This article looks at whether electric cars are worth the money. The article includes several issues to consider depending on where you live. Having driven electric cars almost exclusively for the past three years, there are a lot of pluses. There are some negatives as well. Positives include Federal rebates State rebates Local electrical company… Read More
A October 5, 2017 NBC news story by Kate Baggaley looks at a new development called a volocopter or air taxi. Last week Dubai sent an air taxi on a five-minute test flight — its first unmanned flight over a city. The dronelike vehicle, designed by German aviation start-up Volocopter, features 18 electric-powered propellers and… Read More
In an October 2017 issue of Wired General Motors announced it is ending its relationship with gasoline and diesel and that it is working toward an all-electric, zero-emissions future. which starts with two new, fully electric models in 2018—then at least 18 more models by 2023. In recent months, Volvo, Aston Martin, and Jaguar Land… Read More
There is a tremendous demand for electrical storage. One of the most frustrating things about smartphones is battery life, and the limitation of electric cars in battery storage. Now the future might involve smarthomes and even smart wearables. The limitation is power and the battery hasn’t advanced in decades. This article reviews some of the… Read More
Olli is a solar-powered, self-driving smart electric shuttle bus that is being piloted in Washington DC. There are self driving taxis piloted in San Diego, CA. Uber and Google have invested hundreds of millions of dollars on self driving car efforts. It is also interesting the efforts have included using IBM Watson. IBM Watson is… Read More
There are a lot of perks to owning and driving an electric vehicle in California. PG&E customers who own an electric vehicle are eligible for special time-of-use plans rather than tiered (based on total use) plans. This can drop the cost of electricity from almost $0.50 a KWatt to $0.10 a KWatt if you charge… Read More
Tesla’s entry into the electric vehicle (EV) space invigorated not just the electric car but also the entire car industry and may even evoked a culture change. Now, a new manufacturer is entering the electric bicycle market with hopes of doing the same for the bicycle industry and culture. Several months ago, my wife bought… Read More
Solar Impulse 2, the plane trying to fly around the world without fuel, has landed in California after a two-and-a-half day flight across the Pacific. It is awesome how fast and far alternative fuel technologies are taking us in a relatively short period of time. Piloted by Swiss explorer and psychiatrist Bertrand Piccard and Swiss… Read More
This is a list of the top clean cars of 2015 and 2016 including the Kia Soul EV and Toyota Mirai which is a fuel cell electric vehicle that uses hydrogen. Source: Here are the Top 5 New Clean Cars for 2015 and 2016 – The Equation… Read More
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