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Outback Charging Odyssey — Getting the Regions Ready

December 4, 2024 admin Australia, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev road trips, tesla, tesla model 3, tesla model 3 road trips, tesla road trips

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Sun, 01 Dec 2024 17:10:31 +0000

As electric vehicles slowly make their way out of the cities and into more rural areas, the charging infrastructure must be ready for them. Arran Bloomfield of ReGenev recently undertook charging installations in the mid New South Wales coast at Newcastle, inland at Collarenebri — west of Tamworth and further … [continued]

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Some EV Drivers Were Thankful For NACS Adapters This Thanksgiving

December 3, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrify america, ev road trips, plugshare, rivian, tesla superchargers, tesla supercharging

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2024 04:56:08 +0000

About a year ago, I wrote an article warning people to stay away from Electrify America’s Quartzsite, Arizona station. Why? Because busy holiday weekends have been getting worse and worse. With all of the traffic that’s constantly on the I-10 corridor between Los Angeles and Phoenix (not to mention all … [continued]

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Does A Lack Of Spontaneity Make EV Road Trips Less Fun?

November 30, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev road trips

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2024 15:28:02 +0000

Recently, I was watching a YouTube video explaining why many people have a less-than-stellar experience visiting national parks. The problem is a bit of a “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” situation. Plan too little, and you end up not being able to find a place to sleep, … [continued]

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Ford EV Road Trips: Can “Go Anywhere, Do Anything”

November 28, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev road trips, ford, ford f-150 lightning, ford mustang mach e, green economy, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:10:54 +0000

Ford’s got an interesting approach this year of highlighting customers stories in order to promote its electric vehicles. I assume the company learned that what potential buyers need more than anything else is evidence from other humans that electric vehicles work for them. Spec sheets, kilowatts and kilowatt-hours, 0–60 mph … [continued]

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NZ Family Takes EV Road Trip in US Southwest

November 28, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev road trips, tesla, tesla model y

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2024 14:57:23 +0000

The wide open spaces of the American Southwest can be big and intimidating, even if you grew up in the United States and are familiar with the big gaps that can happen between towns. Add in the current charging situation for EVs in the United States, and some of those … [continued]

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Faster Charging Doesn’t Help As Much As We Think

November 23, 2024 admin chevy bolt, chevy bolt ev, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev road trips, tesla, tesla model y

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:49:28 +0000

If you look around on social media, people have a lot of bad to say about the Chevy Bolt. It charges slower than most EVs these days, and with its charging curve, it’s not uncommon to spend an hour at a charging station. Plus, some people are in the habit … [continued]

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Must-Have Emergency Items For EV Road Trips

November 21, 2024 admin clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev road trips

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:28:34 +0000

I recently came across a YouTube video where Mike In The Woods shares what he carries in his Tesla for emergency preparedness. The video shares some great ideas, so in this article, I’ll be summarizing what he recommends and then start adding some recommendations of my own. After having some … [continued]

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The Grand Canyon Goes Electric, Again

November 14, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev road trips, grand canyon, grand canyon national park

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 04:40:19 +0000

A recent announcement from the Grand Canyon Railway shows that not only the national park, but the business ecosystem around it is committed to clean transport. But, before I get to the specifics of an exciting new form of clean transport, let’s look at what it builds upon. The Grand … [continued]

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Looking Back At My Craziest EV Trip Shows Us How Much Things Have Changed

November 2, 2024 admin chevy bolt, chevy bolt euv, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, electric cars, Electric vehicles, electrify america, ev road trips, nissan leaf

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:35:36 +0000

Back in 2019, I took a ridiculous trip in Arizona and New Mexico. I was both in a vehicle ill-suited to road trips and driving on roads without good charging opportunities. In this article, I want to take a second look at that trip considering all that I’ve learned since … [continued]

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Holiday Fun! Taking A 32kWh MINI Cooper SE On A 962km Road Trip From Johannesburg To Afriski Resort In Lesotho And Back

October 27, 2024 admin africa, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reviews, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, ev road trips, lesotho, mini, mini cooper se, mini electric, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:12:01 +0000

South Africa’s charging network is growing all the time. EV drivers can now comfortably do road trips along most of the country’s major highways. Drivers can now also do road tips to resorts in neighbouring countries such as Lesotho. To showcase this, Ryan Jarret recently took a trip from Johannesburg, … [continued]

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