Electric Vehicles

I recently watched the excellent YouTube video “The Electric Charging Problem” by Wendover Productions (~3M subscribers, Sam Denby). In this video, he argues that the limiting factor for the adoption of EVs in the US is NOT car price, but the available range. And, he expands this to analyzing that more charging stations would pretty … Read more

Jason Fenske, of Engineering Explained YouTube channel (and if you aren’t following him and watch any YouTube at all, what is wrong with you), posted Summer vs. Winter driving comparison data for his Tesla 2018 Model 3 Performance for a 2000 mile cross country drive. I love this type of real-world data and want to … Read more

Over Thanksgiving this year, I was asked by Transportation Evolved (excellent YouTube channel): What are you most thankful for this year in the world of cleaner, greener, safer and smarter transportation? To which I responded with 3 things: My ’17Bolt, the electric car I have been wanting and waiting to purchase for over 40 years. … Read more

Update: November 13, 2020 GM is now investigating 5 Bolt EV fires (as opposed to the 3 mentioned at the time this article was originally written) and they are speculating that there is an issue when the battery is at or near 100% charge and has issued a recall to mitigate the problem while they … Read more

Bottom Line My overnight 760-mile road trip confirms that neither my Chevy Bolt nor the CCS charging network is well suited for this journey. Very sad for me to report this, but it is what it is. On the flip side, I am super excited that this trip is even possible and that I own … Read more