EV Four Corners

EV Four Corners

EV Four Corners

Four Corners Electric Vehicle Information & News

Why EVs?

Electric Vehicle Efficiency

Home How much more energy efficient? Very Much. Chatting about EVs at Earth Day For some drivers, it is satisfying to drive a vehicle that wastes so little energy. The in-vehicle conversion efficiency of an...
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Want To Know How To Do The Math?

Home Fuel Economy – How many “miles per gallon” will I get?             Because you are using no gas, there are no miles per gallon. EV fuel economy is measured in average miles per kilowatt...
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About EV Four Corners

About EV Four Corners bySarah Kelly The first thing to know about us is we are a non-commercial, loosely affiliated interest group. We will not be taking advertising at any time, though we may discuss...
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EV News & Reviews

Electricity Isn’t Like That Other Automotive Fuel

Unlike gasoline, electricity is not routinely stored (yet). Accordingly, its availability and hence price varies wildly from time to time and place to place. All EV drivers can minimize their fuel costs by paying attention to the price tiers highlighted below. Spoiler alert: charge at home or when use of...
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New Chargers in the Four Corners: Oct 2025

In these times of maximal vengeance against EVs and their infrastructure, it was a pleasant surprise to drive electric (towing a trailer) across 5500 miles of western US this summer and discover so many new chargers, especially in the Four Corners. Major gaps in the charging network have been filled!
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Are you confused about the names given to electrified vehicles?

by Gordon Rodda and Deborah Lycan HEV, PHEV, BEV, they are all EVs, right? Wrong. The names are confusing, and it can be argued that they are meant to be; there is money to be made in keeping you confused about them. In the last couple of years, the industry...
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Earth Day Sermon for UUFD

In the end, our children’s children will not care why we didn’t act-only that we didn’t. Surely they will wonder why they were not important enough.
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House budget bill sets out Trump’s EV objectives; they are not good for EVs or Trump’s industrial policies

The House-passed budget bill makes a number of substantive EV policy changes, which will set back the adoption of EVs. This has been expected and will understandably have negative effects on climate change, accelerating the frequency and severity of natural disasters, air pollution, health, home insurance costs, endangerment of species,...
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Used EVs in the Four Corners

Something tells me there might be people who want to sell a Tesla right about now. The same instinct suggests there will likely be people very happy to buy them. For those who own other makes, but who haven’t yet dreamed of selling their beloved EV, maybe you’re seeing new...
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