Recent content by ME_Andy

ICE sales peaked in 2017. That makes me feel old. https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/global-sales-of-combustion-engine-cars-peaked-in-2017

Not too much. The cheapest on Autotempest across all of America is $57k

We searched carefully for a 2015 Leaf with the "lizard battery." It still degraded like crazy but not as bad as the originals. Still no liquid cooling at that point. Quaint.

My Bolt hasn't needed anything in 50k miles. I rotated the tires and did the cabin air filter because I felt like it. What maintenance did you do on your Jeep in the first 50k miles?

I'm sorry your Denali EV was a lemon. There's a thread on Reddit about a construction company saving a sh** ton of money by switching to EV trucks. They saved like $10k/year for each truck, maintenance included.

They said the test fleet is over 13M miles now. Lots of tech details here: https://electrek.co/2026/03/23/tesla-semi-jay-leno-garage-new-details-production-specs/

How expensive is diesel now?

The Bolt allegedly handles a little better than the Equinox. Most people probably wouldn't notice the difference between an old Bolt and a new one.

My wife is a gov employee and gets a lot of free charging that way. From the city. She used to get there early enough to charge every day but now there's more competition.

Looking pretty smart for now, as gas prices rise. I think the US postal service is supposed to get a new electric van.

I've been following Donut Lab closely enough to think their battery is real, too. It's even better than this one! The automotive world is changing fast.

Your gas equinox can only tow 1500 pounds.

I'd be surprised if you really need gas. Tesla Supercharger isn't fast enough for you? Can't tow with a Blazer ev?

This is the way.

Bet this is the new dry anode/cathode out of Austin.