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, …
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. …
Two recent developments in EV policy emerged first in California. What do they mean to us here in the Four Corners? The first bolsters bidirectional home charging. In September, California Governor Gavin Newsome signed into law a requirement that new EVs to be sold in California must be capable of …
The British firm Nyobolt recently demonstrated a mockup vehicle that was able to charge from 10% to 80% charge state in 4 minutes, 37 sec.
