Pro-EV commercials are good. I want to see more of them. However, anti-ICE ads could be just as effective in dissuading climate warriors or anti-Trump/MAGA people from buying internal combustion engines. Some 20,000 Dems buy new gas cars every day in the US. Seems that's a problem we should be addressing.
Having coffee (actually, matcha, but that feels obscure) with a friend yesterday. She: I paid over five dollars a gallon for gas in the Bay Area driving down here. Me: I plugged in my car at home.
Let me clarify: the car charges from rooftop solar panels, the power from which, because I live in California, is unevenly compensated. See Sammy’s Substack from March 10.
Love it! And we love our Chevy Bolt. Just wish Americans had more options, including EVs that aren't gigantic and expensive (I used to drive a Smart Car, not a fan of SUVs — and I've never spent the money to buy a new car; which got our Bolt used). I have a Substack post coming up about that, of course. ;-) Anyway, we need to make EV adoption easier.
We did one from Oakland to Albuquerque a few years ago! Not as easy as it should be due to lack of chargers, but it was fine — and it should be better now that more chargers are being deployed.
Pro-EV commercials are good. I want to see more of them. However, anti-ICE ads could be just as effective in dissuading climate warriors or anti-Trump/MAGA people from buying internal combustion engines. Some 20,000 Dems buy new gas cars every day in the US. Seems that's a problem we should be addressing.
Yes, and people also need to know there's a really good alternative to ICE cars.
Having coffee (actually, matcha, but that feels obscure) with a friend yesterday. She: I paid over five dollars a gallon for gas in the Bay Area driving down here. Me: I plugged in my car at home.
Let me clarify: the car charges from rooftop solar panels, the power from which, because I live in California, is unevenly compensated. See Sammy’s Substack from March 10.
And you know how long it takes to charge an EV at home? Five seconds. You plug it in, you go to sleep, boom, full charge when you wake up.
Love it! And we love our Chevy Bolt. Just wish Americans had more options, including EVs that aren't gigantic and expensive (I used to drive a Smart Car, not a fan of SUVs — and I've never spent the money to buy a new car; which got our Bolt used). I have a Substack post coming up about that, of course. ;-) Anyway, we need to make EV adoption easier.
Been driving EVs since 2017. Solar+home charger=easy peazy.
Road trips from Oakland to Seattle LA and San Diego are easy too!
We did one from Oakland to Albuquerque a few years ago! Not as easy as it should be due to lack of chargers, but it was fine — and it should be better now that more chargers are being deployed.