Author: h3lm6

The subject line of this blog article makes things sound better than they are.  The real situation is that starting now, the owner of a Ford CCS1 EV can try to place an order for an adapter to be able to charge at Tesla supercharging stations.  If and when the owner successfully places the order for the adapter, the owner gets to wait for the adapter to arrive.  If and when the adapter arrives, the owner can try to find a Tesla supercharging station at which the charging can be carried out. When the time comes to plug in the Ford CCS1 EV at the Tesla supercharging station, it is likely this will greatly inconvenience other users of the supercharging station. Continue reading “Owners of Ford EVs can now charge at Tesla supercharging stations”

On February 12, 2024, Stellantis announced that Real Soon Now, all of its newly manufactured electric vehicles for the US will have a Tesla-style charging port located at the left rear corner of the vehicle.  Stellantis is the maker of Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram cars.

This adds another entry to the canonical list.

It will be recalled that seven car makers, desperately hoping to somehow not be completely dependent upon Tesla’s supercharging network, announced (blog article) on July 26, 2023 that Real Soon Now they would provide 30000 high-speed EV chargers across North America.

Now on February 9, 2024, a first big step has been taken toward the installation of the 30000 high-speed EV chargers.  Continue reading “The seven car makers pick a name for their charging network”

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?”

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.

(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?”

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)?”

On December 19, 2023, Volkswagen (maker of Audi, Porsche, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti) 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.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act was enacted on November 15, 2021, promising that $5 billion would be spent installing electric vehicle chargers across the United States.  Now, after more than two years, the first four EV chargers have been placed into service.  Where are these EV chargers?  What kind of charging plugs do these first four EV chargers have? What does it cost to use the chargers? Continue reading “First-ever NEVI-funded EV charger placed into service”

On November 6, 2023, Lucid 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.