On evs & phevs

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

Electric cars running on 100% renewable energy would = no ozone alerts

July 20, 2018 0

So, I was driving to work this morning in my electric 2017 Chevy Bolt -- which I power indirectly from Xcel Energy's so-called Windsource generated electricity --- here in Denver on I-25 north and saw that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) was broadcasting an ozone alert on its highway flashboards.

You can get a new 2018 Nissan LEAF for $14,500 in Colorado

Christof Demont-Heinrich

Editor's blog

June 17, 2018 0

A lot of people who don't know much, if anything, about electric cars and/or "hate" electric cars (read: some ICE-heads) think they are/claim they are 'too expensive.'

160 miles of mountain driving in an electric car? It’s no problem in a Chevy Bolt

Christof Demont-Heinrich

Editor's blog

June 10, 2018 4

I've written before about how an 84-mile EV -- a 2014 Nissan LEAF for which I started a three-year lease and then saw my now ex-wife move out six months into the lease -- severely limited me and my driving possibilities here in the Denver area (although it was good enough for virtually all of my Boulder-Denver-Aurora driving).

There’s a Tesla Model 3 parked next to my Chevy Bolt

Christof Demont-Heinrich

Editor's blog

June 3, 2018 0

I took the Regional Transportation District (RTD) light rail from Littleton to the Colorado Rockies game last night (the Rockies got plastered by the L.A. Dodgers, 12-4, BTW). I parked at the Mineral RTD parking lot, which is the very end/beginning of the so-called "D" and "C" lines here in the Denver area.And, what do you know?The spot I found was right next to a brand new Tesla Model 3!

Renewable energy + a Tesla = A game changer

Christof Demont-Heinrich

Editor's blog

May 19, 2018 0

I'm always on the lookout for custom plates that promote electric cars and, especially, those that promote renewable energy + electric cars. I happened to come across one such plate on a Tesla Model S this afternoon parked at my ex-wife's apartment/condo complex in Centennial, Colorado.