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.
The Facts Are In: It’s Not Looking Good For Internal Combustion
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The “EV slowdown” is overblown. It’s internal-combustion cars that are on their way out. When you look past the gloomy headlines and take a broader view, a clear trend emerges: The internal combustion engine is dying out.
The Little Book of EV Myths: 25 pages of succinct myth busting by the pros behind the Fully Charged Show and Stop Burning Stuff.
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“There are more myths surrounding electric cars than Elvis Presley. That’s the way it feels anyway. Everything from EVs pollute more than ICE, batteries fail, the grid won’t cope, they catch fire more than combustion cars and that hydrogen, not batteries, is the future. EVs may not be for everybody, but we know that the technology works and has proved reliable for [millions of] owners who drive EVs every day.”
Driving on Electricity Is Now Much Cleaner than Using a Gasoline Car
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David Reichmuth
When UCS first compared driving an EV to a gasoline car, only 45 percent of the country lived where driving an EV was better than a 50 mpg gasoline car. Now, 93 percent of the country lives where the average EV is better than the most efficient gasoline vehicle (57 mpg). And for the first time, we find that for everyone in the US, driving the most efficient EV produces less global warming emissions than any gasoline-only vehicle available (including non-plug-in hybrids).
New Updates: How Long Do Electric Car Batteries Last?
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Across all years and models, outside of big recalls, only 2.5% have been replaced. This increase from last year is entirely due to older cars. For cars older than 2015, replacement rates are 13%, but under 1% for cars from 2016 and newer.
Wind-Powered Vehicles: Is this a Thing?
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Paul Gipe
Yes it is. Back in 2022 I wrote two articles on solar and wind-powered EVs. The former I said held …
Mental Models of How to Charge an EV–or How to Avoid Range Anxiety
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Paul Gipe
I came across an article by Michelle Lewis at Elektrek on a recent scientific paper on the mental models we …
