Will ‘range anxiety’ limit the electric car?

Posted by  in Monday, April 26th 2010   
Topics: Gas Mileage Improvement devices, Gas Prices News    

Will consumers be buying hybrid-electric cars like today’s Toyota Prius and Ford Escape for the next few decades or are the hybrids just a milestone on the road to all-electric vehicles?
The answer to that question may come down to two words: Range anxiety.

Starting big, thinking small in batteries

Posted by  in Tuesday, May 12th 2009   
Topics: Gas Mileage Improvement devices, Gas Prices News    

Carmakers and regulators look at the adoption of electric vehicles, which draw their power from the electric grid rather than engines and thus emit no carbon dioxide from their tailpipes, as a necessarily gradual process, limited by battery technology.
 
But General Electric thinks its new battery technology, based on sodium, could radically speed up that process.
 
“The [...]

Chevron CEO sees smoke and mirrors in cap and trade

Posted by  in Thursday, May 7th 2009   
Topics: Gas Mileage Improvement devices, Gas Prices News    

“If you liked credit derivatives swaps, you’re going to love cap-and-trade.”
One can presume that Chevron Chief Executive David O’Reilly is not a fan of the current deep worldwide recession — which was worsened by a credit-market lockup blamed in part on hard-to-value securities.
And, he made it very clear on Thursday that he is not enamored [...]