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Jon LeSageLONG BEACH, CA
Jon LeSage is Automotive Editor, Green Initiatives at Automotive Digest. He writes for and edits online newsletter Automotive Digest Weekly Green, which goes out to the auto industry and green vehicle shoppers, daily blog Green Machine Digest and Facebook and Twitter pages.
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Category Archives: Battery
Tangled Web for Battery Maker A123 Systems Gets Even Tanglier
Lithium ion battery maker A123 Systems has gotten a lot of ink and hyperlinks this year – the Fisker Karma battery recalls caused by its A123 Systems battery failure, and the acquisition deal by Chinese auto parts maker Wanxiang Group, … Continue reading
Posted in Battery, electric vehicles, EVs, plug-in electric vehicle
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Inside the Mindset of Green Car Shoppers, Owners, and Stakeholders
There are a few things that have been learned by automaker and dealer management in the past year and a half at Nissan, GM, Ford, and BMW through marketing plug-ins to early adopters. It was experienced years earlier by Tesla … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, alternative fuel, Battery, charging stations, clean transportation, climate change, Connectivity, dealerships, electric vehicles, energy security, EVs, fleet managers, Fuel cell vehicles, fuel economy, gasoline prices, Green Auto Market, Green Automotive Digest, Green cars, Green Machine Digest, Green marketing, telematics
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Green Automotive Digest on Life Support But Coming Back
Green Automotive Digest has been on hiatus since early December, and will be starting up again in early April. The format will be changing and will be closer to the monthly publication I started in February called Green Auto Market. … Continue reading
Posted in Battery, Biofuels, charging stations, clean transportation, climate change, Connectivity, Corn ethanol, electric vehicles, emissions, EVs, Fuel cell vehicles, fuel economy, gasoline prices, Green Auto Market, Green Automotive Digest, Green cars, Green Machine Digest, Green marketing, Green technology, green transportation, green vehicles, Greentech, hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, Lithium ion batteries, MPG, natural gas vehicles, plug-in electric vehicle, Renewable energy, sustainability
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EV Success Question Similar to 1990s
The Detroit Bureau is asking a question popped up a few times in the 1990s — Will electric vehicles really make it? The consensus opinion is that 2012 will be a critical year for meeting the goal of having 1.5 … Continue reading
Green car stories grabbing my attention while surfing waves of content
So do you get a ton of emails, e-newsletters, Google news searches, etc.? I do. I have to sift through tons of content and glean out what I believe to be worth writing about. Perhaps I’m a slow learner, and … Continue reading
EV owners can make a few bucks selling excess battery juice
So purchasing a plug-in electric vehicle is costing consumers more dollars than comparable internal combustion engines, and even though plug-ins offer much cheaper cost-per-mile driving, consumers are bothered by the higher sticker prices. But there’s hope for potential EV owners … Continue reading