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Home solar system plus an electric vehicle saves lots of money!

August 12, 2019

The video below is a GREAT ad for the cost savings that you can generate, right from the start, when you buy or lease an electric car and fuel it with electricity generated by a home solar system.

5 electric cars all parked in one parking lot in Boulder, Colo.

Christof Demont-Heinrich

July 23, 2019

So, the density of electric cars in the United States is quite variable with some states, for instance, California, seeing much more EV penetration than others, for instance, Mississippi or Kentucky.

Renting a gas car a reminder of how fun EVs are — and how we need more people to test drive electric cars!

Christof Demont-Heinrich

June 24, 2019

So, my 2017 Chevy Bolt is in the body shop for two weeks thanks to getting blasted by a hail storm that caused $6,000 worth of damage to it while it was parked at Denver International Airport (DIA) over Memorial Day Weekend.That means I am going to have to suffer in a lame gas car rental for the next 14 days.

Two red Chevy Bolts parked next to each other.

2 red Chevy Bolts find ‘love’ in a Unitarian Church parking lot

Christof Demont-Heinrich

June 11, 2019

Two red Chevy Bolts parked next to one another at First Universalist Church in Denver, Colo. The one on the left is mine ;-) How many Unitarian Universalists does it take to park an electric car? Apparently...

Nissan 18 months too late with the LEAF plus

Christof Demont-Heinrich

March 8, 2019

Nissan has recently been making a big deal out of the so-called Nissan LEAF Plus -- the LEAF that has a 60 kWh battery pack and a range somewhere in the mid-220s.

The second generation Nissan LEAF: Missing in action in the United States?

Christof Demont-Heinrich

December 25, 2018

Nissan used to lead electric car sales in the United States regularly with its first generation LEAF, which became available in the U.S. in 2011. But, at least anecdotally, it does not seem to be doing nearly as well with its second generation LEAF in the U.S., of which I have seen exactly three in a full year of looking here in the Denver, Colo. area.

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