Survey Shows Pathway To Speeding Up EV Adoption In Rural Areas

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 06:53:19 +0000

Regardless of where we live, we should all have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits provided by electric vehicles. These benefits range from the reduced cost of operation, the reduced need for maintenance and the improved performance, to the fact that electric vehicles have no tailpipe emissions. Everybody’s health stands to gain from reducing local […]

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Are Electric Cars Lowering Energy Bills In California?

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2022 04:59:53 +0000

People are often scared of change, and look for reasons to justify not wanting to change. This has certainly been the case with electric vehicles for the past decade. There are so many misperceptions and there are so many misleading attacks on electric vehicles. At the same time, across the public at large, there’s not […]

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Electric Vehicles Have Lowest Annual Fuel Cost of All Light-Duty Vehicles

Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 10:50:10 +0000

Estimates of annual fuel costs for model year (MY) 2022 light-duty vehicles show that electric vehicles (EVs) can save consumers thousands of dollars over gasoline or diesel vehicles. All EV models had annual fuel costs less than $1,000. The only vehicle types with cost estimates between $1,000 and $2,000 were plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) and […]

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Cleaning Up The Oil In Parking Spots — Forever

Credit to Author: Stuart Ungar| Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 13:50:24 +0000

Through Evolve KY, Kentucky’s nonprofit electric vehicle group, one of the things I do is install Level 2 community EV chargers. In the approximately 7 years we’ve been around, we’ve installed about 125 chargers at 60 locations throughout Kentucky and neighboring states. They’re in places like parks, farmers’ markets, coffee shops, centers of town — […]

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How Clean Are Electric Cars?

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 13:40:33 +0000

How much CO2 can electric cars really save compared to diesel and petrol cars? To answer this question, we have developed a tool (see below) that compiles all the most up-to-date data on CO2 emissions linked to the use of an electric, diesel or petrol car. Originally published on Transport & Environment. By Lucien Mathieu, Acting […]

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Mathematics & The EV — How Much Money Does My Tesla Model 3 Save On Fuel?

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 20:11:46 +0000

Red Tesla meetup Australia.As petrol prices head north of $2 in Australia, there is much anguish and advice for motorists. Sadly, most of this advice is around the “better buy petrol today because it will be more expensive tomorrow” narrative. Strangely, no one is suggesting that it might be time to buy an electric vehicle. This, in a […]

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Yes, More EVs = Fewer Emissions

Credit to Author: RMI| Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2022 12:01:07 +0000

If this past Super Bowl was any indication, the time is now for electric vehicles. The growth of EVs has been phenomenal over the past few years, with just over 2 million EVs on US roads by mid-2021. Yet we need to put about 70 million EVs on the road (as well as decrease the number of vehicle […]

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Gas Cars Produce More Supply Chain Emissions Than EVs — Yale University Study

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 04:17:43 +0000

Yale University study exposes emissions problem of gas car supply chains Electric vehicles offer a cleaner, lower-emission experience for consumers, but some skeptics have criticized the mining, manufacturing and charging practices necessary for their batteries as less clean than EV companies claim. However, a recently published study depicts how minuscule the lifespan emissions of EVs […]

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UK Drivers Cut Fuel Costs 69% Switching To EVs From Petrol/Diesel Cars

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2022 06:05:12 +0000

YESSS ElectricalUK drivers are set to save 68.6% of their annual fuel costs when making the switch from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles, new research shows. Analysts at Your Electrical Supplies, Service, and Solutions (YESSS Electrical) compared the cost per mile of charging an EV to fueling a new gas/petrol or diesel car based […]

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