The EV Musings Newsletter By Gary Comerford Topical stories about renewables, EVs and things that are interesting to EV drivers. 34 subscribers 57 issues Subscribe to our newsletter By subscribing, you agree with Revue’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
Issue #57 - End of the I3, Electric passenger aviation boosted by E19 aircraft, More EVs than ICE to be sold by 2033, and replacing petrochemicals with non-petro petrochemicals. #57 Jul 21, 2021
Issue #56 - Heavy-duty electric trucks, the Sun doesn't cause global warming, US Govt says EVs are officially cheaper to run. #56 Jul 7, 2021
Issue #55 - Oz town 100% solar powered, EV owners should pay for infrastructure, Ford's electric future isn't clear, and coal miner activist gets a Tesla. #55 Jun 23, 2021
#54 Jun 16, 2021 Issue #54 - New hypermiling record, turbine-free beauty spots, and plant based 'tuna'. – The Electric Highway/ Gridserve roll-out is continuing apace. News came out this week that Gridserve
#53 Jun 9, 2021 Issue #53 - Royal Mail going electric, Tesla M3 is the best-selling EV in the UK, cheap lithium from seawater, and EV charge points = 'Red phone boxes'? – If you're Patreon member of our little community next week should be a good one for you. Alongside th
#52 Jun 2, 2021 Issue #52 - Rare earth metals from old coal mines, blimps as the new commercial jets, four day working week improves the environment, and quantum computing helps battery development. – bp Pulse has just this week announced (very quietly) another price hike for their public charging. Th
#51 May 26, 2021 Issue #51 - Gas boiler ban, floating wind turbines, e-fuels make no sense, and Instavolt VAT woes. – Another interesting week in the world of EVs and renewables.The main story this week is that HMRC has
#50 May 19, 2021 Issue #50 - Recycling Wind Turbine Blades, ExxonMobil shifting blame to consumers, 20 firms account for 55% of single-use plastics, and $8 Billion for Electric Postal Cars – Newsletter issue 50. Wow. I can't believe I've come to this point already.Thank you to everybody who
#49 May 12, 2021 Issue #49 - Dead EV Batteries, solar panels on landfill, climate FUD campaigns change tack, and KIA add-on for cheaper Ionity charging – A busy week this week on the podcast with Melanie Shufflebotham coming on to talk about Zap-Map and w
#48 May 5, 2021 Issue #48 - 9 reasons Rivian will be successful, electrifying taxi fleets, Honda goes 100% electric (but with a twist), and there's no US charging infrastructure! – I've mixed up the format of the newsletter this week. The last few have been quite wordy (or 'verbose
#47 Apr 28, 2021 Issue #47 - 5 EVs from the same amount of lithium as one, $3000 fossil fuel trade in for an Ebike or two, Daimler's new-look truck charging station, and another electric plane. – "Roads? Where we're going we don't need roads!"Everyone wants a flying car, right? Well, this week on
#46 Apr 21, 2021 Issue #46 - $174B for US EVs, Mini to go full electric, massless energy batteries, and open charging platforms. – Something a little different on this week's podcast.In 2007 the iPhone was launched. It was fairly lo
#45 Apr 14, 2021 Issue #45 - Heavy EVs are bad, Pennsylvania makes big solar investment, VW to go bi-directional, and US EV tax credit to increase. – A very interesting discussion this week as we chat with Andrew Till and Nnamdi Jenkins-Johnson about
#44 Apr 7, 2021 Issue #44 - Battery costs down 98%, Dutch installing 1.5m new chargers by 2030, Tesla introduce 50% price cut for off-peak Supercharging, and ditching single-use water bottles. – News is out this week of the latest UK vehicle sales figures for March.March 2021:Battery BEVs = 22,
#43 Mar 30, 2021 Issue #43 - The KIA EV6GT, more electric flight, MFG pledges £400m for EV charging hubs, and Arrival unveils an electric van with 200 miles of range. – Welcome to another EV Musings Newsletter.The theme of this week's podcast is boats. In particular ele
#42 Mar 23, 2021 Issue #42 - VW recycling and getting into V2G, Porsche looks to a new charging network, and airline carbon offsets are not working. – The one good thing about the area this podcast and newsletter covers is that the sector is very fast-
#41 Mar 16, 2021 Issue #41 - Gridserve/ EH join up, EV ownership up 53% in the UK, 3 big problems with hydrogen hype, & comparing Toyota and Tesla (!) – The next season of the podcast is almost here. I have the first couple of episodes ready and waiting
#40 Mar 9, 2021 Issue #40 - EVs close to 'tipping point for mass adoption', FedEx plans to be carbon neutral by 2040, and wave power gilds the lily for Irish wind power – Plenty of interesting things coming out this week. From the release of the EVA England survey on cons
#39 Mar 2, 2021 Issue #39 - Texas energy debacle, Brooklyn EV hub, ID.4 communicates using light, and Hyundai recall 82,000 vehicles – The top story this week is that of the Texas energy debacle and the attempts by certain (usually righ
#38 Feb 23, 2021 Issue #38 - Pipistrel Miniliner fuel-cell aircraft, 30% US tax credit for E-bikes, stuff isn't nearly as easy to recycle as you think, and arguing with the National Grid – Just a reminder: No podcast this week as we are on our inter-season break. Back in two or three week'
