News & Articles on Electric Vehicles
We’ve made great strides in moving the electricity sector toward renewable energy. However, transportation remains a major source of air pollution and global warming gases. If we are to make a transition to renewable energy, we will need to electrify as much of the economy as we can, including transportation. Electrified rail is one means, electric vehicles (EVs) are another. Toward that end I’ve created this category under renewable energy. The focus is mostly on our experience driving EVs.

Tesla Opens Up Superchargers to Non-Teslas
By
Paul Gipe
In the world of North American EVs, this is a huge development. No DC fast charging stations are more widely …

2023 Chevy Bolt Best Buy Among Inexpensive EVs
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Paul Gipe
Toward the end of 2022 and the beginning of this year, several articles have chosen the current version of the …

Kona EV Scheduled Charging
By
Paul Gipe
While visiting friends here in Bakersfield, the husband came in and asked if his wife had “unplugged yet?” “No,” she …

What are miles/kWHow do Miles/kWh translate to Miles per Gallon?
By
Paul Gipe
Newbies don’t need to know this. I compare the cost of driving a Nissan Leaf to a Toyota Prius we’d …

“DC” and “AC” Charging, What’s This about?
By
Paul Gipe
Batteries store DC. Household electricity is AC. All EVs come with an “onboard” charger that takes AC and converts it …

Driving Modes, What are they?
By
Paul Gipe
In most cases newbies don’t need to know this. EVs include varying levels of regenerative braking. Because EVs are electric …