Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 27, 2018
Alongside advances in gasoline and diesel vehicle technology, the industry is investing heavily in alternative technologies. For pure battery-powered vehicles, take-up is even lower (0.5%). More than a fifth of new car models now available are zero-emission capable, yet they make up just 5% of sales. in 2017 to 119,821 units.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we still need to achieve considerably better battery performance before plug-ins become a truly viable proposition. Batteries powerful enough to achieve that would fill up the trunk of a car, he said.
EV Adoption
MARCH 15, 2021
BMW’s Mini brand will go all-electric by 2030, report says – BMW’s Mini brand will go all-electric from 2030 as the automaker intensifies its transition to battery-powered vehicles, according to people familiar with the matter. – March 10, Politico.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Toyota Prius modders have already been adding larger batteries so the vehicle can run on battery power. Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem. The intolerable act is to pretend that making cars into plug-ins will reduce CO2.
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