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.
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) …
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 …
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) …
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 …
