On evs & phevs

In this blogging section, I’ll riff on EVs & PHEVs, from both a practical perspective and from a political perspective.

Cool electric grid mix interactive data visualization from ElectricRate.Com

November 24, 2020

In the more than 10 years I have been doing SolarChargedDriving.Com and advocating for solar-charged driving, the electric grid has gotten considerably cleaner in the United States -- and in many places around the world.

Busting the top three electric car myths

Christof Demont-Heinrich

August 18, 2020

There are a lot of myths about electric cars that are simply not true, many of them perpetrated and pushed by Big Oil and Fossil Fool interests.

No more excuses: Electric cars have MORE than enough range!

Christof Demont-Heinrich

August 11, 2020

If you've been holding out for an electric car that has "enough" range, I have two words for you!: ENOUGH ALREADY!

Nothing beats driving an electric car on sunshine, nothing! :-)

Christof Demont-Heinrich

June 17, 2020

So, a new 20 kW solar system with two separate arrays on two separate roof areas, including a set of garages, is going up in our Highline Crossing Cohousing Community here in Littleton, Colo. :-)

Coordinated telecommuting: A creative and new way to help keep our air clean

Christof Demont-Heinrich

May 20, 2020

Have you been enjoying the cleaner air where you live? How about the reduced stress load due to having to do less driving and sit in far fewer traffic jams? Yeah, I thought so! Me too!

COVID-19 stay-at-home orders were great for clean air — while they lasted :-(

Christof Demont-Heinrich

April 23, 2020

For past five years, always in the spring, I have developed a consistent, irritating dry cough. I have been tested three times for allergies across that time and the results have always showed that I have no allergies.

On evs & phevs

What is the best reason to solar-charge an electric car?