Welcome to Electric Car Adventures

Camping is always a joy, but even better, go for an electric campsite and charge the car while you charge yourself

Worried about climate change? Why not do something about it? You can have a lot of fun with a gently used EV that can get you where you need to go (albeit with a little bit of planning, some patience and an appetite for adventure).

The day-night solar problem

Recently we looked at the seasonal solar problem, namely that solar production is at its highest in the summer, but my energy usage peaks in the Winter. As we saw, for now, there is no problem, as I am somewhat of an outlier, and my excess electrons deliver lots of value for Ontario’s summer peaking…

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The mythical Asian oil buyer

Historically, Texas based refineries switched from Venezuelan oil to Canada’s finest as Venezuelan politics became less and less stable (source). Naturally, the thinking goes, with Venezuela “back-in-the-game” Texas refineries might turn their backs on Canada’s finest. Thus, according to Mr. Polievre, we ought to build a second pipeline to the pacific pronto. There are two…

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The mirage of affordability

Lack of an affordable EV is something that has received much press, and yes quite a few posts on this blog (source and source). But is it really a problem? Are cheap cars selling in general? Lets have a look at the top selling list in Canada and see what they go for. As we…

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