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Fastest Electric Vehicles

written by Walter Wang

Here’s a cool infographic called “The Fastest Electric Vehicles on Earth” that I thought readers would enjoy. What they say here is certainly true: we tend to think of EVs as slow, glorified golf carts. Yet those of us who have driven a Tesla have quite a different impression; they’re little rockets, with better acceleration than Porsches.

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November 26, 2012 0 comment
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Breakthrough Ideas in Clean Energy Are Very Rare

written by Walter Wang

At a rate of about a dozen a week, I’m approached with ideas in clean energy/transportation. Here’s an imprecise breakdown of my response to these concepts I’ve received over the last three years:

2%: Crackpots. An attempt to raise money to build a prototype of some that is theoretically impossible,

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July 11, 2012 1 comment
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Adoption Curve for Clean Energy is a Function of Consumer Behavior

written by Walter Wang

At the heart of the adoption curve for clean energy, electric transportation, and sustainability more generally is consumer behavior. If consumers don’t vote in favor of green products with their wallets, the world will remain mired in dirty and abusive practices until the pain associated with that reaches a point that we

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November 14, 2011 0 comment
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The Adoption of Electric Vehicles – More Than Meets the Eye

written by Walter Wang

John Petersen is one of the most thoughtful critics of the electric vehicles industry. In a phone conversation I had with him a few weeks ago, he laid out a few reasons why he thinks the whole idea needs to be scrapped. Here, in his column on AltEnergyStocks.com, he further defends his

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October 31, 2011 0 comment
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