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Sono Motors looks for startup shortcuts to bring solar car to market

December 6, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on Sono Motors looks for startup shortcuts to bring solar car to market

Solar powered cars generally face one glaring, gamestopping hurdle: Today’s solar cells don’t produce enough power to drive a standard-sized car any distance. That would take more solar cells than there is space on top of a car. Don’t…

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Commentary: Electric cars may spawn the next digital divide

September 23, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on Commentary: Electric cars may spawn the next digital divide

New technology is expensive. From cell phones and internet in the 1990s to simple electricity in the 1890s, new technologies have trickled down from the wealthy (or business) to middle class consumers. Increasingly, that’s looking to be true of e…

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Could hydrogen fuel cells be seen as an upgrade in the future?

September 20, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on Could hydrogen fuel cells be seen as an upgrade in the future?

Hydrogen cars are struggling to gain a foothold in the expansion of cleaner and greener electric cars. However they may still have a role to play alongside today’s booming EV market. Bentley, for example, revealed in an interview with British car…

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New Faraday Future CEO co-founded Byton and led the BMW i8 program

September 9, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on New Faraday Future CEO co-founded Byton and led the BMW i8 program

Faraday Future announced last week that it hired Byton co-founder Carsten Breitfeld as its global CEO, replacing the company’s controversial founder, Jia Yueting. Jia ran into conflict with investors after a separate e-commerce company he owned i…

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Northern California fuel-cell drivers still left dry since June explosion

September 5, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on Northern California fuel-cell drivers still left dry since June explosion

In its first big test, the passenger-car hydrogen economy appears to be failing. A June explosion at a hydrogen production facility in Santa Clara, California, owned by hydrogen producer Air Products shut off the fuel supply to many of the hydrogen fil…

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Ads from Ford tackle EV misconceptions, amid electric push

September 5, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on Ads from Ford tackle EV misconceptions, amid electric push

Ford executives this earlier this week stepped up the anticipated timeline for the upcoming electric Ford F-150 pickup. It’s now due in 2021, according to several reports. And it coincides with a concerted effort from Ford to promote electric car…

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Electric car sales boom in California, as plug-in hybrids and small cars sputter

September 4, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on Electric car sales boom in California, as plug-in hybrids and small cars sputter

Even as sales of small cars drop in California and across the country, sales of electric cars continue to climb, breaking past 5 percent of the market so far in 2019. In its quarterly California Auto Outlook, the California New Car Dealers Association …

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Big yellow school buses go green with electric power

September 3, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on Big yellow school buses go green with electric power

School buses may be the perfect application for electric vehicles. They run short delivery routes, sit for hours in between, and deliver the most environmentally precious cargo of all. School districts who want to get on board don’t have to wait….

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World’s largest electric ferry completes maiden voyage

September 1, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on World’s largest electric ferry completes maiden voyage

Electric transportation technology is spreading beyond cars to heavy equipment, airplanes, helicopters, and now, boats. The Danish ferry boat Ellen, which made its maiden voyage earlier this month between the Danish islands of Aero and Als, claims to b…

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Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid caught testing and towing by spy photographers

August 29, 2019 Eric C. Evarts Syndicated Comments Off on Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid caught testing and towing by spy photographers

Toyota may be planning to soon add a plug-in hybrid version of the new RAV4. Spy photographers for our sister site, MotorAuthority, recently caught a plug-in hybrid version of the RAV4 out testing on public roads overseas. The company has long been a l…

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