netherlands and Germany, Eastern Europe…
Electric vehicles (EVs) hold the potential of transforming the way the world moves. EVs can increase energy security by diversifying the fuel mix and decreasing dependence on petroleum, while also reducing emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants. Just as important, EVs can unlock innovation and create new advanced industries…
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In July 2012, McKinsey & Company published a paper saying that electric cars would become cost competitive with gasoline cars, because of falling battery pack prices, by 2020. (see http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Automotive/Strategy_Analysis/Battery_technology_charges_ahead_2997) The key interesting thing was this graph connecting gasoline prices with battery pack prices, and showing the range of both…
Globally scoped overview of electric vehicle adoption prospects, aimed at climate change mitigation. Source: http://www.iea.org/publications/globalevoutlook_2013.pdf
Whether the car buying public buys electric cars depends on several factors (price, range, etc) as well as technological realities. Are electric vehicles inevitable? What will tip the balance so consumers start buying electric vehicles in droves? This study dates from early 2011, meaning “the world” had almost no experience…
A plan published in 2012 in California mapping out how to reach climate change electric vehicle goals for 2025. Source: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/files/ccelp/Electric_Drive_by_25-2.pdf
EPA summarizing available consumer acceptance studies, in 2012. Source: http://www.epa.gov/air/caaac/mstrs/dec2012/kodjak.pdf
Long-term trends are that electric vehicles will take over, and fossil fuel will be rendered obsolete. That’s according to a Bloomberg News report last week with good news for anyone rooting for the demise of the fossil fuel industry. It’s not government mandate, but technology improvements that will create this…
Back in the day, long ago in 2010 when the modern phase of electric cars hadn’t started being sold to the public, General Motors was showing the Chevy Volt at some public events. One of those was at the Presidio of San Francisco (in a couple hundred years, due to…
On Sunday, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk did one of his famous cryptic tweets claiming to have solved a big issue for electric cars — range anxiety. Tesla press conf at 9am on Thurs. About to end range anxiety … via OTA software update. Affects entire Model S fleet. —…
Another anti-electric-vehicle article has made it into the mainstream press, so it’s time for everyone to freak out and think the sky is falling. I’m talking about an opinion piece in USA Today, Electric car benefits? Just myths, by well-known distorter of facts Bjørn Lomborg. He has the ability to string…
