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EV owner driving Tesla’s shortest-range car shares experience during I-95 traffic catastrophe

Teslarati

Dan Kanninen, an electric vehicle driver and former White House liaison at the Environmental Protection Agency, recently shared his personal experience during the I-95 traffic catastrophe, which resulted in about 48 miles of the interstate being closed due to ice and snow.

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82% of BEVs & PHEVs Available in the US in 2022 Have a Base MSRP of $40,000+

EV Adoption

Not all dealers add these markups, but many do and they can range from just a few hundred dollars up to $50,000 or more (which I personally saw on a Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV recently). On the positive side, 55% or 45 of the EVs that are or will be available in 2022 have a base MSRP below $60,000.

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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Electric Cars

DIY Electric Car

So in the case of any collision you can expect the airbags to open up and as that happens, the impact sensors will also cut of the electricity supply from the battery, which will bring you car to a halt. Most of the electric cars available today are 2 seaters and it can get quite uncomfortable if a third person tries to squeeze in.

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Volkswagen showcases inductive charging w/ “power lift”, autonomous and semi-autonomous capabilities & gesture control at CES

Green Car Congress

Possible reasons for this could include a lack of electrical supply voltage, the shift lever not being in “P”, the car not being parked properly over an inductive charging plate, or a fault in the charging system. Touchscreen personalization. The display itself can be personalized. Personalized ambient lighting.

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Maersk and IBM launch TradeLens blockchain shipping solution; 154+ million shipping events already captured on platform

Green Car Congress

Moller–Maersk and IBM announced the creation of TradeLens , jointly developed by the two companies to apply blockchain to the world’s global supply chain. TradeLens can track critical data about every shipment in a supply chain, and offers an immutable record among all parties involved.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The potential is enormous because the current grid has sufficient energy capacity to supply every vehicle in the United States if every one of them was a PHEV. A thinking person should ask, “How did the Leaf owner travel the unaccounted miles, the ones that were not e-miles?” To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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