Category Archives: EV

I’d say it’s the Hindenburg moment.

Posted on January 22, 2024 by On the North River

THE MORNING RANT: Was the EV Charging Nightmare in Chicago the “Exploding Pinto” Moment for the Electric Vehicle Transition; plus Other Bad News for EVs —Buck Throckmorton Long but devastating post on the shortcomings and rollbacks of the EV “Revolution”.

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Thumb on the scales, your Fed Government.

Posted on January 18, 2024 by On the North River

Electric Vehicles Cheating. When carmakers test gasoline-powered vehicles for compliance with the Transportation Department’s fuel-efficiency rules, they must use real values measured in a laboratory. By contrast, under an Energy Department rule, carmakers can arbitrarily multiply the efficiency of electric … Continue reading →

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Impossible amounts of electric energy.

Posted on January 14, 2024 by On the North River

something to think about going all electric ⚡️ pic.twitter.com/POWS8AV66F — George K (@GKtheHunter) January 12, 2024 Equivalent of 350kWH  per minute.   Or what a home needs in a month.

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Game changer?

Posted on October 26, 2023 by On the North River

Toyota Announces Mass Production Of Solid-State Batteries Oct. 16, 2023 7:49 AM ET by Anthony Capretto Electric Vehicles / 20 Comments This is the big break the EV industry has been waiting for. In a surprise press conference, Toyota announced … Continue reading →

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ICE Vs EV Video

Posted on September 5, 2023 by On the North River

Pretty good.  The CEO of Ford should have watched this.

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Flare-up, lithium can do that.

Posted on June 24, 2023 by On the North River

NYC e-bike store fire ‘rekindles’ three days after claiming lives of four elderly residents A Lower Manhattan e-bike store caught fire for the second time this week, just three days after it sparked an inferno that claimed four lives.

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Lithium battery fires.

Posted on June 4, 2023 by On the North River

E-bike battery fires this year have killed more in NYC than in 2022: FDNY By Dean Balsamini Lithium-ion batteries from e-bikes and similar devices have fueled 92 fires, injured 64 people, and caused nine deaths so far this year – almost … Continue reading →

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Commie Cali.

Posted on May 2, 2023 by On the North River

“California Legislature Considering New Rules Mandating EV Bidirectional Charging Capabilities”: Knowing something about how Commie governments work I’d guess something like this will happen. You charge the battery in your EV (is it still correct to refer to it as … Continue reading →

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More Lithium Ion batteries around every year.

Posted on March 11, 2023 by On the North River

Luckily e-bikes and e-scooters are still somewhat rare. NEW YORK – A five-alarm fire erupted in the Bronx Sunday morning after an e-bike inside a grocery store caught fire. Firefighters spent hours extinguishing flames on East 180th and Grand Concourse. Seven people were … Continue reading →

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Never going to be a “Barn Queen”.

Posted on January 30, 2023 by On the North River

Firefighters use 6K gallons of water to extinguish Tesla that ‘spontaneously’ caught fire By Snejana Farberov A Tesla Model S “spontaneously” caught fire on a California highway over the weekend, forcing firefighters to use some 6,000 gallons of water to … Continue reading →

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