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

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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Kia Niro plug-in hybrid: A great-driving crossover at a modest price point (MSRP: $34,490)

By Jan Sharkey & Gary Wiles We bought our 2024 Kia Niro EX plug-in hybrid a year ago and have liked it immensely.  We were in the market for either a high-efficiency hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or fully electric vehicle, but needed a smaller sedan or SUV to fit our narrow garage...
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A year ago, major media outlets were blaming consumers for a slump in US EV sales; did that actually happen?

Near the end of 2023, mainstream print media outlets (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post) were conveying the storyline that US consumers were not buying EVs at the rate expected of them by the legacy producers, causing the manufacturers to delay or suspend their EV investments. For example,...
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Tips for extending EV range in winter

All cars lose range in winter, but for different reasons. Standard combustion (ICE) engines need to heat up before the engine works properly, but once they do they have plenty of waste heat to warm the occupants. ICE cars are sometimes hard to start, especially when it is very cold....
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