In a previous blog article I listed nine states that have “right-to-charge” laws. Those states were California, Florida, Oregon, New Jersey, Virginia, Illinois, Hawaii, Connecticut and Colorado. I have now learned that more states have right-to-charge laws. Continue reading “Which states have “right-to-charge” laws?”
Mazda joins the Tesla-plug club
On January 16, 2024, Mazda announced that Real Soon Now, all of its newly manufactured electric vehicles will have a Tesla-style charging port located at the left rear corner of the vehicle.
This adds another entry to the canonical list.
Will the $5 billion federal firehose of EV charger money become available for Tesla plugs?
(Update: Comments have been filed in response to a Request For Information – see blog article.)
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, enacted on November 15, 2021, established a $5 billion firehose of federal money to help pay for high-speed electric vehicle chargers across the United States. This Act charged the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) with figuring out how to decide what kinds of electric vehicle (“EV”) chargers would be eligible to receive money from this $5B firehose of money. To do this, the FHWA took a mere two weeks to publish a Request for Information (RFI) in the Federal Register on November 29, 2021. Public comments were due within two months of the Federal Register (“FR”) notice, that is, by January 28, 2022. Continue reading “Will the $5 billion federal firehose of EV charger money become available for Tesla plugs?”
How risky are automobile driver assist systems (for example Tesla Full Self Driving)?
If one defines a relevant metric like deaths per passenger mile, and if one applies the metric while avoiding giving undue weight to things like “magnitude of headline splashing”, then much insight can be gained about relative safety or riskiness of various transportation choices. And there are many reminders that lots of people are not very good at assessing risks when left to their own devices about it. Continue reading “How risky are automobile driver assist systems (for example Tesla Full Self Driving)?”