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Posted By: Sarah Battaglia
- Energy Consultant, Energy Curtailment Specialists, Inc.
On: April 29, 2013
On: April 29, 2013
A new trend in the electric vehicle industry is emerging. Several states are proposing a gas tax on vehicles produced in 2015 or later that get 55 miles per gallon or more. Cars like the Chevy Volt, Nissan Leaf, and Toyota Prius are just some of the cars that will incur more...
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Electric Vehicle Charging in Homeowner Associations Electric vehicles (EVs) have numerous advantages, but of course they must be charged. How do you charge your EV if you live in a common interest development such as a condominium, community apartment project, or planned development, operated by a homeowners association (HOA)? California more...
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What do you think has a greater impact on society, a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport or a Tesla Roadster? Both have spectacular performance reviews, with the Super Sport setting top speed records. Both will turn heads driving down any road or even through any parking lot in the world. Both more...
As the market price of liquid fuels for the transportation sector increases, so does interest in alternative forms of propulsive energy. While various governments may provide research funding to such ends, there are numerous private groups that also seek to develop alternative and potentially viable forms of propulsive energy. Higher more...
Most of the companies developing photovoltaics have been obsessed with reaching grid parity meaning competitiveness with conventional grid electricity generation which is often highly subsidized. More recently, it has been realized that the market for disposable photovoltaics on consumer goods is at least as large and even the potential on more...
Electric vehicles use electricity wholly or partly for traction - making them go along. That encompasses an increasingly large variety of modes of travel by land, sea and air. Add to that fresh water. Electric vehicle manufacturers and those supplying their components vary from ones that are so large, well more...
Let us suppose that, through a combination of forces including mileage or emissions requirements, fuel prices, and technology maturation, it becomes de rigour for vehicle manufacturers to focus their energies on electric vehicles with extended range capacity (EV-ER): afterall, such vehicles sooth range-anxiety by carrying some energy-dense fuel instead of more...
While the electric vehicle has captured the consumer's imagination and touched an eco-sensitive nerve, it comes with some tough questions that need to be answered. Electric vehicles are being marketed as a green solution to an increasingly environmentally-sensitive market that can achieve the equivalent of 100+ miles per gallon but, more...
Posted By: Victor Udo
- Manager, Business Planning and Research, Pepco Holdings Inc
On: November 17, 2008
On: November 17, 2008
With the increasing environmental and economic costs of petroleum and growing acceptance of global climate change as a critical modern day problem, policy makers, engineers and business leaders are searching for alternative and sustainable energy solutions. Re-electrification of automobile transportation and enhancement of the existing power system grid holds one more...
Dozens of cities and school districts are getting good marks for implementing hybrid buses that run on both diesel and electricity. In doing so, they are helping to commercialize a technology that proponents say will save fuel costs and prevent the release of harmful emissions. Utilities are making a contribution more...
