Despite the use of “standard” in the name of the North America Charging Standard (NACS), aka Tesla plug; NACS isn’t actually a standard. There are procedures around how standards get made, and Tesla didn’t do that. That’s not always important, Apple’s Lightning Connector isn’t a standard either, and it does just fine – well, until recently. What really matters is […]
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I found this post on the Mach-E forum, but it applies to every other electric vehicle (EV), including Tesla if you’re using a J-1772 EVSE (aka Charger) with an adapter. I’ve experienced this one myself, both with our Mach-E and the EV6 at public L2 charging stations. I’ve never dug into the problem, but I suspected it had to do […]
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I saw this post, phrased in slightly different ways, in a few of the EV groups I follow on Facebook. As an Kia EV6 (and MME) owner, what I think this person has, I get it the minor inconvenience of waiting five minutes longer than you absolutely needed to is inconvenient, but this is a more complex topic than it […]
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I love the idea behind Ubiquiti’s new UniFi EV Station EVSE, especially the ability to manage conditional access to charging. But given their history of poor hardware quality, it would be very difficult for me to bite on this. Especially considering the where the pricing will likely end up. Although, I suspect that pro-sumers aren’t their target demographic here, and […]
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Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) “chargers”, or EVSE, are becoming more common, which is a great thing, because charging while the EV is “at rest” is the way we should be refueling our cars. In some locations it can be difficult to find a J1772 (the standard used by non-Tesla EVs) EVSE, so it’s a great idea to keep an […]
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If you have a Tesla, this is outstanding news. First, because it dramatically expands your DCFC charging options, not that you need that in most areas. But it also, and this is the big one, severs the dependence on the Telsa Supercharger network. This might seem like a weird thing to say, out loud, but it’s actually one of the […]
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This is going to sound crazy, but hear me out. There’s a lot of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) out there around EV refueling (aka charging), especially when it comes to road trips. I get it, the refueling model is very different, and you need to know that the model is different, to understand that looking at refueling an EV like […]
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I totally agree with Jonathan Gitlin that we need better DCFC charging infrastructure. But, I can’t help but see some holes in the whole “EVs are doomed…” thing. First, and most glaring, is actually something that Jonathan says out loud. No, the problem is whether or not any of the chargers will be working when you arrive. (Unless you’re driving […]
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Being very new to the electric vehicle (EV) game, I thought it would be useful to share the biggest new-EV-owner pain point for me that I’ve solved (still working on the range anxiety thing :)); Level 2 home charging. Technically, I didn’t need to solve this immediately because the portable EVSE (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment) that came with my Mach-E […]
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I don’t think you can call anything that doesn’t require a license a car, so I’m going with enclosed golf cart. Please don’t take anything but AWE from that though, because I think this little guy is fantastic. ~40 miles of range, charge from 220v in three hours, and a top speed just shy of 30mph. And it’s super cheap. […]
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