Cars That Think
MARCH 11, 2023
As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries. Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce.
Clean Fleet Report
MAY 13, 2021
But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. This marketing choice by Ford is either a very bad idea (brand dilution) or a genius plan to move the pony car into the modern era. Not easy or cheap, but it has worked so far.
Revenge of the Electric Car
NOVEMBER 19, 2009
lawmakers are supportive of the idea. Despite a high upfront cost, operating an electric vehicle is cheap, costing 2.5 cents per mile traveled, compared with 12 cents per mile for a gas-powered car, advocates say. “We can set the stage for it, with a wide range of tax credits,&# said Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.)
EV Central
NOVEMBER 30, 2022
A residential 11kW AC wall box has the battery from empty to full in around 10 hours. The EQV’s not cheap, but lately every new car price announcement – prestige brand; EV or combustion – has us thinking the same thing. Maybe we should reset our idea on what ‘expensive’ is these days.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
0:00 / 4:40 Battery power for Chrysler The Circuit will be a purely plug-in car - there will be no gas tank or gasoline engine at all - with an expected range of 150 to 200 miles on a full charge. "The whole idea is that this is technology you can adapt to any existing niche," he said. 5.90 / 0.07% Nasdaq 1,673.07
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Munger, the 85-year-old vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is a curmudgeon who frowns on most investment ideas. "When I call Charlie with an idea," Buffett tells me, "and he says, That is really a dumb idea, that means we should put 100% of our net worth into it. Electric cars will be one answer.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. Mike, Epworth, UK Ok.
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