Tag Archives: cars
Solar and Electric Transportation
A reader asked that I comment on this fairly euphoric piece, suggesting that the world economy can and will be revived with the aggressive adoption of electric transportation and photovoltaics. Here are a few bits and pieces of my reaction. • There are quite a number of industry observers who share optimism associated with the economic [...]
The Top 10 Eco-Friendly Cars of 2012
It’s becoming increasingly important for new cars to be eco-friendly. Lowered emissions, better mileage, and the adaptation of existing diesel and petrol engines to include hybrid electric motors and batteries is becoming more of a focus for manufacturers as they seek compliance with low pollution regulations. In this context, some of the best new cars [...]
It’s Electric!
Yesterday’s ACORE forum on the intersection of transportation and renewable energy left me pretty psyched about running down to DC’s Tesla store and putting in an order for a Roadster. Then the reality that I don’t need a new car sunk in, so I jotted it down on my “things to buy when I win [...]
In Focus: Ethanol Powered Cars
The Fuel For those who don’t know, ethanol is a biodiesel fuel used as an alternative to gasoline. It’s actually an ethyl alcohol, the same type of alcohol that can be found in alcoholic beverages. The Ethanol blend (E-85) fuel is made from 85% ethanol and 15% gasoline with the sorghum grain as the primary [...]
U.S Electric Vehicle Adoption: Why The Hiccup?
Although the so-called early adopters are talking up the Nissan LEAF, sales of the LEAF in the U.S. so far in 2012 are not on the pace needed for Nissan to reach its stated goal of selling 20,000 LEAFs for the year. Clearly none of the current set of new electric vehicles have met the [...]
Diesel vs. Hybrids
According to a recent report by Pike Research, clean diesel vehicles will likely spike in popularity in the U.S. in years to come, due to anticipated fuel economy and emissions regulations. The report predicts that sales of clean diesel vehicles will jump from 9.1 million in 2012 to 12.1 million annually by 2018. If this [...]
Top 5 Eco Friendly Cars with the Most Bling
Now more than ever, people are concerned about going green and being efficient. Don’t get me wrong, there are still plenty of people who could care less, but getting more bang for your gasoline buck is a very common theme when it comes to cars. The beginning of this green revolution began with hybrid cars [...]
Top 5 Green Sports Cars for 2013
German car manufactures are well in tune with the demand for the eco-friendly car. Audi, Mercedes and Porsche either have hybrid models in production or have fully electric concepts ready for the future. Now BMW have stepped up with a production version of their Vision Efficient Dynamics concept coupe. Not only that, but an M [...]
Rio+20: The Aftermath
Rio+20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, has come and gone. The global environmental community certainly had high hopes for this event, described as the biggest UN conference ever. With such outsized expectations, some people were bound to be disappointed… and in this case, a great many people felt let down by the conference. [...]