If you are thinking about buying an electric car, just do it, buy a pure battery electric car! A battery electric vehicle (BEV) is more reliable, more convenient for local driving, smoother, and better accelerating. You can drive a BEV anywhere in the US on major highways without worrying about … [continued]
I was born in 1940, and I just turned 86, so with help from my dad, I have photos from 100 years of history. My grandparents were born into the horse-and-buggy era and lived into the era of modern cars, airplanes, and telephones. Therefore, the technological revolutions of their lives … [continued]
Full Self Driving V14 navigation screen, 2026 Tesla Model Y. Camp Hasler, Three Lakes, Wisconsin. June 11, 2026. Fritz Hasler photo.
I’ve been driving my base 2026 Tesla Model Y with “Full Self Driving” V14 since May 26 — 3 months now — so here’s an update on what it can do and cannot do for me. I drove earlier versions of FSD on my 2019 Model 3 for 6+ years, … [continued]
This is my 194th article for CleanTechnica. I think you might say that I am a CleanTechnica (e.g. clean energy) evangelist. I also have taken my electric cars to car shows and driven them in 4th of July parades for 10 years. I also promote EVs and green lifestyles whenever … [continued]
It wasn’t a totally new bike, it was the replacement for a 5-year-old Bulls mountain ebike which I had to abandon because Bulls could not supply me with a functioning battery for the Brose motor. For only $3,000, they upgraded me to their latest Copperhead model with Bosch motor and … [continued]
With my Nissan Leaf EV and ebike at Mount Timpanogos Aspen Grove Trail, Utah. May 20, 2014. Fritz Hasler photo.
I’ve purchased a total of 7 ebikes (electric bikes), of which only 3 operational ebikes remain. I had to abandon bikes 1, 2, 3, and 4 described below because it was too expensive to fix them or the manufacturer could not supply a functioning battery. If you have a problem … [continued]
Plumes of smoke from Canadian wildfires have hung out over Wisconsin and often extended across the upper Eastern US for over a week. The fires have been worsened by the effects of heat and drought resulting from global warming. The photograph above shows the concentration of unhealthy air over Wisconsin … [continued]
I remember getting into my new 2019 Tesla six years ago. While basic driving controls were familiar, Tesla’s approach of having many control functions available only on the display screen was somewhat bewildering. There were also numerous new features that no one had thought of for cars previously. We were … [continued]
On February 31, 2014, twelve years and four months ago, I took the plunge and leased my first battery electric car, a 2014 Nissan Leaf. As you can see from the 100% electric sticker, I immediately became an EV evangelist. At $200/month, I figured that I would easily save that … [continued]
You’ve decided to buy the car that for the last few years has been the top sold model in the world, gas or electric, the Tesla Model Y. Tesla has factories in California (Fremont), China (Shanghai), Texas (Austin), and Germany (Berlin) that have been churning them out for the US, … [continued]
