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Category Archives: Electric Vehicles
Reconditioning a Toyota Prius – Changing the CVT Transmission Fluid
If your Toyota Prius has a 100k miles or more, it’s time to change the CVT Transmission fluid. Toyota doesn’t recommend a service interval but after much research and discussion with Prius experts, I have decided to perform this … Continue reading
Posted in Automotive, education, Electric Vehicles, environment, hybrid vehicles
Tagged CVT, fluid change, oil change, Toyota Prius, Transmission
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How to Buy and Recondition a Toyota Prius
In September of 2011, I sold my wife’s Jetta TDI and started looking for a fuel efficient, sustainable vehicle for her to drive with an automatic transmission. I try to make sustainability an important part of all my life decisions … Continue reading
Posted in Automotive, education, Electric Vehicles, environment, hybrid vehicles
Tagged prius, recondition, sustainable car, toyota, used prius
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Energy Security – Are We Ready?
Today, President Barack Obama spoke to students at Georgetown University to challenge the next generation to meet the challenge of reducing our dependence on foreign oil. He put forth a plan to reduce our daily import of foreign oil by … Continue reading
Tesla Model S – EV Design Meets Function
The next two years will be an exciting time in the world of transportation. Not only will hybrid cars plug in to charge but battery electric vehicles will be an option at your local car dealership. While there is much … Continue reading
Save the Gulf Buy a Nissan Leaf
An open letter to Erich Marx, Director of Marketing and Media for Nissan Motors Dear Mr. Marx, I would like to offer a suggestion for a new marketing program to help promote the upcoming Nissan Leaf electric vehicle this winter. … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Vehicles, environment, oil spill, Opinion
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Is Light Rail the Future of Transportation?
While visiting Salt Lake City this week, I rode one of UTA Trax’s electric light rail cars. I didn’t have a place to go or somewhere I had to be at the time. I just wanted to go for a … Continue reading
Bloom Energy and the Electric Car
Bloom Energy, after operating in secrecy for more than eight years, has now unveiled a fuel cell that could change the way we think of energy and the grid. Bloom introduced a potentially game-changing product that could provide us with … Continue reading
Posted in efficiency, Electric Vehicles, fuel cells, Power Grid
Tagged bloom box, bloom energy server, distributed power, electric vehicle, EV, fuel cell
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Neil Young’s 1959 Lincoln EV – LincVolt
One of my passions is the idea of taking vintage vehicles and converting them to EVs. The idea of recycling 2,000 lbs of steel and rubber into a roadworthy vehicle that is more efficient than when it was new is … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Electric Vehicles, General, global warming, News
Tagged CNG, electric, EV, H-Line Conversions, Johnathan Goodwin, Kansas, lincoln, lincvolt, natural Gas, Neil Young, vehicle, Wichita
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