Category: ‘ Electrification ’

 

Weekly Political Roundup

This week, a new 12-18 month waiting period was announced, and both Democrats and Republicans in Washington let out a collective groan of frustration.  The news, however, was not of another delay in the seemingly interminable wai...

Political Roundup

Primary election results dominated the news this week, with climate and energy policy playing a key role.  The most surprising winner (pending absentee ballot results) was Alaska Republican Joe Miller, who appears well on his way...

Electric Vehicles and Power Prices

Electricity: the fuel of electric vehicles (EVs). The price of electricity: a key determinant of their economic viability. Policies to support renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions tend to push electricity prices up. Under ...

What we absolutely, positively, need

So the WSJ runs a nice piece on EVs, complete with plaudits and pics of FedEx trucks.  Could we blog about anything else today? http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704271804575405191875066292.html In a nice play on ...

Political Roundup

At the beginning of the week, Democrats were clinging to slim hopes of an energy bill passing through the Senate.  On Tuesday, it became clear that the Senate calendar would not allow for both an energy debate and the confirmatio...

The world’s greatest deliberative body?

An interesting set of articles this morning as the fall-out continues from the Senate's failure to deal with even a limited oil spill liability bill.  Darren Samuelson has a great opening in his Politico article (http://www.poli...

Electric Vehicles: Cleaner or Dirtier?

There is a considerable amount of confusion on whether electric vehicles (EVs) bring about environmental benefits in the form of lower CO2 emissions when compared to conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles. Who s...

Political Roundup

This week, House democrats released their oil spill response plan, and shortly thereafter, Senator Harry Reid published the Senate’s legislation, the “Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010.” In Thur...

Electric Vehicle Incentives: Everywhere…

The deployment of electric vehicles (EVs) and the potential of “electromobility” are hot topics in political and economic arenas around the world.  Major carmakers, including Daimler AG, Toyota Motor Corp, General Motors Corp...

GM Volt Pricing Demonstrates Viability of Electrification

General Motors today announced the pricing of the eagerly-anticipated Chevy Volt.  Once federal tax rebates are taken into account, the Volt will cost approximately $33,500.  The Volt—a plug-in hybrid with a 40-mile electric-o...