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.

Fascinating Ford

Ford CEO Gets It: Putting North American EV Production into Perspective

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Paul Gipe

In a fascinating interview with Robert Llewellyn of Fully Charged, Ford CEO Jim Farley clearly described the challenge facing legacy …

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It works! GM NACS Adapter Enables Bolt Supercharging

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Paul Gipe

Got my “official” GM NACS to CCS1 adapter yesterday and made a test run this morning. It works. The experience …

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Another French War Time EV: CGE’s Tudor Electrique

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Paul Gipe

From 1942-1944 during the Nazi occupation of France, the Compagnie Générale d’Électricité or CGE (no, it’s not that General Electric) …

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More on French War Time EVs: Peugeot’s VLV

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Paul Gipe

Earlier in 2024 I came across an obscure reference to the French fortified village of Cacassonne looking for wind turbines …

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More Fast Charging on US Hwy 395 on the East Side of the Sierra Nevada

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Paul Gipe

In California, the Fort Independence Indian Community (Fort Independence Travel Plaza & Winnedumah Winns Casino, Indian Community of Paiute Indians) …

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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.