I’ve been posting about green technology for the last eight months or so as many of you are probably aware. Some of my close friends and associates know I’ve been passionate about electric vehicles for decades. I followed them all the way back to the early 1990s and GM’s EV1. Then through the trials and…
The Royal Gazette – Jonathan Kent, Business Editor – Published Aug 7, 2020, at 8:00 am Bermuda is ready for a big move towards electric vehicles, says the co-owner of a new distributor who aims to feed that growing demand. Andre Labonte and his wife Lynn have launched Evolution Motors, sourcing cars from China made…
It’s all there ….in black and white Photo: US Dept. of Energy website Andre Labonte, MA LIC – EVolution Motors Limited – President My last couple of articles have centred around the economic and environmental arguments for Bermuda and elsewhere regarding electric vehicles and their coming transcendence and why that is inevitably a good thing. This…
THE LONG TAILPIPE MYTH Images – Courtesy of Google Pics Andre Labonte, MA LIC – EVolution Motors Limited – President The Myth: “Electric vehicles have a “long tailpipe” because they still run on fossil fuels, and therefore offer no benefit to the environment. They just move the emissions elsewhere, from the car’s tailpipe to a power…
In the first two articles, I wrote on the advancement of electric car technology I talked about how our understanding of driving in Bermuda changed after our family got our own electric car and some of the experiences we had and the questions that arose from our own family and friends. Things like the difficulty regarding how and when to charge and our notions about range. After that article, I ran into a few people who asked about some of the impacts of the technology, both good and not so good. So in the second article, I discussed some of the misinformation out there about the idea of electric cars, why they are a paradigm shift and why it’s clear that as we move away from fossil fuel electric vehicles are the best future option and their numbers are only going to grow from this point forward. Today I’d like to go into some other myths we have about lithium-ion batteries and what most of us believe, and what the facts actually are.
After my blog/ post last month about our electric car experiences I came across a couple of people who had some questions regarding the whole ‘dangers of battery chemicals” and even some questions about the ethics of mining metals such as cobalt and nickel in countries that might not have the best track record when it comes to human rights practices. I found a couple of interesting articles regarding how information both good and bad is disseminated.
It appears Even UK drivers have gotten the memo and are starting to see the benefit of new technology. However, in spite of electric cars becoming more popular in recent years, many people still believe misconceptions about them, according to a new study cited in the British Independent by reporter Grant Bailey which was based on a poll of 2,000 car drivers.
The report stated that some believed an electric car could not be driven through puddles, and some (about 5%) actually, thought electric cars were less safe than regular cars, citing construction concerns and media reports of battery explosions. Nearly 20% of respondents believed an electric car would actually slow down as the battery discharges. A spokesman for Volkswagen, who commissioned the study said:
Zuojun Z60 was honored and won the “Best Model of the Year”, “Best Interior Design” and “Best Driving Range” awards Source: Chinese electric car network Author: Roundup 2016/5/31 On the evening of May 29th, the 2016 National Small Electric Vehicle Test Contest Awards Ceremony was held in Dezhou, Shandong, the host city. More than 100 micro…
