On Friday, California’s Governor, Edmund (Jerry) Brown signed an executive order that aims to have 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) in the state by 2025. In order to accomplish this, a network of charging stations will need to be installed throughout California. While electric cars are only one possible way to reach the goal (fuel [...]
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California Set to Install 200 EV Charging Stations
March 26th, 2012 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Policy, Transportation 
Tags: California, Electric Vehicles, Los Angeles, Nissan Leaf, Tesla 
No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Is Silence In Nature Possible Anymore?
March 23rd, 2012 2nd Green Revolution This week’s facts come from an interesting piece in the NY Times Magazine section that talks about researchers and ecologists catching sound in Alaska’s Denali Park. Worry that the constant hum of modern human life is negatively affecting natural habitats has led to several efforts to gather recordings of what nature sounds like without humans [...]
Posted in Behavior, Conservation, Five Friday Facts, Justin Manger, Sustainability, Transportation Tags: Environment No Comments »Review and Test Drive of the Fisker Karma
March 22nd, 2012 Chris DeArmond The Fisker Karma is unlike any other car on the road. Known as an EVer—Electric Vehicle extended range—Fisker correctly claims the Karma to be “the world’s first high performance electric luxury vehicle with the freedom to plug in or fill up.” This four-door sedan is well-built, practical, and beautifully designed inside and out—all by a [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Green Products, Transportation Tags: Battery, Cars, Chris DeArmond, EPA, Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrid, Product Review, Test Drive, Washington DC No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Chevy Volt
March 9th, 2012 Eric Wilson With the positive and negative news surrounding the Chevy Volt this week, we wanted to present five facts about the vehicle. These facts come from the Chevy Volt’s website. Every Volt comes standard with a 120V portable charge cord that can plug into most common household outlets and will fully charge a Volt in about [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Transportation Tags: Battery, Chevy Volt, EPA, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments »On Sale this Year: Natural-Gas Powered Pickups
March 8th, 2012 Chris DeArmond With natural gas prices hovering around $2.44 per MMBtu—less than half of what they were 18 months ago—compressed natural gas (CNG) is now starting to make sense as an alternative fuel for vehicles. According to the Wall Street Journal, the number of dual-fuel vehicles is increasing. In a recent press release, General Motors said it [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Conservation, Energy Efficiency, Green Products, News, Transportation Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Cars, Chris DeArmond, Natural Gas No Comments »Chevy Volt and Opel Ampera Named 2012 European Car of the Year
March 6th, 2012 Eric Wilson Just after GM announced a production shut down of the Chevy Volt due to poor sales, it received Motor Trend Magazine’s 2012 European Car of the Year honor. The Opel Ampera, the Chevy Volt’s European doppelganger is produced in the United States, but sold in Europe. The Volt and Ampera are mechanically identical, hence the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, News, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Nissan Leaf No Comments »Army Not Messing Around with $7 Billion in Energy Projects
March 5th, 2012 Justin Manger Over the next 30 years, the U.S. army is aiming to buy solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and other alternative fuels to the tune of $7 billion dollars. Here is the draft proposal in which they are looking for 99 large-scale renewable projects. This is all part of a plan to have renewable energy at or [...]
Chevy Volt Loses Its Charge
March 5th, 2012 Eric Wilson Despite rising gas prices and a sharp jump in February sales (as compared to January), General Motors has temporarily halted production of the Chevy Volt, its plug-in hybrid. According to NPR, “General Motors will suspend production of its Chevrolet Volt electric car for five weeks amid disappointing sales.” The shutdown, which has furloughed some 1,300 [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, News, Transportation Tags: Chevy Volt, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments »Five Friday Facts: Denver Bike Sharing
March 2nd, 2012 Eric Wilson Last week’s Five Friday Facts profiled some of the statistics related to Washington D.C.’s bike sharing program. This week we take a look at Denver’s program (B Cycle), which reopens for business on Monday, March 12th. 202,731: Number of rides in 2011, compared to 102,981 rides in 2010 42,318: Short term membership (24-hour kiosk, 24-hour [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Five Friday Facts, Transportation Tags: Bike Sharing, Denver, Mass Transit, Washington DC No Comments »Chevrolet Introduces “Ecologic” Window Stickers
March 1st, 2012 Chris DeArmond A little over a month ago, Chevrolet announced it would begin displaying window stickers highlighting the environmental features of its vehicles sold in the U.S. “Ecologic is simply a recognition of our systematic attention to environmental responsibility and our commitment to monitoring our progress as we continuously work to reduce our environmental impact.” These environmental [...]
Posted in Business, Clean Technology, Green Products, News, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chris DeArmond, Energy Conservation, Green Technology No Comments »
