The Truth About Cars

MAY 2, 2024

Seems just a year or two ago your author took a troubled and stressful trip to Austin to pick up a lightly used GS 350. At home I swapped out the cabin filter and air filter, both parts were of course cheap and readily available.& Time flies, doesn’t it? But that was a full five years ago now, prior to pandemic times!

Lexus 104

Lexus 2015 Miles MPG 104

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

The idea was to understand the changes in the molecular structure of molybdenum disulfide, so that it can be a better catalyst for hydrogen production: closer to platinum in efficiency, but earth-abundant and cheap. Molly is dirt cheap and abundant. —Stan Chou. People want a non-platinum catalyst. Chou, Na Sai, Ping Lu, Eric N.

Low Cost 150

Low Cost Hydrogen Water Production 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

During the late innings of the ICE-age (as in the Internal Combustion Engine age) it has become clear that feeding gasoline and diesel to the next billion new cars is not going to be easy, or cheap. The first eye-opener for large scale solar was the Austin Energy PPA last year that was priced at 5 cents. New cars in 2015 get 25 mpg.)

Solar 150

Solar Miles Gasoline-Electric MPG 150

EV Central

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

Funky, boxy stying and great cabin space: the 2023 Kia Soul EV small SUV in the UK Glacial uptake ensured we never got the Kia Soul EV, which had been on sale in RHD UK since 2015. The Poms devised parking space sizes when the Austin A30 was deemed normal, so the Soul just about proved manageable. And parking?

Kia 90

Kia Australia Cheap Electric Cars 90

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

So imagine a million electric cars on US roads which all need to change these batteries in say 2015. Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not.

Oregon 58

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58