Electric Vehicle Charging Best At Night? | EarthTechling

Electric Vehicle Charging Best At Night? | EarthTechling: "The Institute of Physics has published a study that suggests the best time to charge electric vehicles, in terms of impact to air quality, is at night. While electric vehicles do not produce emissions, electricity generating units do, a lot. Researches from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Texas have specifically been studying ozone pollutants under three different charging scenarios in Texas for plug-in hybrid vehicles."

Gadget truck saves on fuel and labor | capitalpress.com

Gadget truck saves on fuel and labor | capitalpress.com: "remote-controlled, all-electric feed truck"

Ruin or Change?

"We should rather be ruined than changed; We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die." W. H. Auden

A Perspective from Portland, Oregon: Disincentive - electric car tax

A Perspective from Portland, Oregon: Disincentive - electric car tax: "it is incentives not disincentives that is needed for them.

Taxing a product before it has an opportunity to achieve the economic advantages of volume production is wrongheaded thinking. While the reduction in the consumption of gasoline is not only necessary, it is the likely effect of the market. But the state rather than considering tax shifting strategies needs to reconsider its tax structuring and its spending."

Head To Head: Three Plug-Ins - KickingTires

Head To Head: Three Plug-Ins - KickingTires

Three Plug-Ins: The Cost to Drive - KickingTires

Three Plug-Ins: The Cost to Drive - KickingTires: "Fueling Cost
The low price of electricity gives the Leaf an advantage in a commute for which it has enough range. Frankly, we expected the Volt to come in cheaper than the Prius Plug-In because the Chevy's electric-only range is roughly twice as great on the low end, predicted broadly as between 25 and 50 miles. In actuality, it went 25.6 miles and then switched over to gas power, where the price of premium gas added insult to injury. (We'll report on the Volt's and Leaf's winter ranges in greater depth in the future.) For a shorter trip, or if higher temperatures delivered longer EV-only range, the Volt might have cost less than the Prius."

Nissan LEAF Electric Cars Arrive in the U.S. | Peachy Green

Nissan LEAF Electric Cars Arrive in the U.S. | Peachy Green: "In total, well over 3,500 Nissan LEAFs have been sold, and the company has surpassed the 5,000 production marks. As an aside, that makes it one of the highest volume production EVs in history!"

GM and Detroit Youth Turn Chevy Volt Battery Covers into Wood Duck Homes - generalmotors's posterous

GM and Detroit Youth Turn Chevy Volt Battery Covers into Wood Duck Homes - generalmotors's posterous

Japanese official: 'We could have moved quicker' | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Japanese official: 'We could have moved quicker' | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram: "Most of Japan's auto industry is shut down. Factories from Louisiana to Thailand are low on Japanese-made parts. Idled plants are costing companies hundreds of millions of dollars. And U.S. car dealers may not get the cars they order this spring."

Survey: Shoppers Very Confused About Hybrids, Plug-Ins, And EVs

Survey: Shoppers Very Confused About Hybrids, Plug-Ins, And EVs: "Only 50 percent of those surveyed thought that hybrids contain batteries—beyond starter/accessory batteries, we assume. And while about one-third knew that knew that hybrids can run on the electric motor only, 28 percent thought that hybrids have no tailpipe emissions at all. The same percentage thought that it takes more than 15 minutes to refuel a hybrid.
Some people also might have confused hybrids and EVs, as 27 percent thought that hybrids have a maximum range of around 150 miles."