• Discovering EVs
    • All About Charging
    • EV Incentives
    • EV-ents
    • Learn More

    EV Myth: You Can't Road Trip in an EV

    by juliad | Jul 8, 2021 | Blog, EV Mythbusters, Front Page, Real Life, Travel Tips

    Myth: You can't road trip in an EV. Myth BUSTED: Yes, of course, you can! Road trips in an elec­tric vehi­cle are def­i­nite­ly doable. Road trips in an elec­tric vehi­cle are real­ly quite sim­i­lar to those in a gas-pow­ered car. There are a few...

    Myth Buster: EVs don't drive well in winter weather

    by juliad | Jan 11, 2021 | Blog, EV Mythbusters, Front Page

    Myth: EVs don’t dri­ve well in win­ter weather. Myth Bust­ed: EVs are great in win­ter weath­er because of their weight dis­tri­b­u­tion and maneu­ver­abil­i­ty. There is no sig­nif­i­cant dif­fer­ence between dri­ving an EV and dri­ving an inter­nal...

    EV Myth: the electric grid can’t support EVs and EVs will drive up electric rates

    by juliad | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog, EV Mythbusters, Front Page

    EV Myth 1: As EVs flood the mar­ket, the cost of elec­tric­i­ty will increase and will dri­ve up rates for non-EV drivers. Myth BUSTED: Recent stud­ies have shown that util­i­ties bring in more rev­enue than costs with more EVs on the road,...

    Myth Buster: EVs depreciate faster than ICEs

    by juliad | Jan 29, 2021 | Blog, EV Mythbusters, Front Page

    EV Myth: EVs Depre­ci­ate Faster than ICEs Myth: EVs depre­ci­ate faster than ICEs Myth Bust­ed: This is dif­fi­cult to deter­mine with the used elec­tric car mar­ket being so new, but evi­dence does not show that...

    Myth Buster: You can't off road in an EV

    by juliad | Jan 15, 2021 | Adventure, Blog, EV Mythbusters, Front Page

    Myth: You can’t off-road in an EV. Myth Bust­ed: The truth is, there are many EV mod­els that come with AWD and tow­ing capac­i­ty with more com­ing out soon. As tech­nol­o­gy improves, elec­tric vehi­cles will have few­er lim­i­ta­tions and...

    Myth Buster: You Can Get Cancer from the Battery in an EV

    by juliad | Dec 15, 2020 | Batteries, Blog, EV Mythbusters, Front Page, Safety

    Myth: Expo­sure to the elec­tro­mag­net­ic fields of the bat­tery in an elec­tric vehi­cle could cause cancer. Myth BUSTED: The mag­net­ic fields in elec­tric vehi­cles pose no dan­ger because their elec­tro­mag­net­ic field lev­els are below the rec­om­mend­ed...
    « Older Entries
    Next Entries »