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Posted on June 4, 2018

May 2018 Electric Car Sales – Breaking Records Again

Positive Future #167 (Feature photo – Shepherds– CCA SA 2.0 Generic) InsideEVs reports another record breaking month for electric plug-in car sales. Looking back, May 2017 plug-in sales in the U.S. were 16,596 units with the top selling model being the Tesla Model S (1,620 units). For May, 2018, plug-in sales were 24,563 units. That’s a gain of 48 percent over last year. The top selling plug-in for May, 2018 was the Tesla Model 3 (6,250 units). You can see the full report here: https://insideevs.com/monthly-plug-in-sales-scorecard/ Want More? – Sign up below Special Deals Ahead…Sign up!

Posted on May 14, 2018

San Diego – Charts a Course to Electric Buses

Positive Future #148 (Feature photo – New Flyer Electric Bus – photo courtesy of San Diego Metropolitan Transit System) A few years ago, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology issued a study that air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S. In response, the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System just approved the purchase of 6 forty-foot electric buses from New Flyer for a cost of $6 million. The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System is piloting this program to explore zero-emissions transportation. Considering the San Diego metro is home to 3.3 million people, San Diego is clearly part of a larger national trend. The new electric buses will have…

Posted on April 18, 2018

China – Electrified Car Sales Growing

Positive Future #127 (Feature photo – Electric Car Charging Stations Will Be More Common – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) Annual car sales (light vehicles) globally are around 93 million cars of which 24 million are in China. Recent statistics from the U.S. Department of Energy reveals that approximately 550,000 plug-in cars were sold in China in 2017 – 2.3 percent of the market. Amazing is that plug-in sales grew from 1.3 percent in 2016 to 2.3 percent in 2017. Increasing market share by 1 percent a year is no small feat. This means that plug-in car sales are set to grow by almost 250,000 a year. By 2019, China could…

Posted on April 11, 2018

Food Economics or What?

Touch the Soil News #985 (Feature photo – Soybeans in the Middle of Trade War – photo courtesy of USDA) The Presidential Administration is moving the nation towards a trade war with China. China is moving to retaliate. Some of the numbers floating around are that the U.S. may impose tariffs up to $150 billion on Chinese imports to America and the Chinese may retaliate by imposing tariffs up to $50 billion of American exports to China. Since money does not grow on trees, it will be the poorer factions of both countries that pay the price for the trade war. Agriculture and food are caught in the middle. If…

Posted on March 28, 2018

Meet Cora

Positive Future #108 (Feature photo – Cora Aerial Taxi– Courtesy of Kitty Hawk) The autonomous aerial taxi called Cora, is built in the U.S. by a company called Kitty Hawk. Kitty Hawk has teamed up with a New Zealand company called Zephyr Airworks. Together these two companies are working with the New Zealand Government to lead the world into aerial taxis. It’s great that small companies are still able to lead the way forward. Want More? – Sign up below Special Deals Ahead…Sign up!

Posted on March 20, 2018 March 20, 2018

Bollinger Electric Off-Road Truck – Jeep/Tesla Competitor?

Positive Future #102 (Feature photo – The Bollinger B1 – photo courtesy of Bollinger) Bollinger Motors is engineering the world’s first all-wheel off-road SUT (Sport Utility Truck). Called the Bollinger B1, it is the most innovative and exciting all-electric vehicle under development today. Maybe Tesla should take note. The vehicle has 15 inches of ground clearance and can carry 72 sheets of ½ inch drywall. The new truck boasts a range of 200 miles (all electric) and can be used as a source of remote power. Looks like off-roading is taking a new turn towards fun. The truck has a 120 KWh battery pack – which is 20 percent larger…

Posted on March 4, 2018

FOLO – Feed Our Loved Ones

Touch the Soil News #953 (Feature photo – FOLO Farm – photo courtesy of FOLO Farm) There is this community urban farm in Malaysia. Six families got together to raise organic food. They get food waste from the city to make compost and enrich their soils. Now they are feeding 100 families and have 500 families on the waiting list. In addition, landowners are calling up FOLO and asking them to share this model in their neighborhoods. Does the model of families working together to produce food cause for re-thinking parts of the farmer-consumer model? Want More? – Sign up below Special Deals Ahead…Sign up!

Posted on February 21, 2018

Plastics – Another Problem with Fossil Fuels

Positive Future #80 (Feature photo – Popular products made with plastic – CCA SA 3.0 Unported) The data is accumulating and nations around the world are considering bans on plastic. Sadly, 90 percent of sea birds have some sort of plastic in them. The ocean is estimated to be polluted with over 5 trillion pieces of plastic. Recently, British Petroleum’s Chief Economist – Spencer Dale – told Bloomberg News that British Petroleum predicts oil demand will drop by 2 million barrels a day as a result of emerging plastic regulations. The oil industry is now facing a literal “pack” of wolves that are attacking the product and its products. Divestiture…

Posted on February 19, 2018 February 20, 2018

Should This Have Made Headline News?

Positive Future #78 (Feature photo – Brightline Train – CCA SA 2.0 Generic) When you read the history of railroads, the economics are rather dark. Virtually every train company ever established in the nation has gone out of business. So, when the first private company in 35 years to establish a passenger rail line celebrates the opening of the first segment, it is certainly out of the ordinary. Brightline began construction of a passenger train that will run from Miami to Orlando (240 miles) back in 2014. The project will cost $3 billion, employ 10,000 people during construction and have 5,000 permanent jobs after the entire line is open. Railway…

Posted on February 19, 2018 February 19, 2018

Will More of This Be the Future?

Positive Future #77 (Feature photo – Tesla Model 3 – CCA SA 4.0 International) Now that early models of the Tesla Model 3 are entering the streets, the car is increasingly coming under scrutiny. We’ve all heard the stories that there are over 400,000 pre-orders on this car. Recently, Edmonds took delivery of a Tesla Model 3 and has been putting it through its paces. The outcome of this particular review is interesting. Is this a pre-cursor of what we will be in for in the future? Want More? – Sign up below Special Deals Ahead…Sign up!