by Brian Martucci | Dec 28, 2023 | EV Ownership
The electric vehicle lexicon is daunting for newbies. One set of terms I wish I’d understood sooner is charging “level.” People talk about level 1, level 2, and level 3 chargers all the time without clarifying what they mean. You don’t need a...
by Brian Martucci | Dec 25, 2023 | EV Market and Policy
I spoke earlier this month with Karl Brauer, executive analyst for iSeeCars. We talked about iSeeCars’ latest EV dealers study, which found non-Tesla new EV sales grew by 800% from November 2020 to November 2023. We also chatted more broadly about the state of...
by Brian Martucci | Dec 12, 2023 | EV Buying, Personal EV Experience
If you’re seriously considering buying a used electric vehicle — particularly a full EV (battery-electric vehicle, or BEV) rather than a plug-in hybrid — then you’ve probably heard or read advice against doing so. Battery life: the strongest argument...
by Brian Martucci | Nov 23, 2023 | EV Buying, Personal EV Experience
I’m the first in my close friends-and-family network to purchase a full battery-electric vehicle. Several friends have plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles though. Before we pulled the trigger on our new car, a few of these expressed reservations about our going...
by Brian Martucci | Nov 11, 2023 | Personal EV Experience
This is the prologue, the tl;dr on why I’m writing about electric vehicle ownership in the first place. It was with great smugness that I sold my 10-year-old subcompact to a dealer in early 2022, at the height of the post-pandemic used car shortage and well...
