Discussion here is of any matters relating to Better Fuel and Vehicle Technologies, (particularly but not exclusively Electric Vehicles), improved societal transportation engineering, better vehicular and traffic safety engineering, and of articles appearing in evworld.com and other publications. We also consider on-topic matters which are somewhat ancillary to alternative fuel vehicle discussions, such as energy conversion science, energy policy matters in the US and elsewhere, business and investments as they relate to alternative fuel vehicle efforts, and philosophic and political underpinnings of efforts to get better fuels and vehicles and transportation options to those who may wish to use them.

Generalized Governmental or Political Discussion is, in no way, On-Topic and will be censored if the moderators find the time and inclination. Governmental or Political Discussion is on-topic (and even encouraged) if the author of each post makes a clear effort to tie the topic in to the group focus of better vehicles and energy policies and such.

So, there is an important distinction here, as to which posts are on-topic, and while it is sometimes hard to delienate, we ask that group participants and moderators (including this author) make a good-faith effort to adhere to keeping things on-topic, keeping them tied-in to the general focus of the group discussion (safer, better, more efficient transportation technologies and societal policies which affect development of those technologies).

Moderation of this forum is not done by anyone full-time. Participants are encouraged to keep that firmly in mind, so as to take some individual responsibility for defining and staying on-topic and keeping the area somewhat clean of problems. Disagreement is fine. Inappropriate behaviour is at the judgment and discretion of a part-time moderator and may or may not result in exclusion from the group.