Once in awhile, a person has to take a deep look at themselves and realize when they’ve made mistakes. When we were younger, it might have been realizing how mean it is not to share toys with a sibling. When we’re older, it’s things like choosing the wrong major in college, or taking the wrong job. For me, I recently realized that I’ve been searching far and wide for the perfect car in the EV space, when the one true vehicle for me has been staring me in the face since 2009 –the Nissan Cube. The last thing a Challenger sees before it gets taken to Gapplebees. I recently had the opportunity to ..read more

For the past few months I’ve been on the “rubber chicken” circuit speaking to local business groups and service organizations about the benefits of electric drive as a viable alternative to I.C.E. vehicles.  While most people are quite amenable to the concept of electric vehicles, with an EV owner or two now in each audience, some are not yet convinced of their viability. At least we’re making progress. What is interesting is that a small group is openly hostile to the concept. WTF? Doesn’t everyone know that EVs are the answer to all of the ills that befall mankind? From global warming a ..read more

Ever since electric cars started to go mainstream, back in the early days of the Model S, I’ve often expressed an opinion that electric fits best in two different, often overlapping situations – plug-in hybrids, and high-torque applications. Plug-in hybrids like the Volt appeal to me because they offer the fuel savings of electric for in-town driving paired with the peace of mind of ICE infrastructure for longer travel, bundled with the driving pleasure of instant torque all the time. Later, we finally started to see electric in pickups and semi tractors, where that torque can be put to use wh ..read more

AI has been everywhere recently. Sometimes the news is great! Sometimes AI found a new drug or a new way to search for a disease. Other times… Well… Sure… they look like the average Catholic Pope to me! So, what happened? Does Google Gemini know something I don’t? There actually *was* a female Pope once. And, it is possible that upwards of three popes in history could have been partly of African descent. However, seemingly no sub-Saharan Popes have ever existed. This, though, could be written off as an honest mistake. You would think that an AI would know that 99% of all Popes were white guys ..read more

Recently, Toyota has announced the death of the EV. Corrosion Of Conformity: Toyota Takes Aim At EVs With Ammonia Engine I was sad to hear about this, given all I’ve invested into the electric vehicle world. But, is there any truth to this assertion? Will ammonia fueled vehicles make EVs extinct? I have some doubts. Toyota has long been the buggy whip manufacturer that says cars will never catch on. Turns out, when your big market is internal combustion engine parts, everything looks flammable. Apparently, even ammonia. That is to say, Japanese automakers are a bit enamored with gasoline eng ..read more

Recently yet another article was posted that compares the price of charging an EV compared to an equivalent gasoline or diesel vehicle. https://www.businessinsider.com/ev-charging-cost-versus-gas-car-truck-suv-2023-7 But, is it true or has the author mined the depths for the highest quality manure? Well, from the smell wafting upon the wind, it seems the truth isn’t to be found here. Certainly many EV owners would dispute the premise that charging is more expensive than purchasing gasoline. But, do we have proof? Well, perhaps all I can do is present my own experience. Before getting a Bolt E ..read more

Jackie and I like to work in fun and entertaining questions during our guest interviews for the EVTV Experience podcasts. In fact, we have a pair of giant dice we roll with each of the numbers assigned a particular question. One of those questions is Performance or Environment. This week’s episode explores the perceived importance of environmental topics to more traditional vehicle topics with guest Leland Harden, Vice President, of Predicta, Inc. which automates competitive product intelligence using deep learning AI techniques. Jackie: Welcome Back. Brian: Welcome Back. Jackie: You with your ..read more

It has probably escaped no one’s notice that Tesla is having a good month. At the time of writing, GM, Ford, and Rivian have all inked deals to use NACS in their vehicles. So, it looks as if the supercharger network has won and CCS is dead. But, is it really? Let’s take a peek at the NACS resources: https://www.tesla.com/support/charging-product-guides#NACS-resources Well, interestingly, this new standard has this tidbit: “Power Line Communication is superimposed onto the control pilot line while DC charging.” Hmm, well, it turns out that NACS uses CCS as the communications system. So, no, CCS ..read more

As some may have noticed, there haven’t been proper forums here in a long, long time. After the new server was setup a forum was poorly attempted by myself. Whoops, I messed that up! It became nothing but a pit of SPAM. So, those forums were deleted. However, time marches on and the means of communication change. And so it was that people don’t always find forums to be all that much fun any longer. People in the 20’s aren’t necessarily hanging out on forums these days. There’s a new sheriff in town: enter Discord. Discord was originally meant for live streaming gaming and talking about games ..read more

As, no doubt, many of you noticed, it has been impossible to register for an account on our site and impossible to get a password reset email. Basically, no email related functions at all worked. But, as luck would have it, guess who did not realize this important chunk of information? So, sorry about that! The culprit ends up being Amazon being over zealous and me being oblivious. Who knew the spam was a big problem with email? Amazon, quite understandably, does not want to be the spam capital of the world and so they won’t let random web servers on their network directly send emails to peop ..read more