On several occasions I’ve written about the increasing visibility of electric vehicles. There was the post last fall about seeing three electric vehicles in one week and then a few months back there was the Chevy Volt plugged in at Canopy Airport Parking Lot. While laid up with a case of possible food poisoning, I [...]
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Bringing Electric Cars to the Public’s Consciousness
September 18th, 2011 
Eric Wilson 
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Op-Ed, Sustainability, Transportation 
Tags: Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Tesla 
No Comments »Slowly, but Surely Electric Vehicles Hit the Roads
August 6th, 2011 Eric Wilson Last fall I saw three electric cars in one week. It turned out to be quite the cluster (and aberration), because it had been nearly a year until I saw the next one. The other day while leaving Canopy Aiport Parking at Denver International Airport, there was a Chevy Volt plugged into one of the [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Chevy Volt, Denver, Electric Vehicles, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments »Ford C-MAX Energi Set to Compete with Chevy Volt
June 16th, 2011 Eric Wilson A press release from Ford indicates that the C-MAX Energi is the company’s first production plug-in hybrid. The C-MAX will have a range approaching 500 miles (800 km) combined between the electric capability and the internal combustion engine. This combination puts Ford’s plug-in in the same realm as the Chevy Volt, which has a range [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, News, Transportation Tags: Battery, Cars, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Ford, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments »Wheel of Fortune’s Eco-Awareness Week
April 5th, 2011 Eric Wilson Avid watchers of Wheel of Fortune know the show often has themes throughout the program. This week on Wheel of Fortune, the theme is all things green. On last night’s program, the first puzzle was “solar panels” followed by “national parks”. The next puzzle was “reduce, reuse, recycle“. In addition, they were giving away a [...]
GreenCars.org Releases 2011 Car Rankings
February 22nd, 2011 Eric Wilson GreenCars.org, in conjunction with the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, “an independent, nonprofit research group dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting economic prosperity, energy security, and environmental protection” released their 14th annual environmental ratings last Thursday. The rankings include plug-ins, gasoline hybrids, diesels, natural gas vehicles, and conventional gasoline vehicles. [...]
BeFrugal.com Introduces Its Electric Car Calculator
January 19th, 2011 Eric Wilson As the recent North American International Autoshow in Detroit, Michigan demonstrated, electric cars are all the rage. The Chevy Volt took the 2011 Car of the Year award. But does this mean that electric cars make sense for you? The website BeFrugal.com has “created a calculator that will compare the financial and environmental costs of [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chevy Volt, Electric Vehicles, Hybrids, Plug-in Hybrid No Comments »Toyota to Expand the Prius Line
January 14th, 2011 Eric Wilson Currently if you want a Prius there are four options. All four have the same body type with slightly different features (i.e. LED headlamps or the Solar Powered Ventilation System). That is about to change. Earlier this week at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Toyota unveiled its expanded lineup of hybrid-electric vehicles [...]
Posted in Eric Wilson, Featured Posts, Transportation Tags: Cars, Chevy Volt, Hybrids, Nissan Leaf, Plug-in Hybrid, Prius No Comments »Chevy Volt Named Motor Trend’s Car of the Year
January 12th, 2011 Eric Wilson Earlier this week Motor Trend magazine named the Chevy Volt its 2011 Car of the Year. Having grown up a subscriber to the magazine (along with Road and Track), this news signals that alternatively fueled vehicles have arrived. As a sign of the revolution, this is a significant one. In fact, Motor Trend called the [...]
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