Posts Tagged ‘electric vehicles’
Solar Knowledge: TVA Unveils Electric Vehicle Charging Station Prototype
With nary a sunbeam in sight, TVA and the Electric Power Research Institute on Tuesday unveiled a concept for charging the electric vehicles that are just beginning to hit the local highways.
Equipped with about 12 kilowatts’ worth of solar panels and a battery array with about five kilowatt-hours of storage, the six-parking-spot station will be used to analyze the potential impact of electric vehicles on the electric grid as well as ways to supplement that power. It is the first of two such stations to be built in East Tennessee and will serve as a research prototype to model how electric cars can be juiced up when they’re away from home.
via Solar Knowledge: TVA Unveils Electric Vehicle Charging Station Prototype.
Pretty fascinating technology that will support the upcoming launch of many electrical vehicle models.
Chevy Volt: Are Electric Cars Too Expensive? – Driver’s Seat – WSJ
Chevy Volt: Are Electric Cars Too Expensive? – Driver’s Seat – WSJ.
I almost fell out of my sustainable seat when I heard that Chevy wanted to charge over 40 big ones for an electric car. Here are just a few points to consider:
- $40,000 is serious money and that price point is up there with many faux luxury or near luxury vehicles
- Will there ever be a Chevy worth $40K?
- Considering #2, would it have made more sense to have a $40K Cadillac electric vehicle? I am no marketing genius, but Chevy has always been the blue-collar brand, not the high-end.
- With gas prices still within reason, what is the compelling reason for any electric car, let alone a $40 K electric vehicle?
- Charging infrastructure?
Don’t get me wrong; I am a proponent of alternative transportation and sustainable energy, but there is little business sense in this nonsense.
The Volt will be a short-circuit if something doesn’t change soon and there will be shocking results, and not the good kind.
If Chevy wants to spark the electric vehicle market, do it with an affordable, dependable vehicle, not a Cadillac priced one.
Sorry for all the electrical puns-I could not help myself and they just kind of flowed.
