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The Change.

I grew up in the sixties.  Gasoline stations have been part of my life for a long time.  I remember Mr. Bonner, washing down the station every morning. Gas was about 25 cents per gallon and Ethyl gas was bright red and full of lead.  There were a few pretty fast cars around.   In the 1950s, geochemist Clair Patterson discovered the toxicity of tetraethyl lead; phase-out of its use in gasoline began in 1976 and was completed by 1986. In 1996, EPA Administrator Carol Browner declared, “The elimination of lead from gasoline is one of the great environmental achievements of all time.”  Now a revolution is sweeping into the automotive industry.  Lithium batteries have reached a power level that makes electric vehicles a reality.  25% of vehicles sold will be Electric by 2025.  I see a very interesting future for electric vehicle, and advances in battery chemistry, solid-state batteries and technology will be very interesting the next few years.  I want to go mostly electric.  I want to help change the World.


On the list

Jaguar I-PACE First Edition
https://www.jaguarusa.com/all-models/i-pace/index.html

The Zero SR Motorcycle
https://www.zeromotorcycles.com/zero-s/


Research groups like Tokyo Tech Research are working solid state Lithium-Ion batteries and another revolution in safe high-density power.
https://youtu.be/SilnVYIBVag


The internal combustion engine (ICE) technology is about 100 years old.   Since about 2008, a renaissance in electric vehicle manufacturing occurred due to advances in batteries, concerns about increasing oil prices, and the desire to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Around 1832, Robert Anderson develops the first crude electric vehicle, but it isn't until the 1870s or later that electric cars become practical.  An electric vehicle held the vehicular land speed record until around 1900.  The first gasoline-fueled, four-stroke cycle engine was built in Germany in 1876.



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