EV Four Corners

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...

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.

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,...

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...

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...

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,...