When Will We See Hybrid Motor Homes?

Posted by Lug_Nut on November 26, 2009 under Alternative propulsion, Class A Motorhomes, Class C Motorhomes, Electrical power/batteries, Environment, Fuel and Economy, Fuel economy in automobiles, General RVing, Hybrid vehicle, Lug_Nut, Peter Mercer, RV Chassis information, Tow Vehicles, Vehicles, electric vehicles, electric/gas hybrid, fuel efficiency, hybrid electric vehicle | Comments are off for this article

If you are hoping to reduce costs by buying a hybrid motor home in the near future, you had better not hold your breath.  If such a vehicle does become available, you  may  need to have deep pockets.  While an electric/gas hybrid may very well cut your fuel consumption substantially, you will probably never reach a ROI [...]

Are We the Anchor to Mainstreaming Electric Vehicles?

Posted by Bob Difley on October 24, 2009 under Alternative propulsion, Bill Ford, Bob Difley, Environment, Fuel and Economy, General RVing, Global warming controversy, Green RVing, Politics of global warming, climate change, electric vehicle, global warming | Comments are off for this article

By Bob Difley On Wednesday, 18 scientific organizations wrote Congress to reaffirm that there was a consensus among scientists on the validity of global warming. They cited melting ice caps and the world’s oceans this past summer hitting their highest monthly recorded temperatures. On Thursday the Pew Research center for the People & the Press released a [...]

Could this be the breakthrough electric vehicles need?

Posted by Bob Difley on October 17, 2009 under Alternative propulsion, Better Place, Bob Difley, Fuel and Economy, Green RVing, electric car, electric vehicles, wireless road charging system | Comments are off for this article

By Bob Difley Can anyone deny that the world is entering potentially one of the most disruptive periods of change in the transportation sector since the internal combustion engine was invented over 100 years ago? The activity surrounding and driving alternative energy vehicle development–hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or all electric (EV)–produces news stories everyday with [...]

Nickel-Lithium: The Next Battery Break Through?

Posted by Bob Difley on October 10, 2009 under Alternative propulsion, Bob Difley, EV, Electrical power/batteries, Fuel and Economy, Green RVing, Lithium-ion battery, battery, battery technology, electric vehicle, electric vehicles, energy, energy entrepreneurs | Comments are off for this article

By Bob Difley As electric vehicle proponents, alternative energy entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists have predicted, the development of better, more efficient batteries will give the electric vehicle (EV) industry the game changing boost it needs to change the way we think about transportation. Battery technology, which produced the successful development of the lithim-ion battery for laptop [...]