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Standing Ovation w/One-Hand Clapping: EV charger at Virginia rest stop edition

September 17th, 2019 · 2 Comments

Think about those moments almost giddy with excitement about something and the excitement dissipates as you look even just a little bit closer at the item. You know, like those “you have won the Nigerian lottery” emails. Recently, I had one of those moments on a work trip. Stopped to stretch my legs along I-64, […]

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Tags: Dominion Energy · dominion virginia power · electric vehicles · Electrification · Energy · PHEV

Dominion Virginia Energy’s Electrifying Bus Announcement: Thoughts on this potentially game changing move

September 3rd, 2019 · Comments Off on Dominion Virginia Energy’s Electrifying Bus Announcement: Thoughts on this potentially game changing move

Last Friday, Dominion Virginia Energy announced a major electric school bus (EV Bus) program: to replace 100% of the diesel school buses (roughly 13,000), in its service area, by 2030 with EV Buses. This is a potentially game changing initiative that could rapidly drive down EV Bus prices and open the door for rapid moves […]

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Tags: bus · Dominion Energy · dominion virginia power · Electric Buses · electric vehicles · electricity · Energy · green schools · PHEV · schools · virginia

Systems Power: Three thoughts for Virginia’s next governor

August 17th, 2017 · Comments Off on Systems Power: Three thoughts for Virginia’s next governor

Energy and climate issues are a prominent part of Virginia’s 2017 campaign season, perhaps more than any time in the past.  From fossil-foolish pipelines to corporate donations to potential economic development opportunities, there is more energy about the discussion of energy in a Virginian election year than perhaps any time in the past. Not surprisingly, […]

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Tags: PHEV

Stepping outside the box for a different perspective: #EV vs #ICE / #gas (guzzling) cars

May 26th, 2015 · 1 Comment

Imagine … Growing up with and learning to drive in electric vehicles; Then taking test drive in a stick-shift gasoline car … What would shock you at that experience The resulting disdain for internal combustion engines. Tibor Blomhäll imagined … Having heard so much good about petrol cars, we decided to test drive one. They are […]

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Tags: automobiles · electric vehicles · Energy · gasoline · PHEV

Dispelling Electric-Vehicle Myths, #4: Business Viability and Consumer Value

March 30th, 2015 · 1 Comment

In a series of guest posts, Assaf addresses — from the perspective both of an EV owner and an analyst — myths about electric vehicles. The first post addressed the life-cycle CO2 Footprint of various types of cars … and … the simple truth (in line with Debunking Handbook guidelines): Electric Vehicles have lower (LOWER!) […]

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Tags: automobiles · electric vehicles · PHEV · transportation

Dispelling Electric-Vehicle Myths, #1: About that CO2 Footprint…

October 28th, 2013 · 7 Comments

In a series of guest posts, Assaf addresses — from the perspective both of an EV owner and an analyst — myths about electric vehicles. This post, as per title, addresses the life-cycle CO2 Footprint of various types of cars … and … the simple truth (in line with Debunking Handbook guidelines): Electric Vehicles have […]

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Tags: analysis · electric vehicles · Energy · guest post · PHEV

“If you can’t plug your car in …”

March 19th, 2012 · 2 Comments

This public service video — from an actual Chevy owner (as you’ll see by the production quality) and Plug-In America — speaks to many of the values and value streams that actual people look to when it comes to the return-on-investment from buying an electric vehicle (PHEV or EV).  Quiet enough to listen to birds […]

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Tags: advertising · automobiles · PHEV

WashPost Truthiness-laden Campaign Against EVs Continues

March 6th, 2012 · 2 Comments

The Washington Post editorial board has waged a campaign against electrification of the nation’s transportation system (especially cars), often using true facts in a fashion that creates untruthful truthiness. Today’s Charles Lane OPED celebrating a temporary closure of the Chevy Volt line provides multiple examples of truthiness-laden editoralizing. Here are just a few examples of […]

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Tags: analysis · economics · Energy · PHEV · truthiness · Washington Post

bin Laden Hated This Car

May 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Former CIA Director and advisor to John McCain during the 2008 campaign James Woolsey   bubbles with enthusiasm when speaking of his car: a modified Prius which is a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) able to run on electricity from his roof-top solar and on gasoline for an equivalent of about 100 miles per gallon. “We’re […]

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Tags: Energy · oil · PHEV · transportation

Clean Energy Jobs Take The PHE-School Bus

November 20th, 2009 · 5 Comments

This is part of a series of posts on ‘clean energy jobs’ opportunities for sparking meaningful employment, quickly, in the United States as discussed in Clean Energy Jobs: Stimulate Me. Clean Energy Jobs Take the PHE-School Bus: $100 million per year for 2,000 jobs There are hundreds of thousands of yellow school buses taking America’s […]

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Tags: bus · clean energy jobs · PHEV · schools · transportation