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.
Delco-Remy’s DRIVE I Preceded GM’s EV1 to Same Fate
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Paul Gipe
Fourteen years before General Motors (GM) introduced its EV1 and a quarter-century before it recalled and eventually destroyed nearly all of them, a GM division built an electric car only to see it suffer the same fate.
Bakersfield First Urban Public Charge Station Nearing Completion
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Paul Gipe
Bakersfield’s first urban public charge stations are nearing completion. The four stations at Bakersfield Community College’s Weill Institute are located in downtown.
Good Neighbors Make Plugshare Work
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Paul Gipe
We’ve been contacted by EV drivers a few times about charging at our home here in Bakersfield, but none have showed up. That is, until John Rowell from Exeter called.
EV Trip Report: Bakersfield to Grover Beach Revisited & Summary
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Paul Gipe
As we’ve become more experienced, we’ve become bolder. On this trip we used our new Jesla EVSE—a portable charge cable—to charge quicker, and we took some shortcuts we avoided on the first trip. We also used more quick chargers than before—and they all worked as advertised.
EV Trip Report: Bakersfield to Visalia
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Paul Gipe
We planned another excursion in our 2015 Nisssan Leaf, an Electric Vehicle (EV). This time we planned to join friends for dinner in Visalia to the north of Bakersfield in the heart to the San Joaquin Valley.
Grapevine (I-5) Summary of Actual Consumption in kWh of a Nissan Leaf
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Paul Gipe
We’ve now made four trips from Bakersfield over the Tejon Pass via the Grapevine and back. This is enough trips …
