Tag Archives: electric vehicles
Ford Hits the Accelerator on Eco-friendly Vehicles
There’s a competition brewing between two giant automakers to see who can come up with a greener engine. Ford Motor Co is gunning to beat Toyota’s record on fuel economy. The No. 2 U.S. automaker is accelerating development of its hybrid and electric vehicles by bringing the design and production of key components in-house. Ford [...]
How The Green Button Will Change Energy Data
Since their introduction, smart meters and “connected” appliances have offered the potential for customers to better access and control their energy data. Tens of millions of smart meters later, there’s a massive amount of data being gathered, but few ways for customers to understand it. A desire to make sense of this treasure trove of [...]
Frito-Lay’s Electric Vehicle Fleet
You may feel guilty some days eating that giant bag of chips, terrified your waist line is about to balloon. But it looks like Frito-Lay wants to tap your environmental awareness … even if its chips may gnaw at your calorie-conscious self. Frito-Lay is about to launch its first fleet of electric trucks, to ensure [...]
Green Buildings Venture Capital Tops $4B
As the green buildings movement matures, the next wave of venture capital will center on startups that make net-zero operations possible. Net-zero buildings produce as much energy as they consume, requiring investments in both energy efficiency measures and in renewable energy generation. Much of the early green buildings VC – which totaled $4 billion over [...]
In Focus: Top Electric Car Manufacturers
As consumer demand grows for more environmentally friendly vehicles, car manufacturers around the world are competing to be the biggest producer of electric vehicles. Nearly all of the well known manufacturers offer at least one electric or hybrid vehicle. Nissan has reached a major milestone that puts it far beyond the rest of the pack. [...]
In Focus: The Electric Vehicle Revolution
Many people are turning to the electric revolution when buying a new car whilst turning their back on the old petrol and or diesel but what how far will the revolution go and what are the major pulling factors from the old style engines? Electric cars will be a lot cheaper to maintain in the [...]
Will Tesla Motors Change the World?
It’s a little bit mind-boggling to think that only a century ago, cars were just starting to become available to the average man. Fast forward to today and almost everyone in the modern world has a vehicle, if not two. Cars have become one of the most ubiquitous and important pieces of technology that we [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]