EV Articles
Electric Vehicle Press Release
Press Release from Plug In America, an Electric Auto Association Special Interest Chapter.
With Gas at $4/Gallon Average, Plug In America Calls on Americans to Demand Electric Cars
JUNE 9, 2008--As gas hits $4 a gallon nationwide, Plug In America (PIA) calls on citizens from coast to coast to demand that automakers manufacture Electric Vehicles (EV) so that they can dump the pump.
"Call Toyota, call GM, call Ford, call them all and tell them that you won't buy another car until it can be plugged in and charged with electricity," said Linda Nicholes, president of PIA, the organization leading the nation's electric car movement. "Americans must demand the choice to drive cars that run on cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity."
In fact, Nicholes pays the equivalent of 83-cents per gallon of gas to drive her zero-emission EV, in a comparison made with U.S. Dept. of Energy data. Furthermore, because EVs have motors with scant moving parts instead of engines, the Anaheim, CA resident has not once paid for parts, maintenance, a tune up or an oil change in 66,000 miles of driving. She has never had to hook her car up to the gas pump.
To read the entire Press Release from Plug in America - click the link.
Interesting EV Articles from other EAA members
Debunking the Myth of EVs and Smokestacks
Excerpt from paper:
{ One of the most common issues surrounding EVs today is their status as ZEVs (Zero Emission Vehicles). Critics proclaim that EVs are simply "elsewhere emission vehicles" because they transfer emissions from the tailpipe to the smokestack. Although there are emissions associated with coal and oil-fired power plants, smokestack emissions associated with charging EVs are extremely low. In fact, EVs can charge from zero-emission sources such as nuclear, hydroelectric, solar, and wind power.
The purpose of this paper is to prove that EVs recharging from today's power plants are substantially cleaner than even the most efficient ULEVs. The myth that EVs are "elsewhere emission vehicles" will be put to the test with facts that clearly show EVs and power plants are cleaner, more efficient and more reliable then the infrastructure that supports ICE vehicles. }
For the rest of the paper - click the linked title below.
"Debunking the Myth of EVs and Smokestacks" by Chip Gribben of the Electric Vehicle Association of Greater Washington, D.C. (EVA/DC).
Energy, Sustainability, and EVs
Excerpt from paper:
{ When you go hunting or fishing, you look for signs such as deer tracks, minnows jumping out of the water, sea gulls diving, etc. When you go to assess crude oil production, you go read the papers published by respected, peer-reviewed scientists and those who have done their "homework". You tend to stay away from people who use a lot of adjectives or the ones whose numbers are misleading. You crank the numbers in a meaningful way and ask what is the truth behind what opposing people are saying.
The following is a set of "signs" with respect to Peak Oil, a phenomena in which either supply cannot meet demand on a permanent basis or there is an actual peaking of production where production reaches an absolute maximum and begins to decline permanently. }
For the rest of the paper - click the linked title below.
This article "On Peak Oil" can be found on Triangle Electric Auto Association website. This club is located in Cary, North Carolina.