It’s time for an update to our saga of buying an electric car and (spoiler alert) I’m happy to say that this one has a happier ending. As you’ll recall if you read Part 1 of this story, we had come close to buying our first electric vehicle in August of 2022 but had the…
As electric vehicles (EVs) continue to gain popularity, bidirectional EV charging is emerging as a game-changing technology. This has profound implications not just for the electric vehicle market but for the entire energy system. Far more advanced than a traditional charger, a bidirectional EV charger allows for more than just the charging of your car;…
When President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law in the summer of 2022, it was widely acknowledged that the new law’s EV tax credit provisions would accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles and, in turn, help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The wide-ranging legislation included several provisions that make buying an electric vehicle…
2023 is shaping up to be an ideal year for people looking to purchase their first electric car. That’s because the Inflation Reduction Act has removed the 200,000 vehicle cap per model, which previously excluded many Tesla and GM models from qualifying for the $7,500 federal tax credit. Thus, any eligible vehicle can now access…
There was a time when it seemed that buying an electric vehicle would be an easy first step to electrifying my life. We’re a fairly typical two-car family and one of those cars, a Lexus RX 400h, was over 13 years old. Replacing that aging, fossil fuel-burning machine with an electric car would seem to…
Electricity rates have risen dramatically across the United States over the past several months, and they’re expected to do so again. On the other hand, so have gasoline prices. So it’s a good time to ask how much does it cost to charge an electric car and how that cost compares with the cost of…
When President Biden set a goal on Aug 5, 2021, that 50% of all automobiles sold in the US by the end of the decade would be electric cars, it may have seemed like mere Presidential approval for a shift that was already well underway. GM, after all, had announced more than 6 months earlier…
First it was Tesla, with their 2016 acquisition of Solar City. Then it was the landmark partnership between Ford and Sunrun in 2021, when the latter became the preferred charging solution for the launch of the F-150 Lightning truck. In October of 2022, GM unveiled GM Energy and its partnership with SunPower. Now, Hyundai has…
The coming electric vehicle revolution is a call to action for all suburban homeowners. What’s more, it’s a chance at redemption. For decades, those of us who live in America’s suburbs have be lambasted by environmentalists as SUV-driving, resource hogging obstacles to finding a way out of this climate mess. And to be fair, they…
Is it Better to Buy or Lease an Electric Car
2023 might be the best year to bite the bullet on your first electric car. That’s because the cap on vehicles that are eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit has been eliminated thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). It was previously set at 200,000 vehicles per model, a threshold that left all Teslas…
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