EV Articles by Paul Gipe
I’ve pulled together all my articles on EVs and driving electric under one heading–as much for my own benefit as for the benefit of readers.
Capacity of 2020 Bolt with New Battery after 20,000 Miles
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Paul Gipe
I’ve tracked battery degradation in the EVs we’ve driven during the past decade. The short answer is that our Nissan Leaf lost a lot, our Chevy Bolts not so much. Since switching to the Bolts, we’ve traveled nearly 70,000 miles on three different batteries. Each battery has lost about 5% of its capacity over 20,000 to 30,000 miles. Importantly, this modest capacity loss hasn’t affected how we use the cars or how far we can drive them.
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 …
Tesla EV Battery Posting Making the Social Media Rounds Again
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Paul Gipe
There’s a post making the rounds on social media about how terrible Tesla EV batteries are and listing reasons why …
Famous Fortified French Village Proposes a Wind Turbine to Power its EVs. . . in 1946!
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Paul Gipe
My historical journey into the deep recesses of wind energy took another odd twist yesterday. I was updating my bibliographic …
Rolling Across Carrizo Plains in a Bolt–Luxuriating at the Buckhorn
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Paul Gipe
In mid March Nancy and I saddled up our Bolt EV and headed out to the Carrizo Plains National Monument …
