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Suppressed Insanity in a Rich World
By: Kat Griffin
Tags: Poetry, Mental Illness, Poet, Poem, Mental Health

You say that I am not sick, I crave attention like its a curse

You say that I am not sick, I crave attention like its a curse

Who gave you permission to cry, when you have so much, little girl?

Who gave you permission to cry, when you have so much, little girl?

Who gave you permission to cry, when you have so much, little girl?

Who gave you permission to fight, fight the peace in your tiny world?

Who gave you permission to fight, fight the peace in your tiny world?

Who gave you permission to fight, fight the peace in your tiny world?

Leave me alone to die, in my father’s riches and grandma’s pearls

Leave me alone to die, in my father’s riches and grandma’s pearls

Leave me alone to die, in my father’s riches and grandma’s pearls

How many times must I cry and fight! to make my deaf’ning screams heard?
From my Bookshelf-poet dorotheagrossman
By: Taylor Collins
Tags: Poetry, Poet, Dorothea Grossman, Bookshelf, Personal Library

“Two Reasons Why I Like Men”

The vulnerability of their legs

in shorts,

The innocence of their bare chests

in August.
Illusion
Tags: Illusion, Poet, Poetry

everything is an illusion

the illusion of being loved

the illusion of being accepted

my hands touch my throat and I can’t figure out why the air comes with such pain

the feelings I have bring me shame,

I still fall for the illusion of acceptance

I want to be lost in a crowd

be more of the same

I want to be so common you just walk past me, no side eyes

no head turns

I’ll rather live in the illusion of love

If it means I can stay hidden

there are pictures in my walls, they seem to speak to me

“why are we all here?”

and I don’t know

there’s so much color inside my room and so much space inside my heart but I feel so so weak

I want to be saved by an idea, I want to be fulfilled by the fantasy of love

but it’s ludicrous

there’s no saving

I want the illusion of life

the happy ending we find in books

I want the illusion of things

because I’ve lost the grasp of my reality

and nothing is hard in make-believe.
On K
By: Elyse Wright
Tags: Writer, Poetry, Poet, Poem, Friendship

Photo by Clarisse Meyer on Unsplash

She kneels over me,

And carefully pushes my hair out of my face- the strands I’ve purposely placed to hide my tears.

“You’re okay,” she says.

You’re okay, my brain echoes, and it sounds far away.

But at this moment, I can almost believe I will be okay.

Because she is strong and brave and beautiful and most of the time,

I feel I am none of these.

So, I lean into her and I marvel that such a human can exist.
Dedos Cruzados
By: Pensamentos, Músicas, Por Paulo Marr
Tags: Poetry, Poesia, Poet, Poem, Poema

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3 Poems For Chaos & Danger
By: Jameson Blackmay
Tags: Writing, Writer, Poetry, Poet, Poem

I would like to post a blog on a regular basis, where I will show you a few of the poems that I think will help you or make you understand life, relationships, love, etc. a little bit more. Enjoy.

Today, There are poems, that will show you how crazy the world may be, and why it sometimes has to be. Moreover, there is a poem about dangerous people and why do we really try to destroy each other? See below.

#drugs #poem #poet #poetry #writer #writing
A Life Still Yet To Be Lived
By: Ronan Colfer
Tags: Loss, Writing, Poetry, Poet, Poem

Photo by Hasan Almasi on Unsplash

Did a doctor call you in? Was it but too painful

To hold between the fingers of your broken hands?

Did it add a crux to the already hunched existence

You led before your followers?

A wife, dead, and your head hung below

Your two beautiful children,

But may your head rise once more

When the harps sing again in your favor,

May the trumpet blow and the fool dance for your amusing,

And may the wind sweep in through the fresh sprung flowers

With an air so delightful

That your heart will awaken once again

To love, and to a life still yet to be lived
Changes
By: Rebeca Ansar
Tags: Creative Writing, Poetry, Poet, Poem, Emotions

many years ago

poetry fell from my fingertips

and out of my mouth

when the moment dug

her elbows into my stomach

I breathed you and released you

scent from the garland dancing in raven hair

the unusual witch walking her song amid

caustic spit

a cotton kameez swaying to wind

needle words bouncing off a steel heart

back when

memories were not so sticky

and belligerent and unkind

now, do not leave me alone

with either of them

neither my heart nor my mind.
Flame-tongued Summer lights our way To dusty death. You gave me cause to ponder, When, painting your soul across my lips, You drank the light, made sovereign The continent of the day, And drowned…
Tags: Shakespeare, Poetry, Poet, Intertextuality, Poetry On Medium

Fleance’s Dream

Poem

Photo by Dmitry Vechorko on Unsplash

Flame-tongued Summer lights our way

To dusty death.

You gave me cause to ponder,

When, painting your soul across my lips,

You drank the light, made sovereign

The continent of the day,

And drowned night-cloaked daggers.

No one of heaven born, could shake the life to come.

The Sisters still boil and bubble in the Moors.

I have heard their songs equivocate

Like a forest held aloft.

Nikhil
in bed at night
By: Nik Levi
Tags: Creative Writing, Artist, Poet, Late Night, Poetry On Medium

spinning around

in square cut cotton grounds

i can’t see

not a single speck or fleck

nothing gets through these dry slabs

the little rays of light

stuck at the border of 1929

they long to see

what is here in a night

if they knew

they could see too

a pen was found

by the traveler who

had a small blue lantern

just like mine

so i could see

the name of the beast

as i write it down

“you mother fucking cow”
She comes / she goes
By: Nadia Gerassimenko
Tags: Poetry Community, Poetry, Poet, Poem, Poetry On Medium

Photograph by Bailey Mahon

I love her,

ah, she comes as she goes

in soothing, playful waves

at first, a conch shell remains

with a siren song in her place.

I love her, ah,

yes, I love her.

Ah, she comes then she goes

with stronger tides yet

as the earth erupts the moon

shifting to the darker side.

I love her, ah,

yes, I love her.

And she loves —

Ah, she comes but she goes

like tsunamis when an indigo

butterfly flaps flaps flaps

creating chaos all around.

I love her, ah,

yes, I love her.

And she loves

me neither.
You fought against what time
Tags: Poetry, Linience, Poet, Poems On Medium, Poetry On Medium

You fought against what time

And circumstance made you

You are free now.

Do not be afraid,

You go now

Where many have gone before

And where even I will go in time.

Just know...

There will be no more pain

No more heartbreak

You will find peace,

And If I stand against all that darkness,

Even if I get chopped down

I know your ahead of me

Keeping the fire warm and beers cold.

Until then...

Until then
one waits
By: Nik Levi
Tags: Creative Writing, Artist, Poet, Love Letters, Poetry On Medium

ONE WAITS

an open field

on an open day

light bright blue yellow white

and alone at last

no place to keep time

just beyond the end

the boundary lined in fence

the walking, the rushing and hushing begin

preparing for a harvest din

the turn in wait is not to take

for one who has not seen

the difference one inch can make

in an open field

on an open day

and so one waits
Other Wants
By: Rebeca Ansar
Tags: Experience, Poetry, Poet, Poem, Creativity

nakedness is more

than just skin on this body

more than a single want

clothing is only one boundary

pursed lips are her chronic silence

stories seek light at the edge

glass bottles broken into shards

pieces line the fence tops

they cut their hands on his heart

being seen unstitches the fabric of your mind

being known is a dangerous way to live

we put on our precarious garbs

photographs capture the performance

paint a smile on what it means to be human

call it happy.
The Morning Loop
By: Rory Jones
Tags: Time, Poetry, Poet, Morning, Daily Life

In my sleepiest states

I count to ten before standing

As though the extra seconds will give me

What I cannot give myself.

To time I am a fool and

I am a fool for time.

I move through it one way

Ceaselessly

While it goes backwards and forwards

Running rings around me

And laughing

Ceaselessly.

That means without end.

And that means nothing.
If I was yours
Tags: Poetry, Deep, Poet, Romance, Emotional

If I was yours,

It would be obvious.

You’d wrap me up in your arms,

Kiss my forehead,

and tell you how much I mean to you.

You wouldn’t leave.

If I was yours,

It wouldn’t have stopped just like that.

Lovers to strangers

in just a brief moment

Things changed.

It’s different.

We are not the same anymore.

I still love you though,

Don’t get me wrong.

But maybe it’s a different feeling now.

A longing and a missing of what used to be.

Of what we used to be.

If it was meant to be,

Why do I feel a sore throat when I want to talk to you about it.

Again and again,

I excuse your behaviour.

Until it breaks me inside.

If I was yours.
IT WILL ALL BE FORGOTTEN……
Tags: Poetry, Poet, Poem, Sad Poetry, Poetry On Medium

IT WILL ALL BE FORGOTTEN……

The one that was my part…

That could have radiated from my heart…

To your ears…

To all of yours’..

The same story…

That was mine too.

Is untold yet…

Buried in the soil of silence till date..

It will remain so..

Unuttered… unspoken… untold..

Till it looses all heat of facts…

Till it mixes in sand , being cold…

It will all fade with time….

One whole half..part of a story…

Will all die, buried there…

No one could reach where…

No smell will be present anywhere..

No one will find any left over !!
A Poem: God of the Ocean
By: Ali Çalışkan
Tags: Literature, Poetry, Poet, Poem, Poetry On Medium

Seeking in the corals’ deep of the isle

An alienated soul

From the broken sand glasses

To the tired surface of the sea

Leaned on the transparent waves

With his hands that have deep cuts

Cut by the vicious soul of the sand

To make up for his late praises

God of the ocean is evaluating the infertile pores of

His darkened body

To condemn and restrict it

Doomed to endlessness
Disabilities Not Seen
By: Peter Andrew Edwards
Tags: Poetry, Poet, Poems On Medium, Poem, Poetry On Medium

When you have a disability

It is not always seen

Sometimes it is hidden

Other times it is not

What is on the surface

Is not always what is in the heart

People can be so cruel

For things they can see

Yet be as kind when they can not see

What lays beneath the cloth

Clothes are just a covering

The hides what lays beneath

Do not judge a person

On their appearance

You do not no what lays beneath
The Lost Poems
By: Charlotte Allison
Tags: Writing, Poetry, Poet, Poem, Creativity

The Lost Poems

I wrote a bunch of poems that were dear to me

O’ how I would have loved to have shared them with thee

Sadly, a ‘friend’ saw fit to steal them from me,

And placed them God knows where.

O’ for those poems I do shed a tear

God only knows where they could be

Nowhere in sight that I can see

I would have loved to have shared them with all of thee

For in them my heart you can clearly see

Most of all they were dear to me.
JOHN DOE
By: Adya Sukhija
Tags: Lifestyle, Poetry, Poet, Life, John Doe

In the Town of Love, about 8 years ago,

There lived a man called John Doe.

John, a mechanic, worked daily under the sun

He usually worked in perfect rhythm for his way with the gun.

John, a simple man indeed, detested the guy next door,

“His name is John, too” and he said no more.

Now, in the Town of Ambition,

Lived another set of Johns, in addition.

The first one, a teacher, resented the other, of course

Describing “his madness” as the only hate source.

Moving on to the City of Dreams,

Living well enough among the screams,

John hated John for his guts

He said, “he has a cruel word that put the cuts”.

On the other side of the woods, poor old John sits and wonders,

“What in the world is my blunder?”

A poet, he was in the name of God,

Nothing, could he figure as even a tad bit odd.

He wrote for love, ambition and dream,

In a world where, he thought, joy and glee reigned supreme.

He admired one and all for their true beauty,

In awe and admiration, far beyond his duty.

“Poets aren’t insane”, he said

As he wrote another word in bold red.

“One day I might doubt my own sanity,

But today, I’d rather write about pride, conceit and vanity”-
Paragraphs
By: Peter Andrew Edwards
Tags: Poetry, Poet, Poem, Poetry Writing, Poetry On Medium

I want to put a paragraph in

It almost makes me want to cry

I can write a paragraph

It always allows a return

Yet try it with a poem

It never seems to work

Medium is a tad funny

About how paragraphs work

So I thought I would write a poem

Yet it never seems to work

Where are those paragraphs

In between each verse

If I were a bad person

I might even want to curse
heroines
By: Nik Levi
Tags: Creative Writing, Bleeding Heart, Poet, Love Letters, Poetry On Medium

that night we walked away from our goodbye

i taste the burnbrom from your lip, as i licked mine

i did not look back while i quickened my steps

i took one look around before my descent

when i knew you couldn’t be found

a short tread away from the tango of midnight

the performance of an ivory tower knight

a blind audience awaits for the second score

of the play the hallways clapped the night before

the exit remain in the same place

waiting for my foot to walk through the same way

through center stage, an elevator car awaiting in the back

cables for just a moment take on the task

of lifting the weight i’ve agreed to pack

gravity’s grace always comes to an end

reaching the floor that i keep meaning to mend

there’s just never enough paint in the can

the creed of and old heroine

once retired i’m not so bothered

by those who seek to help

i’m left to keep my own skin

the unyielding task of a heroine

the light find their turn to give out

a rainfall with clout

removes mask i wear while

my heart bleeds out

withall the truth we know

a hero never dies

and they never rely

on a finnick heart

to make up their mind
My Experience of owning a Chevrolet Bolt
Tags: Chevy Bolt, Bolt, Electric Car, Earth Friendly, Earth Friendly Cars

1. Money Savings on Gas

You don’t have to worry about going to the gas station to drive a Bolt. It is fully electric, which means more savings and more money in your pocket to do other things. After calculation, I saved around $2000 after getting a Bolt compared to previous years.

2. Money wise, it’s affordable

I have the premium Chevy bolt, the entire cost is $33,000, and with a car loan, I am paying around $535.00/month, and in my case, it is affordable for me.

3. Spacious Cabin

Chevy Bolt has a very spacious cabin. There is enough space for 4–5 members to travel together at a time. There is plenty of legroom for both the driver and the other passengers, giving them a relaxed ride.

4. Earth Friendly

Since Bolt is an electric car, it is perfect for the environment. Not only are you getting a comfortable ride, but you are also contributing to saving the earth.

5. Charge it anywhere

It is effortless to charge Bolt anywhere these days. There are chargers located mostly in every parking lots of shopping malls and other stores. You can also set up a charger in your own home, so do you don’t have to go to different places to charge your vehicle.

6. Charge range

I get about 256–275 miles per charge, lasting for 4–5 days with a single charge. It helps me go and do different errands in the city limits. If I am using the highway daily, it can last me for 2–3 days.

7. Regenerative Brakes

In Bolt, there is a feature called regenerative brake. It will regenerate the charge when you brake when using a button behind the handwheel to increase the charge even when driving, which will increase miles.

8. Comfortable Drive

One of the most important features one looks for is whether the car is comfortable to drive or not when buying a car. Bolt provides precisely that. Not only does it have a spacious driver’s seat, but it is also really comfortable and smooth to drive.
Electric Vehicles — Nexon EV review
By: Roopak A Nelliat
Tags: Kerala, Electric Vehicles, Electric Car

Short: The vehicle is super awesome.

One of the major concern for many people is regarding the power, and whether the vehicle will be able to drive through hilly terrain. Let me double assure you, this is one of the most powerful vehicles in the class and you should have no worry regarding the power of navigating through hilly terrains. It drives through hilly terrains with ease. When you are overtaking, the vehicle gives you adequate power and no lag in delivery. So overtaking is also smooth.

The second major concern is the range (or mileage) of the vehicle. The company promises 312 km once fully charged. There is a safety feature that when the battery is 20%, the AC is shut down and you cannot go above 50 kmph. This is an indicator that you should charge your vehicle and the rest of the charge is for you to reach the charging station. So ideally, you can drive 80% with fully features (~245km). The range also depends on your driving pattern and terrain. So I was expecting around 200–225 km when charged to 100% and to 20%. So far I have got projected range between 140–160 km. On 8th Dec, the BMS (Battery Management Software) was updated, and after that, I got 180 km projected range.

The third part is about the gear system in the vehicle. The car technically has no gear system and has different modes of power. Reverse, Neutral, Drive and Sport modes. The vehicle does not have a lever in place of the gear, it has a dial. This dial is a little confusing initially, but you will get used to it.

The sound system is from Harman and is super awesome.

Rest of the features are similar to the rest of the SUVs and Nexon petrol/diesel version.

Side note: I have met a few owners who drive rashly and complain about the range (or mileage). The vehicle’s range definitely is dependent on your driving pattern and the terrain.

With the current scenario, you cannot expect to go on long drives with this EV, but with the State and Central Govt policies, we can expect this to be available within 1 year.

To sum up, the vehicle is ideal for city drive and local use, but not for long drives (for now).

I am driving to Nileshwaram on Dec 19th to test the range, will try to upload more information after this.
Electric Vehicles Community in India
By: Roopak A Nelliat
Tags: Kerala, Electric Vehicle Chargers, Electric Car, Electric Vehicles

For Electric vehicle owners, it is difficult to find electric charging stations nearby because your go-to solution for finding things on a map (Google Maps) have poor integration for electric charging stations and some of the charging stations shown in Google Maps is not valid.

Other apps built by your car companies like Tata EZ Charge app is still in Beta and has very fewer data.

For any new technology to emerge and be successful, the community is really important. Corporate and Govt actions will be based on the community’s response and community has to lead the way in adopting and promoting such new technologies.

Pluginindia is such a community which I found recently. The community has built an app for finding charging stations in your required cities and towns. The app is a neat one which serves the basic use case well. Also, it has a feature which allows you to add charging stations to the app database.
Cute Little electric urban commuter by Citroen
Tags: Tech, Citroen, Electric Car

The Citr0en AMI is a small urban commuter with a range of 75km, for 6000 euros….

Made out of just 250 total parts this car can go just around 70–75 kms on the city road. It definitely is not meant for long drives or even between city travel.

Even the features are very very minimal.But the advantage of such a miniature size car is the ease of finding a parking spot. Every one of us has faced the issues in that!Nowadays lots of families have two vehicles. This can be the secondary for short trips of shopping etc. Atleast this shall contribute to saving the environment.





Costing around 6000 Euros in France and Germany.

Ami can be a good option as fleet vehicle….Stay tuned in for tech related news….
Pope Francis commits Vatican to net zero carbon emissions by 2050
By: Tony Cowger
Tags: Climate Change, News, Pope Francis, Electric Car, Carbon Emissions

“Pope Francis urged countries on Saturday to work towards net zero carbon emissions and committed Vatican City — the world’s smallest state — to reaching the target by 2050.

Francis, who has championed environmental causes since his election in 2013, told a U.N. climate summit the 108-acre (44-hectare) city-state surrounded by Rome would be doing its bit to fight climate change.

‘The current pandemic and climate change, which are not only environmentally relevant, but also ethically, socially, economically and politically, affect, above all, the lives of the poorest and most fragile,’ he said in a video message to the summit.

‘In addition to adopting some measures that cannot be postponed any longer, a strategy is needed to reduce net emissions to zero,’ Francis said.

He committed the Vatican ‘to reducing net emissions to zero by 2050,’ as well as intensifying environmental management efforts and furthering the rational use of natural resources such as water and planting more trees.”

View the whole story here: https://www.autoblog.com/2020/12/12/vatican-net-zero-emissions-2050/
The World is falling in Love with Electric Vehicles
By: Mark Bazid
Tags: Ev, Electric Cars, Electric Automobiles

Why most people prefer electric Vehicles over gasoline

Is the world falling in love with Electric cars? Or have we always loved them. Electric cars are not a new concept for people to consider, they have been there since 1850’s. In fact, in the 1900’s most people preferred electric autos over gasoline powered vehicles. It was in the beginning of the 20 century that popularity of electric automobile was burgeoning, as gasoline was really expensive.

Building a gasoline powered cars was very tedious. In those days there was no key to start your car. There was a rod in the front of the car that had to be cranked for it to start.

Back then, the gasoline powered automobiles were not only tiresome to run, they emitted a lot of smoke and were noisy.

Surprisingly, people loved these electric cars. At one point of time there were approximately fifty thousand electric cars running on the roads of USA.

As new discoveries made gasoline less expensive, electric autos began vanishing from the market. The invention of electronic combustion engine paved way for the exit of the electric automotive. The gasoline powered vehicles could travel a lot more length than electric cars. Thus, autos running on gasoline started acquiring more popularity than electric coupés.

Safeguarding the Environment

Today, Electric automobiles are gaining popularity because people are becoming more conscious of the environment and the threats that automobile emissions produce.

The operation of electric powered vehicle is comparable to that of a remote controlled car as every electric auto comes with batteries that run an electric motor to turn the wheels.

Charging is easy

Charging the batteries is quite simple and it can be carried out overnight by simply plugging then in. Automobile manufacturers and researchers are making continuous attempts to make much better automobiles that can be more eco friendly. The revival of electric autos and the efforts to make them much more attractive is enticing people to switch over to electric vehicles.
Top Notch Mustang Mach-E GT “Performance Edition”
Tags: Ford Mustang, Ford, Electric Vehicles, Electric Car, Technology

Ford has launched the Mach-E mustang, which is a EV, and at the first it felt, boring, but it was insane, and great so here’s another top notch variant with insane numbers….

Ford has revealed a new variant of the top-of-the-line Mustang Mach-E GT, dubbed the ‘GT Performance Edition’. Effectively an even quicker version of the standard GT, it produces the same amount of power (480 hp) but manages to go from 0–60 mph in just 3.5 seconds, versus the regular GT’s 3.8. That 3.5 second 0–60 mph time is the same as a that of a Lamborghini Urus, FYI. Due to the extra performance range is unfortunately down 15 miles from the regular GT to an EPA estimated 235 miles per charge. However you’ll get Pirelli summer tires and magnetorheological dampers as standard, as well as an extra 34 lb-ft of torque (634 lb-ft in total). Pricing is yet to be confirmed but we expect a mark up of around $5k versus the regular GT, so think $65k territory (or $57,500 after the FTC)

Stay tuned in for more tech news…

235miles on full charge
Mini electric Hot Hatch — JCW Mini EV
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Electric Car

Mini has confirmed an all-electric JCW hot hatch is in the works. Information is limited but we do have images of the prototype car (see second slide) in between testing laps at the Nürburgring. We’re anticipating a much larger battery pack than the standard Mini Electric’s 32.6kWh unit, so expect around 300bhp, a 4–5 second 0–60 mph time and around 200 miles per charge. Pricing for the JCW Mini EV should be in $40k territory

Mini has worked great on the vehicle, and its refined in every angle, and it that cute aggressive looks to it, which kills…Still stay tuned, when it gets launched….
A new solution to the problem of efficient charging of moving electric cars
Tags: Russia, Problem Solving, Electric Car, Cars

Kopeycki ycheni ppedctavixa strategy for maximum efficient delivery of energy without conductors — through inductance. Unlike the standard approach, in which only one transmitting inductance is active, which is closest to the receiver, the new method is used. This technology makes it possible to overcome the difficulties of wireless charging of electric vehicles and industrial work.

To date, wireless charging methods with the help of one inductance are well researched, which cannot be said about the system. It is difficult to achieve maximum efficiency in one system with several inductances, because the receiver can be used in any of these systems.

Kopei specialists have developed an effective strategy for control, which achieves the maximum efficiency of wireless security with the help of support. They formulated the theoretical foundations of this method and found a number of important relationships.

The method proposed by them is not complicated and does not use censors to locate the receiver in order to include the closest to it. Instead of this, the students learned that it is possible with high accuracy in real time to find out where the name is based on the measurement of the inverter. This allows for dynamic tuning of any emitting inductance, thus maximizing wireless efficiency.
Elon Musk’s vision for a carbon tax is no longer a fantasy
By: E.V. Annex
Tags: Tesla, Tesla Motors, Tesla Model S, Electric Car, Elon Musk

Originally published at https://evannex.com on December 7, 2020.

Five years ago, Elon Musk was pushing hard for a carbon tax. Since then, however, he’s remained relatively quiet on the matter. According to Matthew DeBord at Business Insider, “the arrival of President-elect Joe Biden’s administration might allow Musk to revive his carbon-tax campaign.”

Above: Tesla CEO Elon Musk (Flickr: Daniel Oberhaus)

“Musk could find a newly receptive audience to a carbon tax in the Biden White House. The politics could be tricky, as some of the election’s deciding states are closely linked to the carbon-emitting economy: Pennsylvania has a fracking-based oil industry; and Michigan is home to the auto industry,” notes DeBord.

“Now, Biden’s plan to deal with climate change doesn’t call for a carbon tax. (It does include the restoration of a full federal tax credit for electric vehicles — the credit that Tesla could offer customers had been reduced because the company had sold more than 200,000 qualifying vehicles in the US.)”

So does a carbon tax really make sense? “We need to go from having an untaxed negative externality, which is effectively a hidden carbon subsidy of enormous size,” Musk said in 2015 at the Sorbonne in Paris, calling for world leaders to put a price on pollution.

Above: Highlights from Elon Musk’s speech in 2015 at the Sorbonne in Paris including his rationale for a carbon tax (YouTube: yonseienglish)

Driving a gasoline-powered car is a classic example of an “untaxed negative externality.” Fossil fuel powered cars create emissions that accelerate climate change and causes all kinds of damage, without paying any kind of penalty.

Musk argued this situation was costing $5.3 trillion a year, citing International Monetary Funds data. For him, the solution was obvious: “We need to move away from this and have a carbon tax.”

DeBord says a carbon tax could be back on the table as political winds are changing. That said, we’ll have to wait to see how this unfolds contingent on moves by the Biden administration. He says, “How this could all take shape remains to be seen. But for Musk, and maybe for Biden, a carbon tax is back in the picture.”

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Originally published at https://evannex.com on December 7, 2020.

Source: Business Insider
Are electric vehicles really greener?
Tags: Vehicles, Electric Car, Green Energy, Environmental Friendly, Environmental Issues

Photo by Austin Ramsey on Unsplash

Have you ever ridden an electric vehicle(EV)? If so, you will agree that they are now typically faster, more powerful, and every bit as stylish, comfortable, and fuel-efficient as diesel-powered Vehicles — all without the tailpipe emissions. EV use electricity stored in a battery pack to deliver instant torque to power an electric motor that turns the wheels. They have long been touted by the Hong Kong government as the solution to our city’s most longstanding and severe environmental problem: the government’s partnerships with EV manufacturers and its generous tax subsidies to facilitate private ownership of EVs have been so successful that we now have one of the world’s highest penetrations of EVs among new private car purchases. From just 100 vehicles in 2010 to over 4400 six years later, EVs now represent 3 % of all the Tesla Model S. Yet, lately, the claims of EVs being environmentally-friendly are being questioned, and many are asking whether EVs are really a green alternative.

As electricity still needs to be generated to run EVs, critics say that EVs powered by coal-produced energy are no greener than diesel-powered vehicles. Moreover, as the technology needed to produce and store alternative sources of clean electricity, without reliance on fluctuating weather patterns, is still decades away, some naysayers also predict that power plants will simply substitute vehicles as the main source of pollution after the switchover to EVs is complete.

More significant, however, is recent research that contradicts the green guarantee that EVs are a clean substitute for conventional cars. When emissions produced during the production of EVs’ electric batteries are factored into the vehicles’ total emissions, EVs were found to be 20% dirtier than equivalent diesel-powered vehicles. The cost of EVs is steep, so the government may, ironically, be sponsoring the industry and owners to increase — not reduce — the city’s pollution burden.

Regardless, there is no denying the many health and lifestyle benefits of utilizing EVs. Regular diesel cars spray out contaminants at street level, fouling our air and spreading a pall of smoke throughout the city. The SAR already rife with respiratory illness, many welcome any initiative towards a decline in cases.

Furthermore, EV advocates point out that filters at power plants can perform three to four times better than vehicle filters, making the fear that EVs are merely a switch in the source of pollution unfounded.

Since EVs have become popular with customers who look for comfort, speed, economy, and green credentials in a car, it makes sense to continue to roll them out with the expectation that greener methods to generate electricity on a larger scale will ultimately be developed to run them more sustainably. With our continued dependence on the car and ever-increasing traffic congestion throughout the city, EVs are still a step in the right direction.
Expected a more balanced and nuanced perspective.
By: Arindam Basu
Tags: Mobilist, Electric Car

Expected a more balanced and nuanced perspective. You seem to have pitched your idea from the perspective of a Tesla **fanboy**, to be honest. It is only expected that he will not be kind. How about a more realistic, impassive look. Chevy volt has sold well I believe. There is still a space for PHEVs and full electrics in the market.
Hyundai Motor to release dedicated platform for electric vehicles
By: Viacheslav Steel
Tags: Hyundai, Electric Car, Hyundai Dealerships

According to preliminary data, an electric car on the E-GMP platform will be able to drive 500 km or more on a single charge

South Korean company Hyundai Motor Group has said it will unveil a new platform exclusively for electric vehicles early next year. It will use Hyundai’s proprietary battery technology to reduce production times and costs.

The world’s fifth-largest automaker has highlighted its ambition to become a major player in the global electric vehicle market.

Hyundai expects the new Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP) to allow its own battery modules to be used in a variety of electric vehicle models and to reduce component counts by 60%.

“E-GMP will be very effective in expanding the group’s leading position in the field of electric vehicles, as it will allow to expand the line of electric vehicles in a relatively short period through modularity and standardization,” the company said in a statement.

According to preliminary data, an electric car based on E-GMP will be able to travel 500 km or more on a single charge, which is 23% more than the Kona EV model, which is now Hyundai’s longest-range electric car.

Hyundai Motor and its subsidiary Kia Motors expect to sell a total of 1 million electric vehicles in 2025, making them the third largest supplier of electric vehicles in the world.

Read also our review on Freelander 2.
What are the downsides of Tesla Cybertruck?
By: Fahad Ahmad
Tags: Tesla, Cybersecurity, Tesla Cybertruck, Electric Car, Automation

What are the downsides of Tesla Cybertruck?

What are the downsides of Tesla Cybertruck?

Well, having just seen the live demonstration, it frankly doesn’t look like a working truck. So there it is. After all the waiting, there’s what it’s going to look like.

As a general contractor and someone who must have either a truck or van to earn a living, here are my questions:

How do you put a rack on that thing?

I sometimes have to carry things 16′ and longer, which you can only do with a rack.

Where do you store your tools?

All the crap you have to carry with you for your jobs has to go somewhere. I don’t see a big frunk. (Maybe I missed it, but I don’t see one at all.) The tailgate has a ramp to the ground, which is cool, and a cover, which is uh, ok I guess. But it’s not really a place to store tools because as soon as the cover comes up everything is going to get rained on. And if you’re carrying supplies and you have your tools back there, and you can’t use the cover, it’s not really a place to put your tools.

Why does it have a short bed?

So the 4x8 sheetrock and plywood are going to hang over the tailgate. How is this useful?

What was the point of making it 4 doors?

I don’t take three other people to work with me. I need that back seat space for other things. Seats just take up space and risk getting ruined.

I really wanted to love this truck. The entry price is doable, the 500-mile version is very interesting, although out of my price range, it does not seem like it would be a functional working truck. I may be wrong, but that’s my first impression.
A 2021–2026 prediction
By: Ali Adabi Ph.D.
Tags: 2021 To 2026 Prediction, 2021 Prediction, Bitcoin, Electric Car, Oil

2020 has been a very unpredictable year but here I am trying to predict what would happen in 2021–2026.

Coronavirus: becomes like flu part of our life. We no longer are scared of it. The vaccine will be widespread by the end of 2021 but the virus can remain part of our life because like the flu vaccine most people end up not getting it. Travel: people will come out of the cave with a sense of freedom and with a lot of cash saved up ready for luxury travel Energy: i) Oil prices will go down in 5 years because more sustainable transportation will take over ii) Electric Cars will be everywhere and will be 35–50 million electrical car sold per year by 2026 iii) Sustainable power and battery will take over the world, Solar cells are so cheap, they will be the main source of US and world energy. Global warming: Fire will burn all the remaining forests in the world, ocean rise, Animal Die, Water will be the next Oil! Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin will reach a $500,0000 price representing the biggest bank the world has ever seen Stocks: Dow will hit 55,000 S&P 6500 Nasdaq 22000 China’s economy will rise as 1.30X of US Cancer VACCINES will be discovered by one of the companies formed during the covid crisis, most likely Moderna or CuraVac. AI will solve many biological problems and creates new drugs. AI finally solves aging Level 5 Self Driving cars hit the market, by amazon, and Tesla. .5 Billion regular jobs will be lost to AI and robots 100 million jobs will be created by AI Unemployment rises to 15% — governments will start paying people a minimum salary to reskill to program robots. Technical Problems increase and therefor Technology jobs as a whole will increase
“Kama-1” Russia’s First Electric Car Will Be Available In The Market In 2021
Tags: News, Technology News, Electric Car, Technology, Russia

HomeElectric Car “Kama-1” Russia’s First Electric Car Will Be Available In The Market In 2021

According to the details, the tests of the first large-scale electric car manufactured in Russia will be completed next month , while the car will be available for sale in 2021.

The Kama One (Kama-1) electric car will cost about one million rubles ($13,000) , developed by the National Technological Initiative at St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.

In July this year, the Russian government announced a 25% discount on the purchase of locally made electric vehicles, so that the price of the Kama One would be reduced by a quarter, with additional payments being made. The buyer can also buy a car with modern driver assistance system.

This electric car is capable of running more than 250 kilometers on a single charge, while a 20-minute charge can charge the battery to 70 to 80 percent, and the car can fit a variety of batteries. ۔

According to reports, this Russian-made electric vehicle is capable of operating at extremely low temperatures, ie even minus 50 degrees.

The designers of the electric car say that about 20,000 units of this car will be sold annually.
Earnings Call Transcript — NIO — 2020Q3
By: Renzhi He
Tags: Electric Vehicles, Electric Car, Stock Market, Nio

Q&A Session

Market feedback (adoption rate) on BaaS (Battery as a Service) and NIO Pilot

The take rate on BaaS of new orders is about 35%. The company is very happy to see this BaaS take rate momentum and it believes that BaaS is also going to improve in the future. BaaS can help the business to lower the initial purchase price and the users’ concerns regarding the battery’s degradation and also provide a flexible upgrade service to the user. For NIO Pilot, the take rate is around 50% and the company is expecting to see higher rates with the release of Navigate-On-Pilot.

Breakdown the margin increased by around 5 percent from Q2 to Q3

The increase in margin was mainly contributed by two factors: the increase in the average selling price (up by RMB10 K per car) and the lower bond cost per vehicle (derived from lower battery pack price and EDS price).

Views on the latest chip design and LiDAR

Didn’t disclose too much information about the chip design.

For the LiDAR question, Li said that NIO believes that LiDAR could definitely help on two aspects regarding autonomous driving: it could contribute to autonomous driving to free up for users (a matter of the availability or usability); it could help to avoid more accidents (a matter of reliability).

At the same time, in order to implement this technique into real production, NIO needs to figure out the issue of the cost. In the future, with the improvement of cameras and computing powers, NIO believes that LiDAR can play a role in some cases and the domains because it can help to reduce the accident rate in some corner cases.

Views on Model Y and global marketing strategy

NIO doesn’t think the upcoming Model Y will affect its order momentum a lot. Firstly, it is still the EV v.s. traditional cars — Model Y’s introduction to the China market is going to be beneficial for the overall market. Meanwhile, the target customers of NIO are basically not the same group of customers of Tesla. Two companies are using different two strategies to do their own business. The avg selling price of NIO is hundreds of thousand RMB higher than the one of Tesla.

NIO is planning to enter into the global market (European) in the 2nd half of 2021, providing the localized end service to European customers.
CAN A TESLA DO A ROAD TRIP?
Tags: Roadtrip, Tesla, Electric Car

Photo by Vlad Tchompalov on Unsplash

In July we bought a Tesla Model 3. This Christmas we’re going to see how it handles a long distance family road trip. Will the range be anything like what they claim? Will there be endless queues at the motorway services for the superchargers? How will we charge the car in more remote parts of the country? Will our in-laws be left with a huge electricity bill? And, will car-karaoke save us?

First some details. We are a family of 5. 2 parents and 3 children ages 13, 11 and 6. And, a Havanese dog called Alex.

We have a Tesla Model 3 long range with 19" alloy wheels — I believe wheels have an effect on range. Similar to the one in Vlad’s image at the top of this.

COVID restrictions allowing, we’ll be traveling from Uckfield in Sussex to Southport (273 miles). Then from Southport to Aboyne in Aberdeenshire (339 miles) with days in between, before returning the same way. None of our destinations have a charger installed. So, we’ll be dependent on the plug-in ‘granny charger’ (literally) and local charging facilities. This will be our first trip of anywhere near these distances.

My plan is to post all the steps of this journey from pre-planning to on-the-road and back. As a log for how realistic a trip like this is. Previously we’ve had petrol cars which eat a trip like this for breakfast.

In addition to the questions above the other thing on my mind is, of course, COVID. With the national guidelines now in place we’ll be doing this trip during the Christmas window Dec 23rd to Dec 27th. I imagine everyone will be on the road so we’ll be running this test while the system is at max capacity.

IN AT THE DEEP END!
The Solar Powered Electric Car That Recharges Itself
By: Blooup Tv
Tags: Tesla, Lightyear, Electric Car, Solar Energy, Cars

The Solar Powered Electric Car That Recharges Itself

This is the Lightyear One, an excellent energy-efficient, long-range electric with a solar roof engineered by Lightyear within the Netherlands that recharges itself. Designed for independence, this sleek and modern, solar electric vehicle is intended to be grid-independent.

So, drivers no longer have to be at the mercy of charging stations on a daily basis. Lightyear One utilizes every ray of sunlight and joule. When it has a fully-charged battery, it can reach a WLTP range of up to 725 kilometers or 450 miles, thanks to its energy use of only 83 watt-hours per kilometer on the WLTP cycle.

When compared to other electric vehicles currently on the market, Lightyear One has proven to be two to three times more energy-efficient. The results also reveal that Lightyear One has the lowest emissions, lowest charging frequency, and 7,000km to 20,000km or 4350 miles to 12,430 miles of free, clean solar range annually.

Equipped with five square meters of solar panels, which blend in beautifully with its sophisticated appearance, this mini “solar fleet” adds an hourly 12 kilometers of range. As a result, daily charging is a thing of the past as this electric powerhouse does it itself.

The Lightyear One contains solar cells that are encased in safety glass, thus giving it a solid and durable solar roof and hood. These specialized features also pass rigorous auto industry regulation with flying colors.

The Lightyear One has four independently controlled in-wheel motors providing power when and where it is needed, and a 97% efficient drivetrain, a weighted WLTP cycle efficiency of 91%, and a complete peak vehicle torque of 1920 Nm. Regardless of the type of surface this solar electric beast is riding on, the motors deliver improved traction control and maximize energy efficiency.

It’s considered a cruiser, built to go the distance in any environment. Plus, the Lightyear One is also referred to as “the most aerodynamic 5-seater to date.” This unique solar electric car’s design gives it a record-breaking drag coefficient of less than 0.20. It also has incorporated a complete thermal integration.

Therefore, it efficiently captures and re-uses any residual heat to maintain its essential mechanisms at their optimal temperature with minimum energy loss.
I’m not convinced that charging station prevalence is key to EV adoption.
By: Michael Pon
Tags: Tesla, Disruption, Gas, Electric Car, Cars

The relationship with vehicle ownership is changing. If you live in an urban area, it makes a lot of sense to use a ride sharing service instead of owning a car and paying for parking, fuel (or charging) and insurance. If you live in a suburban area where you need to drive, then you're likely to be able to afford to install a charger in your garage. If the price of the electric vehicle is comparable or less then the ICE vehicle, (which appears will occur in 2021 or 2022 in the USA), that combined with a lower cost of operation of a BEV (Battery Electric Vehicles) will make BEVs no brainer purchases.

Also, as more BEVs are deployed there will be increasing economic opportunities for supporting them. For example: restaurants/malls with charging stations, apartment buildings with charging stations (for premium or free to tenants or guests), low cost self-service daily rentals, and less expensive ride sharing, etc. establishing a chargepoint is not as highly regulated as owning/operating a toxic, dangerous gasoline fueling station.

Furthermore, when Full Self Driving is allowed by the state vehicle regulators, then a whole plethora of new opportunities for BEVs arise. These forward looking opportunities are the real reason why the market interest in Tesla in particular: (https://ark-invest.com/articles/analyst-research/tesla-price-target/

In my opinion, the “filling station” and personally owned vehicle model will be largely replaced by sharing, pay as you go, and home/business charging. I don’t think it is wrong for the Federal government to help subsidize charging station infrastructure. That will create jobs and perhaps ease the transition for the incumbent ICE automakers, which is important for the economy overall (competition is good). Better that then simply handing out money for unemployment or big executive bonuses. But, it seems to me that the die has been cast. Whether or not USA charging infrastructure is built out will only have the effect of delaying or accelerating the change which is already underway.