Category: Electric Vehicles

The Case Against Hydrogen Trucks

Post author By spitfireresearch
Post date 2023-12-12
Categories In Electric Vehicles, Hydrogen

This article is a companion to my recent article about why I think battery electric trucks are the future of freight: Electric Trucks- the Future of Freight TL&DR: hydrogen trucks are largely just a retreat position for people who previously thought hydrogen cars were going to be a thing. They won’t be. There is no […]

So: Exactly How Much Electricity Does it Take to Make a Gallon of Gasoline?

Post author By spitfireresearch
Post date 2021-09-23
Categories In Electric Vehicles, General Interest

First, why do I care what the answer is? And why should you care? A little history may help you understand. My son Jacob and I took on a project a little over three years ago, to convert my 1975 Triumph Spitfire roadster into a fully electric vehicle, which we call the E-Fire. The project flowed from […]

The E-Fire – Electric Triumph Spitfire

Post author By spitfireresearch
Post date 2021-09-14
Categories In Electric Vehicles, General Interest

A number of LinkedIn readers wanted more detail about my conversion of my 1975 Triumph Spitfire to a fully electric vehicle, so I thought I’d put together a LinkedIn version of an article I wrote for my local Toronto Triumph Club magazine, “Ragtop”. (E-Fire, with its fuel pipeline in the background) I bought my 1975 […]