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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: Range anxiety
Extended Version of Green Auto Market Available Now, with Lots of Cool Stuff
For those interested in learning more about electric vehicles, hybrids, and alternative fuel vehicles, it’s easy to find a wave of media coverage, especially when new cars are unveiled at major auto shows. But what about the market forces shaping … Continue reading
Posted in alternative fuel, Biofuels, charging stations, clean transportation, dealerships, electric vehicles, EVs, fleet managers, Fuel cell vehicles, gasoline prices, Green Auto Market, Green cars, Green marketing, Green technology, green transportation, green vehicles, hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, Lithium ion batteries, MPG, natural gas vehicles, plug-in electric vehicle, Range anxiety, Renewable energy, Resale values, smart transportation, sustainability, used car values
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What You Should Know About Dealers Marketing Green Machines
For OEMs, conversion companies, and infrastructure builders bringing electric vehicles, hybrids, and alternative fuel vehicles to market, there are a few things to know about auto dealers. Dealers are playing a critical role in making all of this come together, … Continue reading
Posted in alternative fuel, charging stations, Connectivity, dealerships, electric vehicles, EVs, fleet managers, Fuel cell vehicles, gasoline prices, Green Automotive Digest, Green cars, Green Machine Digest, Green marketing, green transportation, green vehicles, hybrid, hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, natural gas vehicles, plug-in electric vehicle, Range anxiety, Resale values, Social media, telematics, used car values
Tagged dealers, dealerships, electric vehicles, EVs, green car marketing, hybrids
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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 Automotive Digest – Changes in Store
Green Automotive Digest in on hiatus for now. It will be starting back up, most likely in February, with some content changes. We know that it needs to be distinct and meet some missing information needs out there, during a … Continue reading
Conundrum faced by green cars similar to genetically modified foods
In California, voters may be deciding next year whether genetically modified foods should be labeled on packages, so that consumers can learn more about what they’re eating. Activists in the state are concerned about what GMOs (genetically modified organisms) could … Continue reading
Posted in Green cars, Green marketing, green vehicles, Range anxiety
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Meet me next Sunday at National Plug In Day!
If you’re thinking about buying a plug-in electric vehicle, or own one and want to show it off, meet me next Sunday, Oct. 16, at City of Orange Public Library Parking Lot. Or wherever you live in the country — … Continue reading
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Unraveling the mystery of Prius Plug-in pricing
Not long ago, Toyota Motor Corp. execs were dropping suggestions at the Frankfurt Motor Show that the long-awaited 2012 Prius Plug-in would be selling for $26,000 to $27,000. Well, that was pretty far off the officially announced base price of … Continue reading
What are the top 10 plug-in electric cars to look forward to?
The 2012 model year is fast approaching, and with it will come a fairly long list of plug-in electric vehicles. According to PhysOrg.com writer Jim Motavalli, here’s the top 10 choices, in his opinion, based on rank of importance. There … Continue reading
Battery packs don’t need to be Darth Vader for EVs
Battery packs are not as big a challenge for carmakers to entice car shoppers to check out plug-in electric vehicles as had been initially worried over. Advanced lithium-ion battery systems being installed in new plug-in electric vehicles like the Nissan … Continue reading
Three things have to happen for electric vehicles to make it
Executives from four firms that are heavily invested in plug-in electric vehicles and the technology supporting them — Tesla, Panasonic, Infineon Technologies, and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers — provided a frank look at the state of the EV industry … Continue reading