Silicon Anodes, and why every battery will be using them
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 battery packs, and they allow incredibly fast...
View ArticleCATL Brings Big Battery Breakthroughs in 2024
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 a ton of money on battery improvements, and we are now seeing the results of...
View ArticleElectric car chargers that want federal funding should be forced to have a...
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 is the perfect opportunity for us to...
View ArticleFord, GM, Rivian, and Volvo adopt the Tesla NACS charging port
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 that they developed a charging system where the design really makes...
View ArticleElon Musk’s $40B of Tesla stock sales represents one of the biggest wealth...
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 finance the deal and keep Twitter solvent. There has...
View ArticleCharging an Electric Car with a 4kW Off Grid system and an Electric Tractor...
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 had no way to charge it at my wife’s house which is off grid and over an...
View ArticleThe Gentleman’s Guide to Guerrilla Electric Car Charging
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 a bunch of money to put a charger in my home” or some such crap. I...
View ArticleHistoric “Deathbike” stolen in Oregon, $1500 reward for return
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 “Deathbike” from EV pioneer Luke Workman (Live for Physics /...
View ArticlePropel Ebikes in New York, David takes on Goliath
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 of reasons, New York has been forced to recognize...
View ArticleStart-up “Redivivus” recycles lithium batteries with new process
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 a huge opportunity, and now somebody is doing something about it....
View ArticleCompeting EV charging plugs and Voltages
If you are old like me, you remember how Betamax was a competing format against VHS, when it came to renting video-taped movies (this was during the ancient era before web-streaming, when the ships...
View ArticleTax Credits for Ebikes!?
This isn’t a fancy well-thought out article with clever word-play and the perfect pictures to get the major points across. I just heard about this and I’m getting this out as fast as possible....
View ArticleEV pioneer Jackson “Farfle” Edwards, RIP
It is with great sadness that we announce that our friend, Jackson, has passed, due to an crash on August 29th, in Crook County, Oregon. He was only 27....
View Article20 Celebrities on Ebikes
Celebrities often try to have a relaxing day once in a while being incognito. I wouldn’t call it a “disguise” but sunglasses and a floppy hat can help quite a bit. Sometimes they are caught on an...
View ArticleHistoric “Deathbike” stolen in Oregon, $1500 reward for return
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 “Deathbike” from EV pioneer Luke Workman (Live for Physics /...
View ArticlePropel Ebikes in New York, David takes on Goliath
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 of reasons, New York has been forced to recognize...
View ArticleStart-up “Redivivus” recycles lithium batteries with new process
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 a huge opportunity, and now somebody is doing something about it....
View ArticleCompeting EV charging plugs and Voltages
If you are old like me, you remember how Betamax was a competing format against VHS, when it came to renting video-taped movies (this was during the ancient era before web-streaming, when the ships...
View ArticleTax Credits for Ebikes!?
This isn’t a fancy well-thought out article with clever word-play and the perfect pictures to get the major points across. I just heard about this and I’m getting this out as fast as possible....
View ArticleEV pioneer Jackson “Farfle” Edwards, RIP
It is with great sadness that we announce that our friend, Jackson, has passed, due to an crash on August 29th, in Crook County, Oregon. He was only 27....
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