The Environmental Justice group at First Universalist is running a Drawdown Carbon program to help members learn about what they can do to reduce their carbon footprint. After their community dinner on April 19, 2023, I was invited to provide my EV presentation as part of the Drawdown program. The slide deck did not change …
On March 29, 2023 I gave an Introduction to Electric Vehicles talk at the Shoreview library. There was a brief car show beforehand and then about 50 people came in to listen to my presentation (plus a few on Zoom). It was a great group who were engaged and asked some good questions after I …
In early January, I got a member e-newsletter from the Electric Vehicle Association announcing that the annual meeting would be held January 28 in Carlsbad CA at the headquarters of Aptera Motors. (Here’s my referral link if you are interested in reserving one for yourself). Being newly re-retired (mandatory leave from contracting), this seemed like …
I was asked to be a guest on a locally produced podcast, along with Phil Adam, another inveterate EV communicator and educator. The Ikonokast podcast has a science advocacy theme, so a discussion of electric vehicles, about which there is a lot of unscientific false information going around, is a good fit. The hosts are …
I accepted an offer to present at University Lutheran Church of Hope in January and it sounds like a fun opportunity. The organizer included this description of what they would like me to cover: Start from scratch with this group: What is an electric car’s engine like, what kind of power cord does it need, …
I am doing another community education class on behalf of Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) on September 27. Details are on the Rochester Community Education website (class page). The title is “Electric Vehicles – Are They Right for You?”, which I think is a great title since that is the question a lot of people are …
I had the pleasure of speaking to members and friends of the Marine Community Library on September 22, 2022, along with an owner’s car show featuring local EV owners. Along with several Teslas and Chevy Bolts and a Volt, there was a Rivian R1T, BMW i4 (thanks Tia!) and a Kia EV6. I’ve done many …
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Summer vacation is over and its time to do some more electric vehicle talks! These slides are from the talk I will give at the Ramsey County Library in Roseville on September 13, 2022. If you are reading this after that day, you may apply past tense to the last sentence 😊. Details are in …
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Plug In America (https://pluginamerica.org/) is a great resource for general EV questions (kind of like this blog, but with more dedicated resources 😆). They recently added a great home charging one-pager to their site (attached below and also here and here). As an engineer, it is always helpful (and humbling) to see how technical information …
This is the title of the community education class I provided May 3, 2022 on behalf of Rochester Public Utilities and Rochester Community Education. Click the title to be taken to the post where the presentation PDF can be downloaded. I left out a couple of newer slides that compare internal combustion engine (ICE) and …
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