EV Adoption

JUNE 14, 2021

My real point, however, of this short commentary of an article is not about safety and speed – but about reducing carbon emissions. 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.

Carbon 52

Carbon Emissions Miles F-150 52

Charged EVs

JULY 29, 2021

This can be an especially insidious issue for high-power devices like traction inverters and DC fast chargers—even if they were to achieve a near-mythical efficiency of 99%, that still means they would produce 1 kW of waste heat for every 100 kW of power handled, or about the same as a typical residential space heater.

Water 106

Water DC Golf Cart International 106

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

To deal with this major special waste problem has to my knowledge never ever been brought to the attention of the readers of any paper around the world. Batteries are highly special toxic waste and cannot be dropped on the average dump site, so who is going to pay to get rid of this problem? — Kaare Nilsen 2. In the U.S.

Oregon 58

Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Newly installed CEO Fritz Henderson argues that pioneering projects like the Volt typically lose money until the technology catches on. We should have built more Nuclear power plants and created a nuclear waste recycling program. You guys go ahead and buy your 40 mile per charge GM golf cart.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41