EV: 2024 Chevy Equinox EV to start at US$30,000
The all-electric Chevrolet Equinox EV is scheduled to go on sale in the U.S. next fall, starting at around $30,000. Source: GM bets on electric Equinox to kick-start ‘massive adoption’…
How to pretend you are saving money by purchasing Electric Buses
At first glance, this sounds good – high upfront costs but dramatic savings in operational/variable costs: From the PGE site, we learn that diesel buses are about $90K to buy…
Turning the electrical power model inside out with bi-directional charging
EV batteries can act as utility power batteries. If lots of EVs do this, they can represent a size-able battery bank. Last year, the 350 cars plugged into Kaluza’s V2G…
Part 9 – Population Demographics: “Pilot shortage prompts proposals to raise retirement age, lower training hours. : NPR”
So to address the shortage, some in the industry and in Congress are calling for some big changes. Among them are raising the mandatory pilot retirement age from 65 to…
Legal Problems with Drone Detection and Defense Systems
Trying to stop bad drones? This article dives into the different types of counter drone systems (drone jammer, anti-drone gun, etc.) & their legal problems. Source: Big Legal Problems with…
27% of EV charging stations sampled in Northern California study did not work
The team discovered only 73% of the charging equipment worked. Problems included non-working screens, payment system failures, network failures and broken connectors. Surprisingly they didn’t find any cut cables. Eight…
Whoa – huge price cut on Bolt EV
GM cut the price of the Bolt EV by $5,900 compared with the 2022 model year, with a starting price of $26,595. Source: GM slashes prices of Chevy Bolt electric…
Carbon offsets are a massive con
Mike Childs, head of science, policy and research at environmental organization Friends of the Earth, previously described carbon offsetting as a “massive con” to CNN, partly because any effect from…
1 in 4 CA Bay Area EV chargers found not to be working
A study of public electric-vehicle stations in California’s Bay Area found that only 72.5% of chargers were operational. California has by far the most electric car owners of any state…
Red Bull ‘plane swap’ stunt violated FAA rules and crashed the plane
They should have hired Trevor Jacob for this! Pilots Luke Aikins and Andy Farrington were unable to complete the never-before-seen stunt as one plane went out of control. Source: First…