Re: Do EV’s make good cents or sense?

Tesla Model S

Barry Stevens saw one of my news articles, 60 kWh Tesla Model S rated at 208 mile electric driving range by EPA, and decided to extrapolate cost of ownership figures he claims shows electric cars do not currently save money and perhaps make no financial sense.  In my article I talked…

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Tesla, Fiat, Fisker, and more for Week in Review, Jan 6, 2013

Several good milestones were reached in the world of Tesla Motors.  The first expansion of the Supercharger network began with construction of stations on the East Coast.  That’s a good milestone, however the company seems to be behind original projections for the network in California. That the lawsuit from the…

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Audi r8 e-tron electric sports car may not be dead after all

The on-again-off-again Audi R8 e-tron project may be back on again, if the Audi enthusiast website fortitude.com is to be believed.  The e-tron concept was first unveiled at the September 2009 Frankfurt Auto Show, but has undergone several revisions since.  At that time it was a “true quattro” with four…

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Sodium-air battery research shows promise compared to Lithium-air research

Lithium-air batteries have been one of the supposed saviors of electric vehicles, with ultra-high energy density.  Some researchers at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at Justus-Liebig-University Gießen in Gießen, Germany have developed Sodium-air battery technology they say is far better than Lithium-air.  The key flaw of Lithium-air batteries is, according to…

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