EV Adoption

JUNE 14, 2021

At the Plaid launch event Elon Musk said that the Plaid was “faster than any Porsche, safer than any Volvo.”. The fast acceleration capability of electric vehicles was a key component to reducing the “golf cart” image of EVs that existed before the Tesla Model S emerged in 2012.

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Carbon Emissions Miles F-150 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2015

Ford opened its first Silicon Valley office in 2012. A person sitting in the Palo Alto laboratory can access real-time video streamed over existing 4G/LTE technology to drive golf carts thousands of miles away. The Palo Alto team plays a critical role in research and development in these areas.

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Connect Connected Ford Vehicles 150

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

After a succession of carefully staged events for media and the public, we now know that the 2022 GMC Hummer EV will include at least two models: a sport utility truck (or SUT), with four doors and a short pickup bed, and a more conventional SUV. Before Tesla, they were seen as nerdy golf carts, far from usable as “real cars.”

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Hummer GMC GM Market 104

Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

JANUARY 18, 2009

I think Ed Kjaer, head of electric transportation for Southern California Edison, had the best quote at the podium saying that nobody should think EVs are just golf carts or that the technology isn’t ready: “It is so ready. More photos of the event available here. It is so ready," Kjaer said. Photo courtesy of Jeanne Trombly.

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Plug-in Plug California 2009 36

Electric Auto Association

APRIL 4, 2021

I cut the frame and extended it, and then a guy from the DEVC donated a golf cart motor,” he explained. “I Held annually n the last week-end in June, the century-old event has included EVs for 38 years, and the DEVC has supported the effort for most of them. That brought a pretty good turnout of our chapter members.”

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Colorado Denver Golf Cart Convert 57