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.

Chademo Fast Charger At The Museum Of Art & History In Lancaster, California.

Star-Crossed Trip: Bakersfield to LAX & Return

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Paul Gipe

Wherein I learn some important lessons: Don’t get overconfident with an EV; Don’t believe LA valets about their knowledge of EVs; The value of quick charging; Plan carefully; and—as always—allow plenty of time.

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Stats on a Star-Crossed Trip: Bakersfield to LAX & Return

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Paul Gipe

I’ve pulled the statistics out of the article Star-Crossed Trip: Bakersfield to LAX & Return and put them here.

Load Shifting With Electric Vehicles Is A Great Match To Wind In Many Areas

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Clayton Handleman

EVs are poised to play an important dual role of both reducing carbon from transportation and enabling higher penetration of renewable energy. The pieces are falling into place for a disruptive change in electricity use and distribution to a carbon-free paradigm.

BlueIndy electric car-share service to debut Sept. 2

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Justin L. Mack

BlueIndy officials announced Thursday that the stalled electric car-share service will open to the public early next month.

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Delco-Remy’s DRIVE I Preceded GM’s EV1 to Same Fate

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Paul Gipe

Fourteen years before General Motors (GM) introduced its EV1 and a quarter-century before it recalled and eventually destroyed nearly all of them, a GM division built an electric car only to see it suffer the same fate.

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Bakersfield First Urban Public Charge Station Nearing Completion

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Paul Gipe

Bakersfield’s first urban public charge stations are nearing completion. The four stations at Bakersfield Community College’s Weill Institute are located in downtown.