Police EV Fail
During my police days, I was the victim of a bold, new experiment. The patrol vehicle I was assigned was …
Category Archives: Electric Vehicles
EVs: Except In Winter
In writing about electric vehicles, I’ve often observed their greatest limitation is the current—and for the foreseeable future—mediocre state of …
Chevy Bolt: Way Of The Dodo?
I owned a 2011 Ford Fiesta. Fast, good handling, comfy, a pretty large cargo area, if the back seats–which did …
Geico And Tesla: Sorry Mate!
My last visit to the troubled world of Tesla was in September of 2018, with Tesla Tokin’ Troubles. That article …
Chevy Volt: Power Off
The day I’ve anticipated for years, ever since I began writing about electric vehicles exemplified by the Chevy Volt, back …
Tesla Tokin’ Troubles
I have been intending to write about Tesla’s difficulties in Model 3 production–and related matters There have been a great …
Tesla: There Goes That Sales Point
Reading this scruffy little blog, readers may think I have some animosity toward Tesla. I have, of late, frequently written …
Tesla: Musk Fought The Law (Of Physics), And The Law Won
When I last wrote a bit on the Tesla 3, back in November of 2017, things weren’t going terribly well …
EVs: Breakthroughs! Uh, Maybe Not…
There has been a bit more news on the electric vehicle front since my last post: Tesla: The Free Market …
Tesla: The Free Market Cometh
Tesla’s credibility is going up in flames–just like its cars… Designing, building and marketing motor vehicles is hard. Tesla is …
California and EVs: Disastrous Financial Math
More and more, I find myself supportive of the idea, indeed, the necessity of California’s secession from the Union. I’m …
Sort Of: The Chevy Bolt
Let’s take a few minutes, gentle readers, to drop in on the state of the art in electric vehicles, and …
Electric Vehicles: Tesla Turnoffs
As regular readers know, I’ve been keeping track of the problems of Tesla vehicles, including several cases of spontaneous combustion. …
The Twilight of Global Warming–And Electric Vehicles?
I’ve always maintained electric vehicles were, in large part, a response to Barack Obama. They have been a necessary part …
