City Twizy
Renault's Twizy pagehttp://www.renault.com/...Twizy Wiki pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/...Fifth Gear Web TV -- Renault Twizy Review"Embedding disabled by request"http://www.youtube.com/...Road and...
View ArticleCoda Electric car
Seeing as my diary on the Twizy went over so very well I thought I should double downhttp://www.dailykos.com/...The Coda car company pagehttp://www.codaautomotive.com/Coda wiki...
View ArticleSmart electric car
Smarts web pagehttp://www.smartusa.com/...Smart electric wiki pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/...
View ArticleLeaf electric car
Leaf electric websitehttp://www.nissanusa.com/...Leaf electric wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/...
View ArticleTransit Connect electric
Transit Connect electric web sitehttp://www.azuredynamics.com/...Transit Connect electric wiki pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/...
View ArticleFrito-Lay electric trucks
Frito-Lay electric truck pagehttp://www.fritolay.com/...http://smithelectric.com/...Frito-Lay electric truck wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/...
View ArticleMitsubishi / Citroen / Peugeot electric car
Mitsubishi i websitehttp://i.mitsubishicars.com/Citroen C-Zero websitehttp://www.citroen.co.uk/...Peugeot iOn websitehttp://www.peugeot.co.uk/...!Mitsubishi i wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/...
View ArticleProterra electric bus
Proterra electric bus websitehttp://www.proterra.com/...Proterra carbon footprint compared to othershttp://www.proterra.com/...44% less carbon than CNG 87,000 lb carbon savings annually vs....
View ArticleElectric Jet Airliner
Electric Jet websitehttp://www.wheeltug.gi/Electric Jet wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/...
View ArticleElectric land speed record cars
Buckeye Bullet webpagehttp://www.buckeyebullet.com/...Buckeye Bullet wikihttp://en.wikipedia.org/...
View ArticlePrimove Electric car heaven ?
Primove web sitehttp://primove.bombardier.com/eMobility redefined PRIMOVE is a game-changing technology that enables the wireless charging of electric vehicles. Based on inductive power transfer,...
View ArticleHonda Fit electric car
Honda Fit electric web pagehttp://automobiles.honda.com/...Honda fit electric wiki pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/...
View ArticleToyota Rav 4 electric
Toyota Rav 4 electric web sitehttp://www.toyota.com/...RAV4 EV – Coming Late Summer It lets you put lots of cargo in the back. And it lets you put gas stations in the rearview mirror — permanently....
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National Plug-In Day: Celebrating our New, AFFORDABLE Nissan Leaf! (+Update)
This diary has been waiting around as a draft for a couple of weeks... and it has turned out for the better! Today is National Plug-In Day, celebrating and showcasing electric vehicles (EVs) and...
View ArticleI finally got my electric car!
In which I compare my new 2012 Nissan Leaf with my previous car, a 1988 Toyota Corolla. I feel like I've finally joined the 21st Century. And with my solar panels coming in January, then I'll feel...
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The Electric Car, Cost-effective and Affordable: Available Now!
In news that somehow seems to have escaped everyone’s notice, you can buy a cost-effective 100% electric commuter / about-town car. Right now. At your local dealer. Not next year. Not “after the next...
View ArticleMy Green conversion project
Hello comrades! If you're like me, you haven't done nearly as much as you wish to take the big oil companies and the military-industrial complex down. And you don't see the Democrats doing that any...
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Anti-electric car NYT reviewer LIES about Tesla Model S performance. (Update x2)
Motor Trend named the Tesla Model S the Car of the Year, but you'd think that electic cars still aren't ready for prime time if you only read The New York Times. On February 8th the Times published a...
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New York Times Responds to Tesla Review Criticisms
On February 8th the New York Times published a review of the Tesla Model S and the Supercharger stations Tesla has installed between D.C. and Boston. Stalled Out on Tesla’s Electric HighwayReviewer...
View ArticleWho got an electric car? Me!
I am now the proud owner of my first electric car - the newly released 2014 Chevy Spark EV. And yes, the car featured at the preceding link looks exactly like the one I got. I think the blue is close...
View ArticleElectric Car Early Adopter Report - - 1 Year
I’ve been driving a 100% electric car for a year now and thought I’d share impressions and results. This might help you decide whether an EV is right for you.General Notes I’ve driven my Mitsubishi...
View ArticleChristie Unilaterally Shuts Down All Tesla Car Stores in NJ
Let this put to rest any doubt that Chris Christie is in the pocket of the Koch Brothers and/or their Big Oil pals. From Slate.com:Like a lot of Republicans, New Jersey governor Chris Christie likes to...
View ArticleWhat Will The Next President Do About Climate Change?
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]Reading Paul Krugman this morning and the comically incoherent Republican ranting denying climate change action or even the phenomenon itself, one can reasonably ask...
View ArticleI’m Not Giving Up on Our Earth Because it’s Difficult
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]Facts, truth, empirical realism, logic, rationality, un-biased observation methods, these are the cherished mental crown jewels of the liberal reality-based...
View ArticleTesla takes big step towards sustainability
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, has just shown that he's as dedicated to sustainability as he claimed. He announced that his companywill not “initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants...
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Tesla: "All Our Patent Are Belong To You"
In a clear reversal from business as usual in the tech industry, where the largest tech industries hoard their intellectual property and lawsuits fly at the drop of a bucket, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla,...
View ArticleElectric Car 3rd Annual Owner Update: Communism, Paranoia, Road Rage
I’ve been driving my 100% electric car for two years now. Basic stats: Mechanical problems: zero Oil changes: zero Trips to gasoline stations: zero Times stuck / out of charge: zero Times I needed to...
View ArticleWhat You Liberals Should Do About Keystone Pipeline
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]I’m always interested when a professional journalist opines about what we liberals should do with a particular political strategy, tactical study is always worthy and...
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Electric car batteries just passed the affordable cost rubicon
You've come a long way, baby. Electric car sales have been steadily increasing over the years, and more recently they have jumped:According to research from InsideEVs.com, approximately 119,710 plug-in...
View ArticleUnfair, Perhaps, to Ask For a House Strategy
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]Watching the policy positions unfold of the Democratic Party candidates I’m beginning to feel a certain impatience, for although of course I agree with many of them...
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Carsick Planet, Part 1: Why the world needs FEWER not better cars
“Carden of Eden” at Flora Grubb Gardens, San Francisco. All photos by Sven EberleinWith the upcoming 21st UN Climate Summit in Paris (COP21) this December promising to be a multi-lane highway towards a...
View ArticleKoch Brothers Plotting once again to Kill the Electric Car
Ugh — these guys again. From The Huffington Post:A new group that's being cobbled together with fossil fuel backing hopes to spend about $10 million dollars per year to boost petroleum-based...
View ArticleYou really have to test drive a Tesla to understand how revolutionary these...
I had the extraordinary experience of test-driving a 2016 Tesla Model S P90D this weekend. We set up an appointment for the test drive and between the orientation at the beginning, the drive, and the...
View ArticleThe future of batteries for electric cars
Electric cars are probably the future of the car industry. At least it seems so at the moment. Their problem is reach. Their reach is relatively short because of weak batteries. In order to increase...
View ArticleNew Koch-Funded Campaign to Kill the Electric Car and Squash Clean Energy
By Kevin GrandiaWith reports out that every month so far in 2016 has been the hottest on record, it seems a little unbelievable that even the oil-rich Koch Brothers would have the audacity to launch a...
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Tesla Model 3 officially unveiled today!
I’ll keep this short and sweet, as I had to wake up really early for this and now need to go back to sleep ;) Here’s the info unveiled today as the first 30 customers received their...
View ArticleChina: We're setting a deadline to ban fossil-fuel vehicles
If you've watched Chinese industrial and environmental policy over the past fifteen years, you knew this moment was coming:China will set a deadline for automakers to end sales of fossil-fuel-powered...
View ArticleDr. Daniel Fine: Trump and oil in trade geopolitics
The full article is here→ www.daily-times.com/...Full Article “ “Unlike 1973, and its oil embargo against the United States, there is no supply threat from the Middle East. Consequently, only a demand...
View ArticleElectric Cars Are Too Dangerous
Electric cars are too dangerous! They keep catching on fire, often with tragic consequences. They should be banned and never used again. Tesla alone has accounted for 2 to 3 fires every year for the...
View ArticleRenewable Friday: Charging Stations Everywhere, But Not Yet
The moldy Denialist lie of the week is that electric cars have no future because charging. We knew better years ago. "As more EVs hit our streets, when will people start getting 'gas anxiety?'" Gas...
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Battery Electric Vehicles Will Dominate the Future — Here’s Why
The vast majority of people alive today only know a world fueled by oil. Because of its abundance and usefulness as an energy source, oil has driven industrialization of many a country, has been the...
View ArticleEV Tuesday: The Future Electric Car Market
More than 5 million electric cars were sold in 2018, and there are projections on the order of 29 million to be sold in 2030. Various countries are banding together to get up to 100 million electric...
View ArticleLooking Forward to Real Government Action on the Climate Crisis
[Cross-posted at The Left Coaster.]It hasn’t escaped my attention that many writers are trying to encourage the weary and grim Democratic Party base, yes we blessedly beat that $75,000 combover queen...
View ArticleTesla Motors' Bitcoin holdings emit as much carbon as nearly 2 million...
Tesla Motors, a manufacturer of luxury electric vehicles, came under fire by some environmentalists earlier this year for a large investment in the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. Due to its digital nature,...
View ArticleElectricity Rules the Road
For brief descriptions of and links to recent posts, click here. For an inverse-chronological list with links to all posts after January 23, 2017, click here. For a subject-matter index to posts before...
View ArticleDr. Daniel Fine's obituary in Today's Washington Post (11/13/22)
I, William Fine, authored this obituary on my Father, Dr. Daniel Fine, in today’s (Sunday 11/23/2022) Washington Post. → the full obituary is here→ www.legacy.com/...“DANIEL FINE OBITUARYFINE DR....
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My New PHEV. A Colorado State Open Thread, 10/2/2023
The Colorado State Open Thread is for people of, by and interested in our square(ish) state. Not all topics must be about Colorado, but they usually are. Most of the stories are ones of people or...
View ArticleKellyanne Conway: Why can't Democrats get over Jan. 6 already?
Kellyanne Conway is still around! On Wednesday, she appeared on Fox News like the Swamp Ghost of Christmas Past to run some interference for her former boss and historical embarrassment Donald Trump. I...
View ArticleElectric car drivers are hotter
Did you know that driving an electric car makes you hotter?Well… EVs make you more e-tractive. In this funny video from Generation180, comedian Reem Edan shares how you can charge up your love life and...
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