This video explains the surprising way the Electric Vehicles reduce most consumers electricity bills. It turns out that government regulation caps electricity company profits and that means that non-EV owners and EV owners save billions of dollars every year thanks to the extra electricity consumption of Telsa, Ford, Mercedes, Rivian […]
Credit cards are a relatively recent invention, but consumer credit has existed for a long time. The convenience of noncash payments brought about by technological advancements can be attributed in part to the rise in credit card use. The EMV chip, near-field communication (NFC), and application program interfaces (APIs) are […]
Former Tesla board member, Steve Westly explains EV sales number for 2022 so far. You can multiply the sales of EV’s but 2.25 to guess the full year end EV production and EV sales numbers because production is ramping up. This short video covers sales numbers for Lucid, Rivian, General […]
Are you confused by the electric vehicle charging standards? In this video we demonstrate: 110v 15amp standard home outlet charging, 220v 40amp charging and 220v 50amp charging on our 2021 on our Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus. Typical Usage Home Outlet Dryer Car Charger Connector Name NEMA 5-15 NEMA […]
VinFast is a new electric vehicle company that is coming to North America and Europe but most people have never heard of them. We have a deposit on a new VinFast VF8 and before we ordered that SUV, we did a pile of research you might be interested in. What […]
One of the most repeated arguments against electric vehicles is that the electric power grid can not handle tens of millions of electric vehicles. This is simply false, but not for the reasons you may suspect: 1 – Slow Drip, Not a Surge Probably the biggest mistake pundits infer is […]
Below is the complete list of 64 electrified vehicles coming before the end of 2024 which means it includes a few 2025 model year products. The problems with the word complete are: auto manufacturers love to surprise consumers and shareholders with new product so there will be many more than […]
If you want to understand how plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) work in real life, join me on my long drive to work and back. Also, if you find this of interest you will likely be find useful information in our recent article and video “Is there a future for […]
Many Tesla fan boys will tell you that 110 volt charging (aka Level 1) that uses a standard household outlet is unacceptably slow. We show in the three videos below that while level one charging is not the best, it will be acceptable to most EV consumers: Tesla 110V Charging […]
There are many Bitcoin proponents and many more that see real value in ‘block chain’ technology so we enlisted the help our tech friends at URTech.ca to look into it further and help us explain the good, the bad and ugly of this new crypto-currency world. First, you need to […]
EV’s and their charging is certainly a misunderstood by many so we put together two, two minute videos to clear up the confusion. The first uses clips from a recent BBC Click episode explain how EV charging works today and second video demonstrates how home charging on a lowly 110 […]
If you are new to electric vehicles, the naming of hybrid and full EV’s can be confusing. For that matter, if you are not new to electric vehicles, the naming of hybrid and full EV’s can be confusing. I recently had a discussion with two Tesla owners who had no […]
Now that Mitsubishi is part of the Nissan Renault Alliance it is time to share parts, designs and advance into a brave new all electric world. In fact the new 2022 Nissan Pathfinder EV and Mitsubishi Outlander All EV have battery swap technology. This means their batteries can replaced in […]
If you want to understand modern business, in particular EV, new energy and tech companies, you had better understand what a SPAC is. The world of finance used to be relatively simple. There were just three kinds of ownership structures: Sole proprietors One person running a company Partnerships Small group […]