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An accidental EVangelist: On my way to work at Apple one morning, my car was rear-ended (and totaled) by an SUV, driven by a guy playing with his smartphone. This led me to get my first plug-in vehicle. I started blogging about my experiences immediately. A year later, in 2013, I was hired by the dealership as their "EVangelist." I became a board member with the Texas Electric Transportation Resources Alliance (www.TxETRA.org) and perform public speaking in the DFW area regarding electric vehicles and environmental issues. I also teach others how to sell plug-in vehicles or manage EV sales. I'm on a mission.

Lucky or naive? We shall see…

June 10, 2015

It all started with thoughts of my next plug-in car. As you may know, we have three Volts, two 2012s (leased) and one 2014…

May 2015 Sales Numbers **UPDATED**

June 2, 2015

In May 2015, the plug-in market rebounded a bit. So far, every plug-in except the BMW i8 showed an increase, compared to the previous month. Here’s…

How to screw up an incentive program: By the numbers

May 31, 2015

A couple days ago, I decried the impending end of the State of Texas’ “Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Purchase or Lease Incentive Program,” which provided $2,500…

Forbes/Fortune: WTF?!?!?

May 29, 2015

It was just one week ago today that I vented over a ridiculous article in Fortune, which stated the opinion that the Volt “seems headed…

Don’t mess up like Texas!

May 29, 2015

As I’ve mentioned, we’re approaching the end of the State of Texas’ “Light-Duty Motor Vehicle Purchase or Lease Incentive Program,” which offered rebates of…

A new chapter to our solar saga…

May 25, 2015

I haven’t written about this in a while, so for detailed background, you can get up-to-speed by reading this, this, this, this, this,and finally,…

Forbes catering to opinions of 1%?

May 22, 2015

I’m a bit dumbfounded recently. Forbes published an article entitled, “Car Wars: Why GM’s Volt slogs while Tesla’s Model S soars” by Alex Taylor…

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