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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 Vehicle Technologies Program: Fact #681: June 27, 2011 U.S. Ethanol Production, 2001-2010: Ethanol production has been rising rapidly over the last 10 years driven largely by government standards requiring the use of renewable fuels. The first Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) was established in 2005 and required the use of 4 billion gallons of renewable fuels by 2006 . . . → Read More: A decade of US ethanol production Longtime readers know that I’ve often said the current range of EVs and relative paucity of recharging stations is not a big deal in the US, as there’s a huge group of consumers that have a convenient place to recharge the car and have at least two vehicles, making it very easy for them to always . . . → Read More: This just in: EVs work! Ah yes, peak oil, and the chore of communicating an urgent but horribly inconvenient truth to consumers and voters who most decidedly do not want to hear it or anything even remotely like it. Sound like any other topic that I have been known to write about until my fingers bleed? Anyway, check out the video . . . → Read More: Peak oil made easy (to understand, that is) Some mornings, it’s almost not worth the effort to chew through the straps. Green Car Congress: Bill requiring use of coal-derived fuels introduced in US House: Under this legislation, the President has one year after the date of enactment to circulate regulations to refineries, blenders, distributors, and importers to ensure that covered fuel sold or introduced commercially in . . . → Read More: Coal-to-liquids is not just a bad idea, it could become a bad law |
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