range jitters Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:12:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Chevy Volt Ad Playing Rough with Pure Electric Vehicles https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-volt-ad-playing-rough-pure-electric-vehicles-20140214/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-volt-ad-playing-rough-pure-electric-vehicles-20140214/#respond Fri, 14 Feb 2014 16:11:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=45929 Do automakers run attack ads? See for yourself as the Chevy Volt leaves pure electric vehicles to die in the desert! Whoa! Did you read that correctly? At least, that’s my impression on seeing a recent ad, featuring a Chevy Volt extended-range electric vehicle (EREV), cruising through the desert. Concerned, the kid asks his dad […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/chevy-volt-ad-playing-rough-pure-electric-vehicles-20140214/feed/ 0 45929 Phinergy’s Recycled Aluminum-Air Battery Could Power Future EVs https://www.greenoptimistic.com/phinergy-recycled-aluminum-air-battery-20130326/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/phinergy-recycled-aluminum-air-battery-20130326/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:14:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=35334 Aluminum-Air batteries [AlO2] are nothing new, but a recent innovation by Phinergy, as well as compelling test data, could solve electric vehicle range concerns. We all know the arguments against electric vehicles, “Unless you spend $100,000, you can’t get any decent range out of an electric vehicle,” or “Electric vehicles take too long to charge.” A […]

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