What did hundreds of thousands of people read on CleanTechnica in the past week? My monologue on Republican policy problems didn’t crack the top 20, but the following stories certainly lit people up:
Opponents of electric cars claim they will crash the utility grid and cost utility companies billions. Both claims are wildly inaccurate.
It’s time to bust some of the myths that surround electric cars at the moment. Some people want you to believe electric cars pollute just as much as conventional cars. The trouble is, that myth is simply untrue.
WiTricity is at the forefront of wireless charging and working closely with major manufacturers to make it standard on the electric vehicles of the future. CEO Alex Gruzen explains why 5 myths about wireless charging are inaccurate.
In Amsterdam earlier this year for EVBox’s first annual rEVolution conference, one of the presenters was TED Talker, Latin American EV super advocate, and CleanTechnica reader Monica Araya. She gave a wonderful presentation on breaking down electric vehicle myths in Costa Rica, more broadly across Latin America, and even more broadly across the world. The presentation is definitely worth a watch, so have at it!
New ideas always make us nervous at first. Airplanes and automobiles were once considered dangerous but now are part of everyday life. Electric cars are a relatively new idea. Some early adopters can’t wait to own one, but the majority of people are seemingly skeptical.
Brian Kent is a Nissan LEAF owner who is about to embark on a negative-carbon US road trip to all 48 contiguous states. (You can help fund the cause via that IndieGogo link.) He has written an excellent 4-part series for CleanTechnica and our sister sites EV Obsession and Gas2 on “going … [continued]
Many of us here at CleanTechnica are big fans of the site Skeptical Science. Skeptical Science has a great system for debunking common myths put forward by global warming deniers, and then getting those articles and key points out to more people. Bob Wallace had the excellent idea of doing something … [continued]
