Video Blog
One of the things I’ve been looking into is adding some video content here in addition to the articles. Partly to make it a little […]
Articles by john
Unplugged!
Unusually, I had an appointment over on Park St in Alameda (the main shopping street in our little island city), and a couple of conference […]
Batteries: Recharge & Reuse
Not for laptops, phones, tablets and all the other gadgets we own with lithium-ion rechargeable batteries embedded in them; we’re talking about all those other […]
Palm Springs Wind Power
We arrived in Palm Springs after sunset, but as we approached the ghostly outlines of wind turbines appeared around us. We had seen them early […]
California’s I-5 and the Tesla Moat
It is Spring Break for our kids this week so we’re taking a short road trip to SoCal. Can’t use the B Class (we would […]
LimeBike Scooters in the Wild
In an earlier post here talking about alternative commute options we mentioned the LimeBike electric scooters. Today, in San Francisco, we found several of them […]
Retail Locations and EV Chargers
One of the first questions I am asked by people who talk to me about our EV is where do you charge it, and how […]
Perovskite Solar Cells
While photo-voltaic technology is widely available now, and an excellent source of renewable electricity in many places where there is plenty of sunlight, the actual […]
EVs Really Are Cleaner Than ICE Cars
I have seen two articles recently (Wired & CleanTechnica) that both reference research performed by the Union of Concerned Scientists that looked not just at […]
An Atypical Day
Earlier this week, I needed to drive my wife to the airport (about 30 miles from home), after dropping the kids at school, then find […]