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. The focus here is mostly on our experience driving EVs. We’ve been driving electric since the fall of 2014.

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EV Trip Report: Bakersfield to Visalia

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Paul Gipe

We planned another excursion in our 2015 Nisssan Leaf, an Electric Vehicle (EV). This time we planned to join friends for dinner in Visalia to the north of Bakersfield in the heart to the San Joaquin Valley.

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Grapevine (I-5) Summary of Actual Consumption in kWh of a Nissan Leaf

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Paul Gipe

We’ve now made four trips from Bakersfield over the Tejon Pass via the Grapevine and back. This is enough trips …

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Ventura to Grover Beach Summary of Actual Consumption in kWh

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Paul Gipe

We’ve now made several trips from Bakersfield over Tejon Pass and two trips to the coast and back. There’s now …

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Bakersfield & South Valley EV Owners Breakfast

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Paul Gipe

We had a good time and it was great to talk shop with such an experienced crew. Gary, Tom, Jason and his wife, Dori drove up in Gary’s new Tesla. They joined Mike Bornstein, his son, Stefanie, and myself from Bakersfield.

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EV Trip Report: Kernville Revisited

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Paul Gipe

Our friends had organized a morning visit to the Ardis Walker house and museum of western history in Kernville. Walker was a prominent and colorful local figure in Kern County from the 1960s until his death in the 1990s. He was instrumental in establishing the Golden Trout Wilderness north of Kernville.

Bakersfield On The Left, Ridgecrest On The Right. Highway 178 Goes Through Lake Isabella. Highway 58 Goes Through Tehachapi And Connects To Highway 395. The Charge Station In Lake Isabella Was Added Based On This Trip.

EV Trip Report: Bakersfield to Ridgecrest via Mountain Mesa

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Paul Gipe

We wanted to drive our 2015 Nissan Leaf to Ridgecrest and have dinner with our niece before her assignment at the Naval base was completed.