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Blog Entries about "electric vehicle research"
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Have electric vehicles stalled?
A year ago we published a weighty tome about electric vehicles (EVs) which we assumed at the time would go out of date fairly quickly because of fast-moving technological developments.
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Hot, Thirsty and Crowded: Are the New Vehicle Technologies the Answer?
Dr. John Wormald, noted consultant, co-founder of the advisory firm Autopolis, author of some of the most authoritatively critical books on the car industry and an inspiration to the directors of Trend Tracker since our foundation, examines this critical question in a new free-to-download report, available here:
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Been here before? Precedents for EVs and energy upheaval
A new WWF report, ‘Electric avenues: driving home the case for electric vehicles’, calculates that ending the UK’s dependence on fossil fuels means at least 1.7 million electric vehicles on the country’s roads by 2020, and around 6.4 million by 2030.
Obtaining the effect on climate change urged by the WWF also entails decarbonising the power supply these EVs would be using, a task made no easier by the effect of the Japanese nuclear disaster on planning for the replacement of coal fired power stations. -
Rising Leaves: Nissan Leaf
News that could take a Leaf or two out of Nissan’s (pre-order) book: Unfairly perhaps, Automotive News this week greeted as “a troubling sign” a £2,000 increase in the UK list price of the Nissan Leaf. Nissan’s own prognosis has been that government sales incentives will be needed only for three years or so from the Leaf’s launch; EV total costs of ownership are projected to become competitive that soon as costs reduce, following the downward price trend of consumer electronics. Most other EV proponents, with lower targets and market penetration forecasts, have been less optimistic.