Electric Vehicles Helping Drivers To Reduce Their Bills
Over 90% of vehicle-owning US households could slash their greenhouse gas emissions as well as their transport costs by switching to electric vehicles.
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Driving Electric Cars Is Much Better For Climate & Air Quality Than Driving Gas Cars
Courtesy of Union Of Concerned Scientists. By David Reichmuth, Senior Engineer, Clean Transportation Program Electric vehicles have a high profile right now, with EVs featuring prominently in the Biden administration’s and Congress’s plans and also important new vehicle announcements from major automakers like Ford. But what are the climate benefits from switching from gasoline to … [continued]
Nevada Aims to Plug Vehicles into Renewable Energy
Courtesy of NRDC. By Max Baumhefner & Dylan Sullivan With bipartisan support, Nevada’s legislature passed a bill that would help the state drive on cleaner, cheaper electricity. Senate Bill (SB) 448 (Brooks) would speed the approval of transmission lines needed to move low-cost, renewable electricity across the region and would accelerate the deployment of cars, … [continued]
Tesla Model 3 Emits ~65% Less CO2 Than Mercedes C-Class With Diesel Engine
A new study explains that electric vehicles last longer than initially expected and are much greener than fossil-fueled cars.
Another EV Benefit: Less Noise Pollution
One well known electric vehicle (EV) benefit is that EVs don’t produce tailpipe emissions from directly burning fossil fuels — emissions that contribute to climate change and harmful air pollution.
Oh, POLITICO, Please Don’t Publish Garbage — Reality Check For Electric Vehicle Hit Job
I’ve read many wonderful pieces of work from POLITICO. The outfit has a great crew of political reporters who sometimes break huge stories. The op-eds and in-depth political analyses can be superb. From time to time, POLITICO has been the top source I’ve relied on for US political coverage … and funny cartoons.
Putting Convenient Home EV Charging vs Public EV Charging Into Perspective
A couple of months ago, I published an article about how well electric cars work as primary cars. On the CleanTechnica repost, reader “AltairIV” made a superb comment and I asked if we could republish it. Luckily, he was happy to see it reach more eyes and enthusiastically replied, “It … [continued]
Another Reason EVs Are Great For Teenagers
We had a fun article last week on some of the reasons electric vehicles are better than gasmobiles for teenagers. Around the same time, I found a good comment on the GM-Volt forum on the same topic. In particular, the comment below added an important benefit that I wanted to highlight (and … [continued]
Hidden Benefits Of Electric Cars — Even More “Environmentally Friendly” Than Previously Thought
In addition to the most obvious benefits of electric vehicle (EV) use — a diminished carbon footprint, less air pollution, etc — there are many other, more subtle, benefits as well. New research from Michigan State University recently uncovered some of these — to be precise, the research uncovered two previously … [continued]
3rd Thing I’ve Learned From The Tesla–NYTimes Firestorm
This article was originally published on EVObsession. I think this is the last major thing I learned from the Tesla–NYTimes saga. (Also see my first and second revelations, as well as this list of 5 myths that have been spread all over town in the midst of this internet brouhaha). Unfortunately, … [continued]
