Published March 21, 2019 in Warp & Woof Drive Better Electrically EVs, Past, Present, Future William Sundwick Electricity as a means of propulsion for self-contained road vehicles is as old, or older, than the internal combustion engine (ICE). But EV market share declined to zero for a large chunk of motor vehicle history. There wereContinue reading “Drive Better Electrically”
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How Painful Can a 5-mile-per-hour Collision Be?
Published January 24, 2019 in Warp & Woof How Painful Can a 5-mile-per-hour Collision Be? Wrestling with GEICO and Koons Body Shop William Sundwick This is a No Good Deed Goes Unpunished (NGDGU) story. One sunny, thoroughly pleasant, Sunday afternoon in October, near the end of the fall election campaign, I was eager to getContinue reading “How Painful Can a 5-mile-per-hour Collision Be?”
Link from The Guardian
Jaguar Land Rover makes two (after Volvo) major European automakers to jettison ICE and diesel from 2020 …
Link from Washington Post
Many feel that we need to focus more attention (and resources) on adaptation: it’s already too late to reverse climate change apocalypse.
Link from Autoblog
Details of Volvo’s plans, 2019-2021 — three types of power train, mild hybrid (48 volt, twin engine), plug-in hybrid (also twin engine), and all electric
Link from Carbon Brief
Amory Lovins: nuclear is a money loser, renewables will continue to advance despite Trump, EVs are here now — will soon dominate, carbon removal is mostly about agriculture (put it back into soil), and natural gas may be worse than coal (stop that fracking!)
More on Volvo Gasoline Engine Phase-out
It starts with the prestige makes, like Volvo, Tesla, BMW, then filters down to the mass market … note: Volvo’s first all-electric vehicle will be made in China (they are now owned by China’s Geely)
Link from Road and Track
First electric hypercar: Rimac Concept One, built in Croatia … sells for less than $2M! Only eight made … so far.Check out Road & Track photo shoot in NYC
Early Links, 2017
Hard to imagine U.S. not participating in worldwide shift to EVs over next several years, but that seems to be exactly what Trump administration has in mind! American workers, as well as planet, will only be worse off as result … Michael Moore’s 10-point plan — I especially like the idea of “Rapid Response Teams”
