Plugs and Cars
APRIL 24, 2009
And these days a billion dollars is barely a rounding error in the money going to prop up the American auto industry. And while I can testify that it is useful to have public access chargers, people with RAV4 EVs in places like Long Island, Hawaii, and Nova Scotia have gotten along fine without.
Revenge of the Electric Car
MAY 17, 2010
Similarly, in China, the sheer size of the auto industry and the country’s ambitious clean-energy goals suggest a potentially huge market for electric cars. China overtook the US last year as the largest auto market in the world. . The third phase will be released around 2015. “That’s going to be tough.&#.
Baua Electric
MARCH 26, 2024
Albanese succeeded a string of right-wing Liberal prime ministers, including most recently Scott Morrison, who was criticized for, among other things, taking a vacation to Hawaii while his country was on fire due to a climate change-exacerbated brush fire. The other threat is possible future Chinese dominance in the auto industry.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 21, 2009
Hermance speculates that "At the battery conference held in June in Hawaii it was said that Lithium Ion is about 3-5 years away for hybrids and another 5-8 years away to get to a rational price point." That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we
Green Car Congress
JULY 17, 2015
In the past the auto industry has responded to incentives and guidelines set by government agencies and reengineered their product to meet this requirement. See Appendix G for a speculative picture of how a 15-year transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy in Hawaii can be accomplished.)
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 28, 2009
Better Place is building stations in San Francisco, Hawaii, Israel, and Denmark to swap out 1,000 pound batteries in a car wash type set up. Did you really expect the domestic auto industry to maintain marketshare when we opened our market to free trade without first getting commitments from those other countries to open theirs?
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