Cars That Think

OCTOBER 26, 2021

In our always-on, sensor-laden, Internet-connected world, shouldn't technology have done better? And then, with transmission complete and the triggering stimulus gone, the system would shut down and return to a sleep or fully powered-off state. Too many did not make it out of their beds, let alone their homes.

Stimulus Package 83

Stimulus Package Stimulus Mercury Power 83

Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

“There is the technology, there is the market, but there is a bigger question than that: it’s also very much about connecting to the nation’s (electrical) grid and where the electricity comes from.&#. It might seem that simply plugging in your Chevy Volt or Ford Escape before bedtime would do.

Electric Cars 124

Electric Cars i-MiEV Cars Electric 124

EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

This has lots to do with spare cash; as a new technology EVs have come in pricier than average, and even more so they’ve had that perception. EV market share went from a stratospheric 45% to escape-velocity 63%, crossing 100k on a population of barely 5M. Basically EVs are happening in Northwest Europe, and far far less elsewhere.

2020 52

2020 Global 2019 Portugal 52