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13 Responses to “The Electric Vehicle Movement Needs You”


  1. On November 5th, 2010 at 1:54 am Al Dahlberg Said:

    Excellent video, well done. A good synopsis of the opportunities and challenges ahead for plug in electric vehicles.


  2. On December 2nd, 2010 at 3:38 pm Jim Pierobon Said:

    Kudos to Rhode Island and other states for stepping up their installations of EV charging stations. I’m finding out about what individual states are doing on a piece-meal basis. What seems to be lacking is a clearinghouse for EV inftrastructure developments that is updated weekly. I’m aware of the Advanced Vehicles Data Center hosted by the U.S. DOE but even its tally of EV charging stations does not appear to be up-to-date given the flurry of these and other announcements and dozens more to come in 2011.

    If you have helpful information to share, please contact me via jim AT mdcleanenergy.org (AT replacing @ to minimize spamming).


  3. On January 15th, 2011 at 1:02 am Robert Bear Said:

    from article on “BYD” Chinese electric car:

    “capitalizing on the electric car’s low barriers to entry. Few products are as complex to develop and produce as gasoline-powered automobiles, which are assembled with thousands of precisely engineered parts. But electric cars use only basic motors and gearboxes, and have relatively few parts. Aside from perfecting the battery itself, they’re far easier and cheaper to build — and that makes for a level playing field.”

    see also my submission in “Planet Forward” Jan. 5 on a program for converting old worn out fossil fuel cars as job training for chronic unemployment and to mitigate the shock to households when price of gasoline goes shooting upward.

    BobbyBear


  4. On January 20th, 2011 at 1:21 am yvonne Said:

    I have an idea for a wind up car. Given the new materials that are stronger than steel and very much lighter in weight. There actually are several ways to make a car that will respond fairly well to a wind up and while it goes rewinds itself.*
    It is possible to design it so that you can start it using a small amount of solar energy. And actually combined wind in it’s engine like a piston and solar are also used in this vehicle. I know again due the more if you will sophisticated materials available this is very possible. The car can go faster using a series of sophisticated devices like a fly wheel speeding it up faster. Digital gears help as well speeding it forward and as well backward . Using a transmission system that well almost a ball of rubber bands kind of. or gear systems.
    All of this can be done and is extremely light weight I feel it’s only problem is in
    how you do this and it’s weight distribution. Thanks Yvonne


  5. On January 20th, 2011 at 1:35 pm Brian Sullivan Said:

    This is excellent. It’s exciting to see real initiative in progressing the state of alternative energy vehicles in this country. Hopefully enough can be done to prepare the infrastructure for the mainstream shift away from fossil fuels in the near future, even if it is one state at a time.

    Equally exciting is the number of young people, such as yourself, that are taking serious interest in this and other important changes that will become necessary in the coming years and decades.

    Best of luck looking forward.


  6. On January 22nd, 2011 at 2:21 pm John Liparelli Said:

    If you recall, I suggested this same concept in my compressed natural gas (CNG) piece. My idea was to turn the “lost” car dealerships into filling stations for electric cars and retooling depots for CNG.


  7. On January 26th, 2011 at 3:26 pm geopraxis Said:

    Electric vehicle charging systems should be based on existing standards and widely adopted technologies to the maximum extent possible. Proprietary plugs and systems will only delay EV adoption, the opposite of what we need.


  8. On January 27th, 2011 at 3:00 pm Susanna, PF Web Maven Said:

    Check out @johnlipareli’s idea here: http://planetforward.org/idea/expansion-of-the-boone-pickens-energy-plan/

    I went to the Washington Auto Show today and saw some really cool electric cars.

    Pres. Obama called for 1 million electric vehicles on the road by 2015, but that means to make that possible, car companies will have to aggressively ramp up sales of evs, we’ll need to build the infrastructure for charging stations, and all of us who don’t have garages or external plugs will have to figure out how to plug in our cars that are parked on the street.

    It just seems like that’s a lot to do in 4 years.


  9. On February 10th, 2011 at 3:15 pm Ron Marcaccio Said:

    excellent video…lets move ahead and reduce our dependencey on foreign oil with electric vehicles!!!


  10. On February 17th, 2011 at 10:22 pm Andrew Said:

    I just don’t understand EV.
    I understand the little commuter vehicles that take you to the train station from home where there is a charge station for it.
    However if I plan on driving from NY to Florida in a EV, how is that done?
    Even If I find a charging station, how long will it take to charge?
    I now have to worry about finding my next charge?
    It only makes sense to me if the batteries were so small that I could carry spares to plug in.
    Otherwise I would never feel confident driving a EV.
    Designing a much more fuel efficient Internal combustion engine that runs on Bio seems more up my alley.
    Burning Coal to Charge the EV makes no sense environmentally.
    Expensive replacement of the battery once it dies is Costly.
    Disposal of a hazardous battery waste is another environmental issue.
    Granted in the far future, when the US in a Nuclear Powered Country and the infrastructure is in place that you can charge your EV at home in minutes, and get a 300 to 400 mile range.
    I may consider it.
    I don’t see that for another 10 to 15 years.
    In the meantime I will enjoy the confidence in driving a fuel efficient internal combustion Vehicle.


  11. On February 24th, 2011 at 11:28 pm Leslie Golden Said:

    I am a Landscape Architect working on a parking lot at a BART Station in California. I am considering proposing electric chargers to be included in our project. Can they be powered by solar energy? Are they suitable for an “urban” environment? Or are they likely to be vandalized without survailance? I heard they were approximately $60 K each – would the cost go down if we installed ten? I heard that a card could be used to swipe and pay for the charge – does that option come on each unit?
    Leslie B. Golden, RLA, LEED AP


  12. On March 24th, 2011 at 3:22 pm Susanna, PF Web Maven Said:

    Check out the live chat we had about this idea here!


  13. On April 12th, 2011 at 9:26 pm steve Said:

    i don’t see it? certain amount of drive time, with more down time for charging. don’t the utility companies make enough money as it is? I’ll put my money on bio fuel like algae. would love to see them put this into effect and make the transition for these gas prices are taking up a third of what i make as a living.

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