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Silicon Anodes, and why every battery will ...

Jul 06, 20241 Comment

Batteries have reached a tipping point this year because silicon anodes are actually being produced and they do two things. They double the range of

CATL Brings Big Battery Breakthroughs in 20...

Jun 25, 2024No Comments

CATL is now the biggest EV battery producer in the world. A little over 15 years ago, a lot of deep pockets decided to spend

Electric car chargers that want federal fun...

Jul 03, 20231 Comment

Now that all the electric car charging companies are lining up for handouts from the federal government to expand the US electric charging infrastructure, this

Ford, GM, Rivian, Toyota, and Volvo adopt t...

Jun 27, 2023No Comments

This is big news, but there’s not much to add after reading the title. Tesla did two very important things early on. The first is

Elon Musk’s $40B of Tesla stock sales...

Dec 15, 20222 Comments

There has been a lot of controversy about Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and subsequent selling of $40 Billion dollars of Tesla (TSLA) stock to

Charging an Electric Car with a 4kW Off Gri...

Jul 14, 20223 Comments

18 months ago I bought a Chevy Bolt for about 1/2 off sticker price. The Bolt has been awesome with the sole exception that I

The Gentleman’s Guide to Guerrilla El...

Jun 24, 2022No Comments

I spend a lot of time on car blog sites which are frequented with comments like “I’ll never buy an electric car because it costs

Historic “Deathbike” stolen in ...

May 05, 20211 Comment

The title says it all. Luna Cycle has their main facility in Southern California, and they now have a second facility in Bend, Oregon. The

Propel Ebikes in New York, David takes on G...

Apr 25, 20211 Comment

There’s been a struggle simmering in the background concerning the laws that affect ebikes, but here’s one story with some good news. For a variety

Start-up “Redivivus” recycles l...

Mar 13, 20212 Comments

The subject of recycling the thousands of EV car battery packs that are no longer in use is a something that I have thought is