Even as Electric Car Technology Improves, Costs Remain the Biggest Barrier
The biggest barrier to buying cleaner cars is still the high price. Households most likely to buy a battery-powered electric car have an income of $300,000 a year or more.
The cost of full adoption is astronomical.
An estimated $6 trillion is theoretically needed to build the infrastructure that electric cars need such as charging stations and power networks. Add to that the amount companies spend on making the cars and batteries, and the number could be even higher.
Read the article at Bloomberg.
Could A Fitbit For Mobility Options Cut Your Carbon Footprint?
A Vancouver-based daily trip planning app with choose-your-current-priority function, can create routes made up of different transportation modes with three possible ideals - save time, take an optimized recommendation, or save money - and then compare those routes' CO2 costs to driving your own car.
"If you give somebody half the commute time, it's likely they're going to drop the car," David Oliver, Founder and CEO of Cowlines creator Greenlines Technology said in a phone interview. He believes viewing alternatives will also encourage people to be a bit more eco-friendly.
Read the article at Forbes.
Winter Safe Driving Tips for At-Work Drivers and Their Families
Winter weather conditions impact driver safety regardless of the experience level of the driver.
Here, eDriving provides safe winter driving tips for fleet, safety and risk managers to distribute to their employees who drive at work AND their families. These winter safety tips will help all drivers prepare for the hazards of winter and return home to their loved ones every day, whatever the weather.
‘What Is Your Greatest Weakness?’ How to Answer the Staple Interview Question
The best answer to “What do you think is your greatest weakness?” is a candid one, where you briefly describe something you’ve struggled with, and then tell how you’ve approached getting better at it.
“The biggest mistake I see job candidates make is, they do exhaustive research on the prospective employer and the industry, and almost no real, honest thinking about their own strengths and weaknesses,” Tom Gimbel, CEO of Chicago-based recruiters LaSalle Network says. “It’s fine to know a lot about the company, but obviously the interviewer already knows a lot more about that than you do. He or she wants to know who you are.
Read the article at Fortune.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Here’s a cheeky look at the 10 best and worst in automobile technology this year, from Alex Roy, a championship rally race driver-turned automotive gadfly and iconoclast for Meredith, Inc.'s automotive portal, The Drive.
“We love Top 10 lists, but it's the 10 Worst lists that really get our hearts pumping. A lot of automotive ‘journalists’ pull their punches so as not to endanger those sweet, sweet junkets. I don't have that problem. I was blacklisted years ago by just about everyone.
“Am I too honest? Maybe. Too unpredictable? Probably. But I say you can't trust someone who hasn't said something negative about someone. If everything was great, cars wouldn't need warranties. If software-based tech functioned as promised, I wouldn't have a column.
Read the article at The Drive.
