Here in Guatemala there is way less promotion of EVs than I would like to see. I wondered what our neighbor, El Salvador, was doing. This release from trade.gov (US) […]
Month: July 2023
Advancing Battery Technology
The regular doom and gloom message about batteries is that we don’t have enough lithium. Or cobalt. Or … Based on the currently very popular lithium ion ternary battery technology […]
How Close is QuantumScape with its Solid State Battery?
QuantumScape is sounding like it may be close with solid state batteries. That doesn’t mean tomorrow but, unlike Toyota who has been claiming they are close for almost a decade, […]
Is Transition to a Zero Emissions Future Impossible?
A friend sent me a link to this Video titled The energy transition delusion. It’s a thoughtful look at how we can’t just transition to a zero emissions world. That said, […]
Why EVs Continue to Get Better
In 1886, Karl Benz created the first gasoline (sorta — it would run on most anything) powered car. That’s a long time ago. Realistically, about 50 years later a gasoline-powered […]
A New Charging Network in North America
Seven auto makers have announced that they will work together to build a new charging network in North America. Those seven are basically everyone important except Ford. The Electric Viking offers […]
The IPMsynRM Motor
Some time ago there were articles about how Tesla’s carbon fiber wrapped rotor created a better motor for EVs. The claim was that it was more efficient and tests such […]
An Electric Mazda Miata in 2026?
Japanese auto makers are losing market share everywhere. All of them. Their biggest loses are in China but as EVs gain market share everywhere, they are losing market share because […]
18-Wheel ATV
When you hear of an 18 wheeler you think of a big truck but here we are talking about a relatively small all terrain vehicle. 18 wheels has a prototype […]
Why Are Tesla Vehicles Selling So Well?
I don’t want to sound like a Tesla fan boy but the answer is simple — because they are better than the competition. It is likely the Tesla Model Y […]