Articles by
Paul Gipe
More on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from EV & ICE Vehicles
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Paul Gipe
RMI, formerly the Rocky Mountain Institute, in a new report comparing the carbon dioxide emissions from EVs and Internal Combustion ... Read more
Balcony Solar Tops 1.5 Million Systems in Germany
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Paul Gipe
Alexander Jacob reports in an annual analysis of Germany’s burgeoning balcony solar market that the total number of systems registered ... Read more
2027 Chevy Bolt Six-Month Update Including Update on Odd Noise Issue and Tesla Plug & Charge
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Paul Gipe
After more than six months of driving the 2027 Bolt, I feel comfortable with the car and have made all ... Read more
Renewable Energy Nears 60% of German Electricity
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Paul Gipe
In what was once unthinkable, renewable energy from sun, wind, water, and biomass has generated 59.1 percent of German electricity ... Read more
Balcony Solar May Become a Reality in California
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Paul Gipe
Balcony solar, or plug-in solar for us Yankees, may actually become a thing in California. The state legislature passed plug-in ... Read more
2027 Bolt Tips for Beginners and Newbies
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Paul Gipe
Because I write about our experience owning EVs, I sometimes get a query “over the transom” as we say, asking ... Read more
British Wind Bids 2026
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Paul Gipe
Uptime Tech News (uptimetechnews@substack.com) recently reported bids for both onshore and offshore wind in Great Britain. “In what is expected ... Read more
UMass Wind Furnace Photos Posted to Wikimedia Commons
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Paul Gipe
In response to Peter Fairley’s excellent historical review of UMass’ Wind Furnace project in IEEE Spectrum, (See This 1976 University ... Read more
2027 Chevy Bolt Matches Bakersfield to Horse Meadow Efficiency
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Paul Gipe
As in our previous trip to the Southern Sierra Nevada and return to Bakersfield, the 2027 Chevy Bolt matched the ... Read more
2027 Chevy Bolt Reading Car Scanner ELM OBD2
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Paul Gipe
Previously, I explained how I find the kWh used during a discharge cycle on our 2027 Chevy Bolt. (See Finding ... Read more
Going Turtle or How I Forgot to Drive the Plan
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Paul Gipe
I’ve been driving EVs for more than 12 years now and never been stranded nor “gone turtle.” Sure, I’ve had ... Read more
2027 Chevy Bolt Bakersfield to Bald Mountain Efficiency Bests 2017 Bolt
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Paul Gipe
On 11 July we drove our 2027 Chevy Bolt to Bald Mountain to lead a Sierra Club hike. This is ... Read more
