Electric Vehicle News & Reviews

Battery Best Practices

When I got my first EV (2017 Nissan Leaf), I gathered from various sources there were things you should do and things you should avoid to extend your car’s battery life. Batteries make up about 35% of the cost of an EV, so you want to make them last. However, …

DEVC February Newsletter

The Denver Electric Vehicle Council’s (DEVC) February newsletter is out! It features a nice shout out to us here at EV4Corners.org. Thanks David and DEVC for your encouragement and EV enthusiasm! Download the newsletter using the button below. It also includes a funny video – Lynette’s Albuquerque test drives a …

Novel Colorado legislation would allow direct-to-consumer sales of BEVs

Tesla is already doing this, but apparently there is a general prohibition against direct-to-consumer sales of cars that new Colorado legislation would alleviate, but only for BEVs. This may be a response to recent opposition of the car dealers (and support by the car manufacturers) to Colorado’s Zero-emission Vehicle standard. …

Electrify America – Problems and Solutions for Non-Tesla Fast-Chargers

Electrify America (EA) is the organization charged with installing fast chargers along all US Interstate Highways for non-Tesla battery electric vehicles (BEVs). In the Four Corners, we care about them because they will help connect us to the rest of the country. For example, in 2018 I could not drive …