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.
Jesla High-Power Mobile Charge Cable (EVSE) for EVs
By
Paul Gipe
If you plan to take your Electric Vehicle (EV) on a road trip in North America today, you must take along a portable charge cable. Like a spare tire, a portable charge cable is an essential piece of gear. Don’t leave home without it.
What Did Driving Our Electric Vehicle Cost Us in the First Year?
By
Paul Gipe
In October of 2014 we leased a 2015 Nissan Leaf, a battery-powered Electric Vehicle or EV. After one year of operation we can tally what it has cost us.
Our EVs Consumption and Fuel Cost: Year-End Report
By
Paul Gipe
Toward the end of October we passed the one-year mark with our 2015 Nissan Leaf, a battery-powered Electric Vehicle (EV). It was time to tally it’s operating cost.
Electric Vehicle Cross-Country Driver Visits Los Alamos Nature Center
By
Chris Clark
Kent’s cross-country trip is now at 17,310.5 miles, and his next stop will be Albuquerque, then the Grand Canyon. In between cities, he charges at KOA campgrounds, using an adaptor that allows him to charge from an RV charger. KOA was pleased to help sponsor his trip. His car is covered with stickers from the many other groups, such as PEEC, that have helped him along the way.
#Dieseldämmerung: Reveal of industry-wide diesel cheating impending, sources claim
By
Bertel Schmitt
Dailykanban received information that in one or two weeks, a number of other automakers will be exposed as diesel cheaters. A Volkswagen problem will turn into an industry-wide systemic problem, and it could very well be the beginning of the end of diesel-powered cars.
Life Cycle Assessment of Electric Vehicles
By
Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority
This life cycle assessment aims to compare four types of similar-sized passenger vehicles in the New Zealand context, namely conventional petrol and diesel engine vehicles, and two types of PEVs (i.e. BEVs and PHEVs). A particular focus of this study is the comparison of PEVs with conventional vehicles.
