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From Range Anxiety To Gas Station Anxiety?

December 13, 2019 admin air quality, carbon pricing, carbon tax, cars, China, clean transport, co2 emissions, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Europe, ev charging, ev charging stations, gas stations, GERMANY, green economy, investment, Manufacturing, market research, mass transit / public transit, plugshare, policy & politics, research, Sierra Club, sierra club clean transportation for all, US, waste reduction

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:00:09 +0000

One of CleanTechnica’s first rate, well written, most fascinating articles this year was one by Maarten Vinkhuyzen, who wrote, “A perfect storm is brewing above the automotive industry. Three hardly grasped phenomena are working together. Just like a real storm, when the conditions align in the best/worst way, we get a devastating superstorm. These phenomena (or events) are the Osborne effect of delayed demand, the technology (cost) curve of battery prices and other technology, and the S-curve that describes market acceptance of new technologies.”

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The Sierra Club’s Nationwide Study On The EV Shopping Experience

November 25, 2019 admin air quality, bmw i3, cars, chevrolet, chevy volt, clean transport, climate change, co2 emissions, consumer reports, consumer technology, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev sales, fca, fiat chrysler automobiles, ford, Fossil Fuels, gm, green economy, honda, hybrid electric cars, Hyundai, Kia, market research, Nissan, nissan leaf, phev, policy & politics, polls/surveys, research, rev up electric vehicles report, Sierra Club, sierra club clean transportation for all, subsidies, the sierra club, toyota, union of concerned scientists, volkswagon

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 02:55:23 +0000

Back in 2015, when we shopped EVs and then leased a Nissan Leaf, we were the primary EV educators up to the point of sale, not the salespeople. Even during the test drive, we had more knowledge. Our grasp on the function and reality of electric cars seemed to overwhelm the salesperson. We passionately emphasized why we wanted an electric car. Our sales person remained less than enthusiastic