Blogs
Winter changes how an EV feels. The car is quiet and quick, but the cabin heater pulls straight from the same battery that moves you down the road, and every degree you add on the thermostat shows up as lost miles. That’s why so many EV owners end up searching for a heated car blanket … Read more
If you charge your EV from a plug-in charger, the outlet on your garage wall is doing some of the hardest work in your house. It may carry 32 to 40 amps for six or eight hours straight, night after night. Most 14-50 outlets were never built for that. They were made for electric ranges … Read more
You finally have a Level 2 charger on the garage wall. It cost real money, it charges your car every night, and it is wired straight into the most exposed part of your house: the electrical panel. One nearby lightning strike or a nasty utility switching spike can fry the charger’s electronics, and sometimes the … Read more
You just got a home charger, or you have been using the one that came with your EV, and the cable already has a problem. It lives on the garage floor. It gets stepped on, kicked into a puddle, and now and then it gets a little too close to a tire. The connector picks … Read more
You are looking at a used EV, or you have owned yours for a few years, and you want to know one thing: how healthy is the battery? The dashboard gives you a range guess and a charge percentage, and that is about it. The real numbers, like battery state of health (SOH), cell voltages … Read more