Feels like it's time for my twice-weekly mood stabilizer:
"Go the Distance" - Broadway's Leading Men Concert
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Andrew Moseman
@andrewmoseman.bsky.social
Editor, Caltech. Formerly: Popular Mechanics & Discover magazine. Freelancer about EVs, climate, energy, science, tech, you name it.
Give us lots of plugs where the people are! heatmap.news/electric-veh...
The Tesla Diner Is a Runaway Success. But Not for the Reason You’d Think.
Strip away the restaurant and the hype, and Tesla Diner is an 80-plug fast-charging station plunked right in the middle of a former charging dessert.
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EVs run on big, fancy batteries. But they also need small, dumb ones to run simple electronics — the same ones you’d find in a gas-powered car. Here’s @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on why getting rid of the old lead-acid 12-volt is such a headache: heatmap.news/electric-veh...
Why Your Smart EV Still Has a Dumb Battery
Yes, we’re talking about lead acid.
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You can read his introduction for @spectrum.ieee.org readers to how U.S. grid operators are trying to catch up to legislators here: spectrum.ieee.org/plug-in-sola...
Balcony Solar Is Sneaking Onto Grids Before the Rules Are Ready
Legislation is ahead of industry standards
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Balcony solar is coming, fast. Is the U.S. actually ready?
Balcony Solar Is Sneaking Onto Grids Before the Rules Are Ready
Legislation is ahead of industry standards
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I was thinking I'd end my countercultural nothing-but-stomp-clap-hey phase and go back even farther in time — perhaps getting a little too into My Morning Jacket twenty years too late
Tesla posted shockingly good delivery numbers at the end of last week. As @andrewmoseman.bsky.social explains, Elon Musk can thank two places: Europe and China. Read the full story: heatmap.news/electric-veh...
How China and Europe Are Fueling Tesla’s Comeback
Not going to lie, I didn’t see this coming.
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There's an absurd reason why America's headlights are too bright, which I explain today in @theatlantic.com. Finally, help is on the way. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Driving in America Is Headlight Hell
Car bulbs don’t have to be this blinding.
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Great piece by @heatmap.news's @andrewmoseman.bsky.social as the curtain rises on Rivian's R2 era... simply titled: "Rivian Did It." heatmap.news/electric-veh...
Rivian Did It
The U.S. electric vehicle maker’s make-or-break model, the R2, is finally here — and it’s pretty fun to drive.
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"The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months" lol heatmap.news/politics/ame...
Exclusive: Americans Now Overwhelmingly Oppose New Data Centers Near Them
A new Heatmap Pro poll shows a rapid shift in public opinion since last fall.
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A police cruiser can’t be docked at the charging station when a call comes over the radio. That’s where BetterFleet comes in. Read @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on how it’s helping London’s Met Police electrify their fleet: heatmap.news/electric-veh...
London’s Police Cars Are Going Electric With the Help of AI
The Metropolitan Police Service signed a deal with BetterFleet to manage the complicated logistics.
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Me today: How Toyota got its groove back (even if a few things did drive me crazy about C-HR). heatmap.news/electric-veh...
How Toyota Became an EV Winner
After years of dithering, the world’s biggest automaker is finally in the game.
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From me: The "Megawatt Era" is upon us, and with it, the possibility of true EV trucking heatmap.news/electric-veh...
Long-Haul Electric Trucking Is Almost Here
Before that can happen, though, we need megawatt chargers.
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If any of you still had any doubts that EVs are here to stay www.caranddriver.com/news/a711953...
The Little Tikes Cozy Coupe, Now Available as an EV
A new add-on to the Cozy Coupe range lets kids plug in their ride-in toy (sort of).
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Ford's new EV platform "will underlie not only next year’s new truck, promised to start in the $30,000s, but also a variety of vehicles to come, creating manufacturing savings that will hopefully allow Ford to sell more affordable" EVs. heatmap.news/electric-veh... by @andrewmoseman.bsky.social
Inside Ford’s Secret EV Skunkworks
Where the company is trying to restart its electric car program from scratch
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I'm back in @theatlantic.com today on EREV, the electric cars that burn gas — and might convince pickup truck America to take a chance on battery power
A New Kind of Hybrid Car Is About to Hit America’s Streets
The car industry says it has an answer for drivers wary of going electric.
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The "extended-range electric vehicle" is an #EV with a gas-powered charger, which may assuage Americans' range anxiety but alleviates few of the issues with either full #EV or conventional vehicles, argues @andrewmoseman.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2... #design #cars
A New Kind of Hybrid Car Is About to Hit America’s Streets
The car industry says it has an answer for drivers wary of going electric.
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I love cars and especially EVs. I cover them all the time for @heatmap.news and @theatlantic.com. What I'd love 10 times more would be if LA were really, actually, easily navigable by choo-choo. And if you could bicycle without fear of death.
The War on Cars@thewaroncars.bsky.social · 4mo agoCar enthusiasts are some of the best allies in The War on Cars! They understand that too many cars and too much traffic ruin things for everyone.
Shoutout to the terrible mid-1990s Chicago Cub squads who provide lots of @immaculategrid.com answers for me — or as I have decided to call them, WGN Heroes.
The first EVs with 400 miles of range are getting release dates, which stands to resolve one of EVs' biggest pain points. Because after all, as @andrewmoseman.bsky.social writes, who even wants to drive 400 miles without a break? heatmap.news/electric-veh...
The End of Range Anxiety Is in Sight
Who even wants to drive more than 400 miles without taking a break to recharge — literally or metaphorically?
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Dude ASMR happens when the MLB announcers' mic goes down and all you can hear is the crack of the bat and the crowd noise
It is hard to fully express the depths of my loathing for Gemini's 'make concise' suggestions that litter my drafts in Gmail. Or, as it would rather have me write: "I don't like this. I am a bot, btw."
i always respected any tv that housed composite inputs on the front of the box. this is known as The People's Input
Hank and Georgia's Old Man@barcodetontos.bsky.social · 5mo agoHere's my tourney setup. 13" 480i display running composite video.
There she blows!—there she blows! A hump like a snow-hill! It is Moby Dick!