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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Toyota’s Hydrogen Future Is Crumbling As Owners File Lawsuits, Call For Buybacks

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Frozen pumps. Skyrocketing fuel costs. Plummeting resale values. Here’s why owners who bought into Toyota’s hydrogen dream feel “cheated and misled.”

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Famous Fortified French Village Proposes a Wind Turbine to Power its EVs. . . in 1946!

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My historical journey into the deep recesses of wind energy took another odd twist yesterday. I was updating my bibliographic …

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Hallelujah We’ve Passed Peak Gassers–Combustion Vehicle Sales in Terminal Decline

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In January 2024 Bloomberg generated a lot of media buzz when it announced that sales of gasoline-powered vehicles peaked in …

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Rolling Across Carrizo Plains in a Bolt–Luxuriating at the Buckhorn

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In mid March Nancy and I saddled up our Bolt EV and headed out to the Carrizo Plains National Monument …

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400 Mile EV Road Trip–without a Spreadsheet!

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Paul Gipe

In late January this year, Nancy and I took a 400 plus mile road trip to Salinas, California, the home …

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Vehicle Efficiency in International Units and with Feedback

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Paul Gipe

Lots of feedback on my last post: EV Efficiency: Miles per Gallon of Gasoline Equivalent. Friends and colleagues sent me …