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The iconic VW van is coming back. Volkswagen will build new versions, starting soon. But this time around, they're all electric.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Best way to distract from the act you illegally used computer controls to emit a gazillion tons of pollutants: unveil and electric vehicle!
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Tracing the origins of the graphite in a phone, for example, requires finding out where the phonemaker obtains batteries, where the battery makers acquire the portion of batteries known as anodes, and where the anode producers get their graphite. Moreover, because there are multiple suppliers at each step and various types of graphite, it is difficult to know where any given batch of the mineral ends up. Via EcoVadis
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December 20, 2016 8:55 AM
Air pollution drifts across the ocean and raises ozone levels in the western part of the U.S. How safe are we all with regards to this issue?
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The EV Profiler is a driving data recorder, that lets users know how specific electric vehicles would be able to meet their present driving needs.
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The maker of iPhones has hundreds of staff working on an Apple-branded electric vehicle, according to people familiar with the matter who said its “Titan” project is designing a vehicle that resembles a minivan.
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Nowhere do automakers sell more hybrid vehicles than California, with its unique combination of environmental consciousness, high gas prices and traffic-choked highways. But new hybrid models will be in short supply at this week's Los Angeles Auto Show — one sign that the technology is still struggling to break out of its green-car niche, experts say.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
There is nothing new about this analyses, but it is an updating of older efforts with the most recent numbers out there. It is true that using coal-fired power to juice your your car is problematic, but for most of the county (e.g. coastal areas) most of us would be better off switching to electric transportation systems. Also, the best possible solution is to power our vehicles with locally-generated power, such as roof top or garage-top solar panels.
The trick is getting this into everyone's hands in an easy, turn-key manner. I think the tone of this piece misses that key point. This is an evolving conversation and new technology. It also needs to be one part of a broad spectrum of approaches to de-carbonizing our energy markets. Falling back onto the old mantra of "it doesn't work everywhere all the time" is a bit ho-hum and overly simplistic. Kind of the way some folks feel it is necessary to write an op-ed about their research to get increased attention for it.
For those interested in the actual study, you can find it here:
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~mansur/papers/GraffZivin_Kotchen_Mansur_MargEmit.pdf
There is also an interesting story, in a similar vein, from the LA Times about faltering gas-electric hybrid vehicles at this week's LA Auto show:
http://www.latimes.com/business/autos/la-fi-hy-la-auto-show-no-hybrids-20141121-story.html
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If anyone needed a reminder of just how far Tesla Motors has come in very short period of time, CEO Elon Musk provided it Thursday. Speaking at a panel discussion in San Francisco, he told the audi...
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Not new news, but a good overview piece/perspective for folks who are looking for evidence that we need continued vigilance/acceptable risk with regards to new technologies.
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From a very humble beginning with the original Japanese Prius in 1997 Toyota's hybrids have come a long way, with 1 million sold in just the past 9 months.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Wow. Very interesting to see the increasing rate of unit sales. I bought mine the year they sold 68,000 in the U.S.
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An increasing number of electric-vehicle-driving employees at Silicon Valley companies are finding it hard to access car-charging stations at work, creating incidents of "charge rage" among drivers.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
A first world problem.
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Tesla's Elon Musk is struggling with production for the new Model 3 electric sedan.
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Mitsubishi Motors hired West Coast Customs to combine its first production car with a modern Outlander PHEV to celebrate its 100th birthday.
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On Thursday morning, the state's climate change agency is scheduled to vote on a $500 million spending plan -- including electric vehicle subsidies -- even though the state budget has no money in it
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The next Toyota Prius will largely abandon the eco-chic egg shape of its previous three generations in favor of a more traditional sedan profile, spy shots of the new car revealed Friday.
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DETROIT — A day after General Motors Co. unveiled a prototype of an affordable, long-range electric vehicle by 2017, Tesla Motors Inc. 's chief executive, Elon Musk , said it could take until 2020 to put a comparable mass-market EV into full production.
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California loves Tesla Motors.
The Palo Alto electric car maker's Model S sedan is the state's new eco-luxury status symbol. Californians bought more than a third of Teslas sold globally last year. Residents of the state pack the order list for Tesla's next offering, a sport utility vehicle.
California pollution-control policies enable Tesla to rake in tens of millions of dollars each year from selling environmental credits to other automakers — a key source of Tesla's revenue.
Ev Yves's curator insight,
October 8, 2014 11:01 AM
The real positive is an explosive demand for GRAPHENE. Focus Graphite ( symbol FCSMF) and other graphite producers stand to gain tremendously as 60% of Li Ion Battery is grapheme.
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CAFE standards are working, at least according to a research note from the University of Michigan. The graph below shows the average sales-weighted MPGs by month ...
PIRatE Lab's insight:
More fuel efficient cars are being purchased each year. This is to be expected. But is this too little/incremental too late?
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Tesla's Supercharger network of super-fast charging stations that are powered by renewable energy and are free-to-use for Tesla owners is one of the company's secret weapons.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
The plans for 2014 USA stations is exciting.
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Already, electric and hybrid cars are surpassing gas engine cars in not only miles per gallon and sustainability, but also affordability. For example, the 2013 electric Nissan Leaf runs costs from $28,800 to $34,840. This affordable midsize car gets 75 miles on a full charge and has a refuel time of just seven hours at 240 volts. Find more information at the link. Via Lauren Moss
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