Electric vehicles (part 1)
Almost all of the cars New Zealanders drive today are “conventional” vehicles, which use internal combustion engines and run only on liquid or gaseous fuels – mainly petrol or diesel, although a tiny number use other fuels such as compressed natural gas or biofuels.…
150 Comments Gerry discovers electric cars
An interesting article in the herald this morning about Gerry Brownlee who to took a trip to the California to have a look at “alternative transport” options but only appears to have looked at cars
Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee says his scepticism about electric cars has all but disappeared after he took a spin along the Los Angeles coastal freeway in an electric sports car.…
Hydrogen Cars
In the last few days, there’s been some dicussion in the blog comments over hydrogen vehicles, and whether anything will come of them. One commenter has referred to http://www.cellaenergy.com/, a new startup which is trying to find solutions to some of the problems faced by hydrogen vehicles.…
The Emperor’s New Car
Clive Matthew-Wilson, famous for putting together the “Dog and Lemon Guide” to cars has done a detailed study called “The Emperor’s New Car” on the sustainability and environmental friendliness of electric cars. The results are pretty shocking:
Despite their ‘green’ image, electric cars are often less efficient and more polluting than the petrol cars they replace, according to a major report…
Matthew-Wilson, who edits the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide, says:
“The car industry is selling a false image of efficient, environmentally-friendly electric cars powered by ‘green’ energy.…
The problem with electric cars
There has been a lot of talk about electric cars being the way of the future, a way that we can supposedly retain our automobility yet at the same time confront problems with declining oil supplies and the effect of transport on climate change.…
Transport in 2030
A very good article in today’s herald pontificating about where transport is headed over the next 20 years:
Life in 2030: Public transport and battery power set to be way of the future Electric-bicycle carts for our shopping and sail-assisted cargo ships for our exports are examples of transport innovations needed for New Zealand to survive a looming oil supply squeeze.…
Electric Cars – not the solution?
An interesting article in the NZ Herald today on electric vehicles:
Sorry, EVs won’t save the planet says study
A British study has labelled as a “myth” the idea that a wholesale switch to electric cars (EVs) would automatically reduce CO2 emissions and dependence on oil.…
Electric Cars – the pro-roads excuse?
I probably should have felt quite excited by the government’s announcement yesterday to encourage the uptake of electric cars by making them exempt from road user charges. After all, electric cars will undoubtedly play a big role in reducing our oil dependency and our CO2 emissions from the transportation sector.…
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