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I wish they would define "Lifetime". How long exactly is that?
Consumer Reports: most popular electric vehicles cost less to own than the best-selling gas-powered vehicles in their class
Owning a plug-in electric vehicle today will save consumers thousands of dollars compared to owning a gas-powered vehicle, according to a new analysis by Consumer Reports comparing electrics to CR’s top-rated vehicles, as well as the best-selling, most efficient, and best-performing gasoline-po...
I wonder if they included oil changes and brake jobs, both of which EVs don't need.
Analysis finds annual running cost of EVs less than ICE; but with purchase price factored in, it flips
Self Financial, a fintech company, has compared the running costs of electric and non-electric vehicles in each state. Across the US the average annual cost of running an electric vehicle is $2,721.96, while gasoline vehicles cost an average of $3,355.90 per year to run—a difference of $633.94 ...
I'd like to know if the mpg savings per company were due to the use of batteries (in any format) or if the mpg improved due to a more efficient engine/reduced weight/better drag/etc.
EPA’s annual automotive trends report shows slight increase in fuel economy from MY2017 to MY2018
In the US, Model Year (MY) 2018 vehicle fuel economy was 25.1 miles per gallon, 0.8% higher than the 24.9 miles per gallon MY 2017, according to the annual Automotive Trends Report released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In model year 2018, the average estimated real-world CO2 ...
clarification - have cut in half for model Y and plan to cut by another factor of 15
ICA study: Copper demand on grow path in automotive wire harness
Copper use in automotive wire harness will continue to grow according to new research commissioned by the International Copper Association (ICA). The research, conducted by Martec Group, found that the average weight of copper use per vehicle in automotive wire harnesses globally increased from ...
Until they stop being idiots and redesign the wiring harness like Tesla, who have cut down the miles of wiring by a large amount (can you say factor of 30?).
https://ww.electrek.co/2019/07/22/tesla-revolutionary-wiring-architecture-robots-model-y/
ICA study: Copper demand on grow path in automotive wire harness
Copper use in automotive wire harness will continue to grow according to new research commissioned by the International Copper Association (ICA). The research, conducted by Martec Group, found that the average weight of copper use per vehicle in automotive wire harnesses globally increased from ...
Here is an article with a graphic on MPG.
They don't compare so well to other car manufacturers because toyota sells a lot of trucks while others don't. Wish they had the specs comparing only cars.
https://aceee.org/blog/2019/03/toyota-loses-ground-fuel-economy
Strong hybrid sales lift Toyota Motor Europe to 5.3% market share; 52% mix of hybrids sustained into Q3
Toyota Motor Europe reported strong performance continuing into the third quarter 2019 driven by new model introductions and increased demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). The company announced Jan-Sep total vehicle sales of 838,691 units across the region in a declining market, reporting...
I would love to know what their average MPG is for Europe.
Strong hybrid sales lift Toyota Motor Europe to 5.3% market share; 52% mix of hybrids sustained into Q3
Toyota Motor Europe reported strong performance continuing into the third quarter 2019 driven by new model introductions and increased demand for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV). The company announced Jan-Sep total vehicle sales of 838,691 units across the region in a declining market, reporting...
Not sure if they established cause and effect.
But certainly, lack of chargers would have at least stalled purchases a bit.
Navigant Research finds public charger deployments are encouraging plug-in EV adoption
According to a new report from Navigant Research, although the business model is in question, analyses indicate public charger deployments are positively affecting PEV adoption. The report analyzes the relationship between public charger deployment and plug-in EV (PEV) demand, providing an overv...
I'm guessing none of these guys owns a Tesla.
I can't see myself buying another ICE vehicle again.
2015 model S 65,000 miles (no oil changes, no brake pad replacements, ...)
International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine
Thirty-seven globally prominent scientists representing the International Journal of Engine Research have published an open-access editorial addressing the future of the Internal Combustion Engine, and stressing the importance for continued development of more efficient and even lower-emitting t...
Toyota is doing a great service by introducing non-EV enthusiasts to battery technology. People were once fearful of the Prius technology. People seem to be asking, "where can I charge" instead of "how much does it cost to replace the battery".
This generation of hybrid owners will be less fearful of buying a pure EV next time around.
That is at least how I see it.
Toyota Motor Europe sold 578,400 vehicles 1H 2019; 52% hybrids
Toyota Motor Europe (TME) reported half-year sales of 578,400 vehicles across the region, up 3.3% year-on-year and registering a 5.3% market share. Hybrids drove the strong performance between January and June 2019, with total hybrid sales of 303,400 units (+18% year-on-year), or 52% of the tot...
The loaders and unloaders are still needed, but I thought the majority of drivers had a "no loading/unloading" stipulation in their job description.
BLS researchers suggest automation will not eliminate truck-driving jobs
While some stories in the media present automation as having the potential to eliminate large swaths of jobs in the near future, a new study by researchers Maury Gittleman and Kristen Monaco at the US Bureau of Labor Statistics argues otherwise. In the open-access study, published in ILR Review,...
@EP 20,000 gallons per minute per unit. 3 units = 60,000 gallons per minute
https://tucson.com/business/local/palo-verde-nuclear-plant-s-use-of-wastewater-defies-drought/article_59b758cb-1106-5197-84ee-96e3935bd208.html
I recently took a tour. They like giving tours because at the end, one sees all the safety steps implemented, and you walk away feeling convinced that the nuclear waste is very small - you can see the small number of containers stored since day 1 of operation, and that the chance for an accident that would actually leak radiation is very small.
The article quoted 92% for Europe, while quoting 80% for some countries by 2050. I can believe the 80% for some countries, but Europe seems a stretch.
Fusion reactors could change the game.
While on the topic, a tesla power wall currently stores ~13 KWh. If all transportation is to go electric by then (which I think may happen even sooner), then there will be a lot of batteries sitting in people's garages with 50 to 75 KWh.
If those batteries can be tapped for storage, then most households will have quite a bit of potential storage at their disposal.
We are living in an era of rapid change, it is difficult to see around the curve when the progress isn't linear.
BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies
Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). In its New Energy Outlook 2019 (NEO), BNEF sees these technologies ensuring...
But at least coal is on the way out.
Nuclear is good in certain regions - needs lots of water.
Palo Verde plant west of Phoenix takes all of the phoenix waste water, treats it, uses it for cooling in the outer loop (inner loop is a closed system) and evaporates 95% of it into thin air. Only plant I know of that does it.
I'm happy that coal is going away.
Solar and wind, mostly wind, can still provide more energy than they are doing so now.
Economics are going to drive the grid cleaner - technology moves a lot faster than politicians.
BloombergNEF: solar, wind, batteries to attract $10T to 2050; curbing emissions long-term will require other technologies
Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF). In its New Energy Outlook 2019 (NEO), BNEF sees these technologies ensuring...
As my high-school physics teacher once said, "The electrons come with the wires. They are not created or consumed." The batteries or generators just push those electrons around in a closed loop. Open the loop and the electrons stop moving (under all but extreme circumstances).
World’s largest renewable energy storage project announced in Utah; grid-scale energy storage with renewable hydrogen production
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) and Magnum Development announced an initiative to launch the Advanced Clean Energy Storage (ACES) project in central Utah. The world’s largest project of its kind, the ACES initiative will develop 1,000 MW of 100% clean energy storage, thereby deploying t...
I agree that software and Toyota in the same sentence makes me cringe.
Nevertheless, glad they are throwing 1B at it. At the very least, it will train people in this field who can later go work in this area at another company that might actually make progress.
Toyota, DENSO and SoftBank Vision Fund to invest $1B in Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group; automated ridesharing services
Toyota Motor Corp., DENSO Corporation and the SoftBank Vision Fund (SVF) will invest $1 billion in Uber Technologies Inc.’s Advanced Technologies Group (Uber ATG). The investment, in a newly formed ATG corporate entity, aims to accelerate the development and commercialization of automated rides...
Wonder if this includes miles driven by taxi services?
More young people and people living in a large city are opting to not buy a car, but still take taxis.
Distance driven in the United States: Did we reach the peak in 2004?
by Michael Sivak. This article is the latest publication in a series examining recent changes in various aspects of motorization in the United States. The focus here is on distance driven per person and per household, as opposed to the absolute distance driven (which depends, in part, on the ...
maybe this link will be easier to click on
https://youtu.be/duWFnukFJhQ
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EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase
EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. For the Transportation sector, EIA projects that energy consumption will decline between 2019 and 2037 ...
This is encouraging.
Play at 2x speed so that it only takes 35 mins to get through.
Pour yourself a glass of wine or beer and enjoy.
https://youtu.be/duWFnukFJhQ
Tony Skiba on the disruptive nature of clean energy and EVs.
EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase
EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. For the Transportation sector, EIA projects that energy consumption will decline between 2019 and 2037 ...
Since they are way off on their assumptions about the transition to EVs, the conclusions of this article are worthless. I'm estimating that they won't get it right until ~2023 to 2025.
EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase
EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. For the Transportation sector, EIA projects that energy consumption will decline between 2019 and 2037 ...
The worst car I ever owned was a Cadillac Catera.
But your point is that their high end luxury brand should electrify first, which is Tesla's strategy as well.
We shall see if GM screws it up.
My opinion is that they won't be the worst, but they will be late to the game and they will cut corners in reliability.
GM: Cadillac to be lead EV brand; new global BEV3 architecture
During its Capital Markets Day presentation, GM said that Cadillac will be GM’s lead electric vehicle brand and will introduce the first model from the company’s all-new global battery electric vehicle architecture (BEV3), GM’s foundation for an advanced family of profitable EVs. The mission o...
@Lad - exactly! Agree 100%
MPK Poznań orders 21 Solaris electric buses; ~$18.5M
Municipal transport operator MPK in Poznań, Poland and Solaris Bus & Coach signed a contract for the delivery of 21 electric buses: 15 articulated and 6 standard length. Pursuant to the agreement the whole order is to be completed by the end of February 2020. The total contract value is more th...
I don't see biofuel as a sustainable long term solution, so I'm not disappointed to see the EPA's enthusiasm for biofuels wane.
In 50 yrs, I hope that tailpipes will be a rare sight.
EPA finalizes RFS volumes for 2019 and biomass-based diesel volumes for 2020
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that establishes the required renewable fuel volumes under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for 2019, and biomass-based diesel for 2020. The key elements of the action are: “Conventional” renewable fuel volumes, primarily ...
When you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
However, I think it is good that research continues, because I don't think annual sales of contraptions using ICE engines will go below 1% of what they are today until at least 10 to 15 yrs from now at best.
Experts’ view on future transportation fuels
In a paper in the journal Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Gautam Kalghatgi, newly retired from Saudi Aramco and a visiting professor at Imperial College London and Oxford; Howard Levinsky, Senior Principal Specialist in Combustion Processes at DNV GL Oil and Gas and Professor of Combu...
Yawn. This should become irrelevant in 10 yrs.
Nothing to see here. Keep moving.
Growth Energy: US drivers top 6 billion miles on E15
Growth Energy announced that American drivers have driven another billion miles, totaling 6 billion, on E15—a fuel with 15% ethanol that is approved for all 2001 and newer vehicles. The announcement comes on the heels of President Trump’s move to make E15 available year-round and two major fu...
The world is moving toward clean energy.
In 100 yrs, our energy generation will be fine.
In geological time frames, 100 yrs is nothing.
It would be ironic if we miss the tipping point by a mere 100 yrs and doom us all.
Let us hope we haven't just missed it by 100 yrs.
Remember the opposite as well - what if we were to have 5000 ft tall glaciers occupying all of canada down to Iowa for 1,000,000 yrs.
That would be hard to deal with too.
BNEF: EV company fundings bright spot as clean energy investment slips in Q3 quarter; 3 China EV companies raise $1.9B
Global clean energy investment was $67.8 billion in the third quarter of 2018, down 6% from the same period last year, according to the latest Clean Energy Investment Trends report from research company Bloomberg NEF (BNEF). The slip in the July-September quarter leaves clean energy invest...
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