EV's to watch
PlugInAmerica has a Plug-in vehicle tracker that is a great resource to see the progress of the transition to electric vehicles. AutoBlogGreen is a great source for up-to-date progress on the transition. See this Edmunds article: "Wouldn't it be nice if you had your own gas pump right in your garage? And what if gas from your personal pump cost less than $1 a gallon?" GoElectricDrive has good updates, and can find a charging station away from home. The Baltimore Science Center had an EV test drive. See the amateur radio solar power supply Prius: http://www.aprs.org/FD-Prius-Power.html
Electrification Roadmap
The path forward is explained in this Electrification Roadmap. "American households spent an average of $3,597 on gasoline in 2008. Between 2001 and 2008, the average retail price of gasoline increased from $1.46 to $3.27,5 costing typical households $1,990 a year in increased fuel expenses. By way of comparison, all changes to the federal tax code during that same period decreased annual federal income and estate taxes by about $1,900 for the median household. In other words, every penny that the typical household saved due to federal income and estate tax cuts over the past eight years was spent on higher gasoline bills. These increased energy costs reduced nearly every family’s discretionary income, diminishing their ability to spend, and contributing to a weakening of our consumer spending-driven economy."
2011 Washington DC Auto ShowCongratulations to Mindy Kimball and her brand new 2011 Smart Electric, the first on the road in the USA!
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Electric Vehicle Association of Washington, DCApril 1, 2009 - EVA/DC President, Dave Goldstein responds to a negative news story by Fox News commentators Brian Sullivan and Dagen McDowell about the Volt and EVs in general and was invited on the show the next day. See Dave's interview.
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Watt Wheels - Power of DC electric vehicle race in Hagerstown, MDClick to set custom HTML
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Watch the Tesla Roadster race a Ford Mustang muscle car
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Racing on the parking lot at Valley Mall EVADC's Charlie Garlow
I wish my other car was a Tesla Roadster...http://www.teslamotors.com/goelectric
Range anxiety? Tesla drives from LA to Detroit for the auto show. |
Jay Leno drives the Th!nk City car |
Ford Transit Connect - Battery Electric VehicleTest drives in the DC area now.
http://www.fordvehicles.com/transitconnect/ |
Chevy Volt - Hybrid Electric VehicleVolts hit the street in Washington, DC November 17, 2010!
The Chevy Volt, running on battery power and gasoline-generated electricity, will be available first at Chevy dealers in California, New York City, Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C late 2010. The rest of Texas and New York, as well as Michigan, New Jersey and Connecticut, will receive Volts in March of 2011, with distribution to all 50 states scheduled in the following 12-18 months. http://www.plugincars.com/chevrolet-volt |
Ford Focus EV - Battery Electric VehicleFord's first mass-market, consumer-oriented battery electric vehicle offering, the Focus electric. Soon in 2012 the C-Max energi, and other electric drivetrains from Ford!
http://www.plugincars.com/ford-focus-electric |
Nissan Leaf - Battery Electric VehicleThey're here.... Test drives in Tyson's Corner.
http://www.nissan-zeroemission.com/EN/FAQ/ http://www.nissanusa.com/leaf-electric-car/index?dealer_code=5204#/leaf-electric-car/gallery/view/made_in_america |
Green Google leads the wayThe Google campus employs solar carports to charge PHEVs.
http://www.google.org/recharge/index.html http://pressroom.toyota.com/pr/tms/toyota/maintain-pace-broaden-scope.aspx |
Plug-in Hybrid Electric VehiclesFactory PHEV Toyota Prius coming in 2012.
http://www.pluginamerica.org/vehicles/ http://www.eevc.info/ http://www.eaaev.org/CalendarEvents.html http://www.betterplace.com/ |
Do you V2G?Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) allows big batteries on wheels (electric vehicles) to regulate frequency and balance electricity supply and demand in real time.
A pilot project is working now in Newark, Delaware. http://www.udel.edu/V2G/ http://www.udel.edu/udaily/2010/sep/v2g092209.html http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2008/0107/100.html |
How will we power these EVs?click image to go to green google
First from the existing grid. Even when powered by a coal fired power plant, EVs generate less pollution than gasoline powered vehicles. Wind and solar are examples of renewable sources of energy. The sun gives us more energy each day than all of us on the whole planet use in a year. What to do when the sun isn't shining? V2G!
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Yes, you can fly an electric ultralight aircraft
“We get our electricity from Community Energy, which is 66% windmill and some hydroelectric, so we’ve been flying on windmill power.” Huh! Giant windmills power a small windmill (the prop) and man flies. Cool! The E-Spyder was shown first at the 2009 AirVenture air show in Oshkosh. (more info here)