There are a lot of EV and hybrid-haters out there who throw out some softball arguments against such vehicles, along with legitimate gripes. But some of those gripes don’t necessarily ring true […]
Can Tesla Survive?
The year 2012 will be an important one for Tesla Motors. Amid growing competition from established automakers, Tesla plans to sell a new Model S luxury sedan in July, and to supply […]
More evidence of consumer electric vehicle angst
Summary: Whether it is range anxiety or safety fears, 87 percent of U.S. adults have some sort of nagging concern about EV technology. Apparently close to 90 percent of us have some […]
Coal Powered Electric Cars – Fact and Fiction
“The electric car doesn’t do any good because it’s just powered by coal” gets repeated by the oil industry, by news pundits who ignore fact checking, and even by some environmentalists. In […]
Advice To President Obama: Yes We Can, But Will We?
The post below shares Nate Hagen’s timeless address to President Obama about the importance of energy in our society, written in January 2009. It goes into how energy ties into our economic […]
Bombshell Study: High Methane Emissions Measured Over Gas Field “May Offset Climate Benefits of Natural Gas”
How much methane leaks during the entire lifecycle of unconventional gas has emerged as a key question in the fracking debate. Natural gas is mostly methane (CH4). And methane is a far […]
Germany Invests in Hydrogen Technology for Renewable Storage, Vehicles
he tanks look like they could hold propane, gasoline or any other form of conventional energy. But the storage tanks in Prenzlau, some 70 miles north of Berlin, hold energy produced from […]
Tough Times for U.S. EV Battery Makers
The U.S. government’s effort to create an electric-vehicle battery industry suffered a setback last week when one of the companies it funded as part of this effort saw its parent company file […]
A hydrogen fueling station powered by the wind
By building a wind turbine to power a hydrogen production and fueling station, a little hamlet in Long Island is positioning itself as the bellwether for carbon-neutral transportation. The town of Hempstead, […]
The Coming Vehicle Fuel Cell Revolution
Have you filled up your combustion-engine car with record-priced unleaded octane lately? We don’t use this kind of jargon in describing our automobiles because, until recently, our options were limited. The US […]
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