Eric C. Evarts

Reporter on all things automotive, transportation, and energy efficiency

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker In a Scout, no less!

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker #3/2 🤔 I have it from two former automaker CEOs that crash and emissions compliance testing run $500M+ per model (when they can't piggyback). So no way musk wanted to pay that if he could find a loophole big enough to drive a truck through.

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker 🤣

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@johnvoelcker #2/2 They could have that weight elsewhere, but they don't.

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker #1/2 It just means they don't test other vehicles with over 10k lbs. GVW. So they never planned to test this one. I think it's why so many of today's new EV trucks that compete with 1/2-ton "personal pickups" are rated at 3/4 tons-beyond just how much weight the batteries add. T

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@Car_Guy_Tom On the inside of the mirror, potentially a lot on quietness.

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker I think they've tried that before. :/

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker As a teacher, I see everyday that parents are afraid to get together with others or let their kids do so. In the absence of that or churchgoing it's difficult to make connections in the real world

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker I will just say, as a regular churchgoer, that it is and always had been many people's primary face-to-face social network -- as it still is mine. Whether the rise of online social networking or the decline of churchgoing started the trend, they do feed of our each other. #1/2

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@JeffNisewanger @kmartyn5 @johnvoelcker @CARandDRIVER Although this is true of Toyota's AWD hybrids.

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@johnvoelcker @Vickers162 @CARandDRIVER Likewise the Honda 2-motor, the Chevy Volt, and I'm probably to l forgetting 1 or 2 others.

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@ton_aarts @johnvoelcker I might note that I'm addition to being smaller, most Dutch homes aren't subject to the temperature extremes that many US homes are.

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker Electric water heaters use a Lot of energy.

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@johnvoelcker @JoannMuller @axios Of course.

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@GaynorMinty @petestrzok From the day he took office.

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker PHEV's are underrated, but do require some knowledge and engagement with driving which Americans apparently have no aptitude nor desire for. :(

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker It is depressing. Our "new" PHEV may have only ~12 miles of EV range, but 4 days a week I charge it twice at home and get more than 24 miles a day. Outside NYC, it's not notably cheaper than gas, but still so much nicer!

[Eric C. Evarts @eevarts]

@johnvoelcker @Dunne_ZoZoGo My biggest complaint about our "new" Mini PHEV of the lack of Android Auto.

[John 'legacy blue check' Voelcker @johnvoelcker]

More than 100 pieces of state legislation in 2023 focus on banning aspects of (a) medically approved; (b) recommended; (c) possibly life-saving gender-affirming medical care, per the @ACLU.

Whose medical care will be targeted after #LGBTQ people? Women ??
https://t.co/fAMFSE9huk

[John 'legacy blue check' Voelcker @johnvoelcker]

Perhaps an understandable reaction to finding yet another non-working @ElectrifyAm #EV charging station with Windows code showing ... someone loaded the #Tesla website on the screen. Genuinely funny troll.