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.
George Shultz on energy & electric vehicles: It’s personal
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My solar panels have long since paid for themselves by the savings in electricity costs. I have my electric car running on electricity from the sun, which costs me nothing and there is plenty of it here. So, I’m driving on sunshine. Take that, Ahmadinejad! . . .
Electric Car Notes by Ben Zuckerman: A Nissan LEAF EV, one year on
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Ben Zuckerman
Our LEAF EV is now one year old. The standard one-year service visit cost us zero dollars; no oil change, no anything. Nissan suggests changing out a passenger cabin air filter after a year, but since we never use the air conditioner this was not done. . .
Electric Car Notes 07 by Mike Brigham: Chevy Volt October 2012 Update
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Mike Brigham
The lifetime fuel economy is 3.1 l/100k which compares very favourably with my 2010 Prius, which used to consume 4.8l/100k. . .
Electric Car Notes 06 by Mike Brigham: Early Volt Feedback
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Mike Brigham
EV range: about 55kms under the present weather conditions and the earliest Canadian users are reporting about an 8-15km drop …
Electric Car Notes by Paul Gipe 05: Chevy Volt Test Drive
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Paul Gipe
Technically, the Volt is a plug-in hybrid, not a pure electric. GM prefers to call it an “extended-range electric” because …
Electric Car Notes by Ben Zuckerman 04: Miles per kWh
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Ben Zuckerman
In my first EV posting back in May, I guesstimated that when driven carefully a Nissan LEAF should be …
