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Road Tripping In a Tesla – No Problem!
ROAD TRIPPING IN A TESLA - NO PROBLEM! I give a lot of advice to folks looking to buy an electric vehicle (EV). A lot of it focuses on the great savings from lower fueling cost, less maintenance, great performance and the incredible convenience of potentially...
DC Fast Charging is a Trip
One question we often hear is, “how do I charge an electric vehicle (EV) when taking a long trip?” The first thing to understand before answering that question is that there are actually three different power levels of EV charging. When it comes down to it, Level 3...
Taking the ‘ICE’ out of Iceland (and greening Greenland!)
Recently, I was fortunate enough to visit Iceland and Greenland (spending two weeks in Iceland and one in Greenland). During that time I met many lovely people, and observed countless beautiful sights, from glaciers and lava fields, to waterfalls and the aurora...
Fully Charged Live San Diego
Recently, I had the chance to attend Fully Charged Live – an event where all the latest EV tech is discussed and unveiled. Fully Charged is a YouTube channel, podcast, website, and live event focusing on electric vehicles and renewable energy founded by writer,...
My Summer Road Trip, EVolved
Pictured: My 2022 Chevy Bolt EV (right) charging at the EVolve NY Charging Station, Utica, NY, 7/15/2022 This summer I took my first road trip in an all-electric vehicle. A few weeks earlier I had purchased a new 2022 Chevy Bolt EV. I had previously driven a...
Electrifying Education: Electric School Buses Benefit EVeryone
The school bus. A hallmark of childhood, with its vibrant yellow paint, every day school buses cruise through our streets, bringing children safely to and from school. The sites of...
“Pickup” an Electric Truck!
This year the first electric pickup trucks are at last arriving to driveways and oversize garages across America. They come in all different shapes and sizes, for work, play or both. Automakers old and new are getting into this exciting new segment of the market. The...
EVs – Now Available in EVery Size!
When people hear the term ‘electric vehicle’, they usually imagine an electric car. Little do they know just how many electrifying varieties of EVs there truly are. From electric cars and trucks to e-bikes and large electric transport buses; electric vehicles are more...
Why EVs are Cheaper
Gas is EXPENSIVE these days! There’s no getting around it. As gas prices have risen, a common thread has been EVs are the way, because they’re cheaper. Why is that? Well to start, while gas prices are rising, the cost of electricity has barely moved. In most cases,...
How to Charge an Electric Vehicle
Are you looking into getting your first EV? Do you already have an EV, but aren’t sure how else to charge outside of just plugging it in at home? Well, today’s the day we answer those questions! To start off with, there are three separate definitions for EV charging,...
Turn up the Heat in Traffic with an EV
Recent wintery events in Virginia revolving around a massive 24 hour long traffic jam have captured our attention. And rightfully so. After all this social distancing and home confinement, who could think of a worse scenario?! Some have opined that we would be in a...
From the North Pole: A festive EV fleet snowballs towards the future
EV incentives bring the gifts that keep on giving! We took a ride north this year to sit down with Saint Nick once again. Last year we learned about the North Pole’s electrification strategy. This year, we wanted to sit down and learn how things have gone up there,...
The Keys to Thanks: Why this Years Thanksgiving Turkey is Thankful for EVs
This Thanksgiving a Turkey is Thankful for EVs! For thanksgiving, this year’s turkey wasn’t simply gifted a long life, it was given its very own EV to drive into its future! We’re not legally allowed to mention which specific model of EV it is, but we can confirm...
My 200,000 Mile EV Health Checkup
I’ve been driving plug-in electric cars for almost 10 years now – in fact still the very same one I purchased new back in early 2012. Back then there were not dozens of EVs to choose from like there are today, rather just two: The Chevy Volt and the Nissan LEAF. I...
Why EVs are Cleaner
We keep telling you that Electric Vehicles are cleaner. Let’s focus on that, and combine all that we’ve said in other blogs, and explain why. We’ll start with tailpipe emissions. “Why are EVs cleaner than their internal combustion engine counterpart? Because they have...