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Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #714: February 13, 2012 Light Truck Sales on the Rise: Can I have a show of hands? How many people saw this resurgence in light trucks coming as soon as the economy picked up even a little? If you didn’t raise your hand, then please sign up for the remedial class . . . → Read More: The truck empire strikes back Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #712: January 30, 2012 Top Vehicles in the U.S., 2011: See the page for the data. Do I really have to launch into the whole argument about how utterly absurd it is for Americans to be buying this mix of vehicles in 2011, or what that says about the astonishing level of RDS (reality . . . → Read More: Top selling vehicles in the US If you could wave your handy dandy magic wand and create a single technological breakthrough that would make a huge impact on our intertwined climate and energy challenges, you’d be hard pressed to come up with something better than a killer battery. Find a way to make a battery pack that greatly exceeds the range . . . → Read More: Yet another battery breakthrough OK, now this is intriguing, even if the article is from April(!?)… New Car Engine Sends Shock Waves Through Auto Industry: researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel compression, cooling systems or fluids. Their so-called Wave Disk Generator could greatly improve the efficiency of gas-electric hybrid . . . → Read More: The Wave Disk Generator Fascinating poll results about what people think a reasonable recharge time is for an EV: Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #702: November 21, 2011 Consumer Preferences on Electric Vehicle Charging: Question: Considering your expected vehicle use, what is the longest time to fully recharge the battery that you would consider acceptable when buying or leasing an electric vehicle? Damn… and . . . → Read More: Acceptable EV charge times The U.S. Now Uses More Corn For Fuel Than For Feed: For every 10 ears of corn that are grown in the United States today, only 2 are consumed directly by humans as food. The remaining 8 are used in almost equal shares for animal feed and for ethanol. And, for the 12 months from August 2011 . . . → Read More: Food for fuel, again  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Climate change, Food, Public policy, Transportation, Uncategorized Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #694: September 26, 2011 Costs of Owning a Vehicle by State: There are many costs involved in owning a vehicle, such as depreciation, interest on financing, taxes and fees, insurance premiums, fuel, maintenance, and repairs. Research has been done to calculate the difference in those costs over a five-year period on a State . . . → Read More: The cost of car ownership in the US Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #692: September 12, 2011 Fuel Economy Distribution for New Cars and Light Trucks: Nearly 64% of new cars sold in model year (MY) 1975 had combined highway/city fuel economy of 15 miles per gallon (mpg) or less [blue shading]. By 2010, 63% of cars had fuel economy of 25 mpg or higher [green . . . → Read More: New US vehicle fuel economy I’ve made no secret of my distaste for the notion that CNG vehicles are a “solution” to, well, anything. Reading some of the ridiculous spin about CNG vehicles makes me wonder if I’m the only person on the planet who [1] thinks climate change is an immense and present danger, and [2] has access to . . . → Read More: CNG vehicles: A cheap, shiny new bridge to nowhere I’ve long contended that the build-out of an EV charging infrastructure in the US (aside from the wiring that already exists in houses across the country) would not be an issue, for two reasons: 1. If you buy an EV for use as your “second car”, or are willing to rent an ICE or hybrid when you . . . → Read More: A brief reminder about economics |
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