A few days ago a biofuel refinery that will produce nearly 1 billion liters of biodiesel every year was announced as an expansion to the existing Co-Op refinery in Regina, Saskatchewan. Generation 1 Biofuels are Bad For The Environment By the year 2020 we thought biofuels had been largely dispensed Read more…
One of the most repeated arguments against electric vehicles is that the electric power grid can not handle tens of millions of electric vehicles. This is simply false, but not for the reasons you may suspect: 1 – Slow Drip, Not a Surge Probably the biggest mistake pundits infer is Read more…
In this video we show our 2021 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus driving in extreme cold winter conditions and you will be shocked to see the amount of battery drain: This is Canadian winter driving of a Tesla Model 3. It is driving in very cold weather and the Read more…
How does al Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus with the factory All Season Tires handle during a Calgary blizzard? In this video we drive through the snow on icy roads speeding up, slowing down, cornering and even trying to do some donuts.
If you pay attention to the business press, or Rivian and Tesla fan-boys (and I own a Tesla… my second Tesla actually), you will hear that Ford, General Motors and all the other “legacy” car builders are doomed. They give Tesla unlimited credit for executing to perfection their vision while Read more…
We spent more than a week compiling a list of all new EV’s expected before the end of 2024 but it is a long list of more than 60 electric cars, trucks and SUV’s. So we decided to convert it to a video:
Below is the complete list of 64 electrified vehicles coming before the end of 2024 which means it includes a few 2025 model year products. The problems with the word complete are: auto manufacturers love to surprise consumers and shareholders with new product so there will be many more than Read more…
What Environmental Advancements Have Traditional Automakers Made In The Last 40 Years? Many people look at the old automakers like GM, Ford, Mercedes, Chrysler and Honda as useless and non-responsive. However the truth is quite a bit different. Here are some quick facts you are not likely aware of. Since Read more…
What’s the Problem With Energy These Days? For those of us who live in North America, recent price hikes in Natural Gas, Gasoline and Diesel have largely gone unnoticed. It is not cold enough for those using NatGas to heat their homes enough to notice the giant increase in price Read more…
If you want to understand how plugin hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) work in real life, join me on my long drive to work and back. Also, if you find this of interest you will likely be find useful information in our recent article and video “Is there a future for Read more…
Using the first half of 2021 auto sales figures we show just how important the Chinese market is to global automakers like VW, Mercedes, GM, Ford, Mazda, Jaguar / Land Rover, Toyota, Nissan, Volvo and Tesla. We explain the auto industry unit sales figures globally, then we show how much Read more…
In this video we explain what the difference is between Carbon Removal and Carbon Capture. This made slightly more confusing the be fact that Carbon Removal is sometimes called Direct Carbon Capture or Direct CO2 Capture. We show a snippet of an interview with Howard Herzog from MIT’s Energy Initiative Read more…
In 2020 we recorded a video of our 2019 Tesla Model 3 allowing very loud road noise into the cabin. In fact, on decent roads at highway speeds it often surpassed 80db which is very loud. We sold out 2019 Tesla Model 3 SR+ and bought a 2021 Tesla Model Read more…
Many Tesla fan boys will tell you that 110 volt charging (aka Level 1) that uses a standard household outlet is unacceptably slow. We show in the three videos below that while level one charging is not the best, it will be acceptable to most EV consumers: Tesla 110V Charging Read more…