As Tesla got massive buy-in from automakers in the United States to use its North American Charging Standard (NACS), effectively giving access to Tesla Superchargers to the vast majority of future electric vehicle models, some of us have wondered if Tesla would also open up Supercharger access to EVs in … [continued]
A few weeks ago, Electrify Canada (the Great White North version of Electrify America) announced that the company has entered the EV charging market in Saskatchewan. Specifically, the company installed six latest-generation 350 kW charging stalls in Regina, the capital city of the province. If you’ve never been there or … [continued]
2023 has been a tough year for EV charging companies, and ChargePoint is no exception. But, an announcement from last week shows us that the company continues to work to improve. On top of making financial changes and striving to improve reliability, now ChargePoint is under new leadership. Things ChargePoint … [continued]
Over the decades, the computing power of cars has increased drastically. ICE vehicles had only mechanical methods for controlling their complex engines for a long time, but they had to switch to electronic controls to meet both the needs and wants of motorists (More power! Less fuel!) while also meeting … [continued]
Today, I got the chance to view the EV Charging Hub that Mercedes-Benz is opening to electric vehicles of all manufactures. I will publish a followup article that will cover my first impressions of the hub. This article will describe what was announced today and compare and contrast it to … [continued]
The future of cars is electric. That’s not just what I think, it’s not just what is required to slow climate change, it’s what many of the world’s automakers have publicly stated. However, over the last month several automakers have said the transition from gasoline to electric vehicles (EVs) will need to slow down, … [continued]
A post at Motortrend made an interesting case against converting classic cars to run on electric power. In this article, I’m going to briefly explain why they’re mostly right, and where they’re pretty much wrong. TL;DR: it depends on what you’re actually going to do with the classic car. The … [continued]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has consistently rejected calls to allow a Swedish company’s 127,000 employees worldwide to unionize in what’s become a tug-of-war of wills.
Sometimes, I think I have it bad as an EV driver in New Mexico. Only very recently did all of the state’s interstate highways get CCS charging, and many popular U.S. highways in the state don’t have any charging at all, not even from Tesla. In the past, if I … [continued]
Ford’s NACS announcement torpedoed its own dealers, reduced consumer confidence in EVs, and brought back memories of the Osborne 2.
