Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2015

Coal still supplies more power in the US than anything else, with natural gas next. However, building more coal and gas power plants to make miles for transport is counter-productive if the game plan is to reduce carbon output. At that rate, the cost to operate an electric vehicle is 2 cents per mile. Click to enlarge.

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Solar Miles Gasoline-Electric MPG 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Email ECOtality CEO: Fast Charging and Why Battery Swapping Is Doomed Jonathan Read discusses why electric vehicles and fast-charging systems, not battery-replacement systems such as the one touted by Project Better Place, are the future. Electric motors are generally three times more energy efficient than combustion engines.

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Charging Batteries Battery Nickel Metal Hydride 30

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ted Kulongoski behind the wheel of Nissan’s prototype electric vehicle. Mr. Kulongoski wants to make Oregon the go-to state for electric vehicle production. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden? Now add much cheaper materials and NiMH is now obsolete.

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58