Build You Own Climate Change Model
Every day, there are stories in the media about climate change. I have seen none which would make one feel the problem is not real. Based on a new UN report, Axios wrote “Nothing is happening remotely fast enough to save humanity from facing the self-inflicted disaster of runaway climate change”. The issue is how real is […]
Electric Airplanes
The era of electric airplanes is closer than you may think. The initial focus of this nascent market is for short flights. For example, European EasyJet is working with American start-up Wright Electric to build electric planes for regular services flying distances of less than 300 miles. Coast to coast flights on electric airplanes is […]
Tesla Miles Per Gallon
Thanks to my friend Dan in California for posing a question about my Tesla Supercharger story last week. He asked, “So how do youn calculate mpg when there is no G?” Good question. The following is from the window sticker of my Model S. The government calls it MPGe, with the e standing for equivalent. […]
No Room at the Tesla Inn
For the first time in 3 1/2 years, I encountered “No Room at the Inn” for Tesla Superchargers. I stopped at the Danbury Fair Mall in Danbury, CT to get my glasses repaired, have a sandwich, visit the four PokéStops, and catch some wild Pokémon. Tesla recently installed ten Supercharger stalls at the Mall, and […]
Tesla Upgrade
Hard to believe, but the lease on my Tesla Model S 90D ended today. The 30,000 mile lease finished with 25,774 miles. I chose the lease option because of likely updates to the technology, which turned out to be true. The new lease started today and will also go for three years for the same […]
