In this episode, Teresa and Theo finish out our electric boats series with a discussion of larger electric boats (ships and ferries) and an interview with Matt Von Ruden from Washington State Ferries. Check out the references page linked below for...

Teresa and Theo talked about why Norway was able to achieve what many other countries are struggling with, and come to the conclusion that several historic events and some convenient market characteristics let Norway have more initial potential for a rapid EV transition.

In this episode, Theo talks about the significant challenges that electric boats face, some myths surrounding them, and the potential benefits to adoption of electric power for boats.

We discuss the basic technology behind solid state batteries, their pros and cons, and how to assess public announcements.

We explain how market analysts have calculated the total cost of ownership so far, and talk about two other ways to think about the cost and benefit of owning electric vehicles.

In this episode, Theo takes a brief dive into the electrical grid, how it works, and how to make it greener.

Theo and Teresa debunk the most polarized studies and explain how certain assumptions impact the results. Furthermore, they conduct their own calculations and play around with different scenarios.

Theo and Teresa are chatting about electric car racing. In particular, about drag racing (and the disappointing performance of EVs so far), formula e, and hillclimbing.

In this episode, Theo digs into the factors that affect how many miles and years an EV battery will last, and talks about some ways that you might be able to preserve the life of your battery.

If you've ever wondered how lithium ion batteries actually do their magic, listen to this sciency but fun episode about the internals of lithium ion batteries.

About half of the global lithium supply is produced by crushing lithium-rich rocks, and the other half by extracting lithium from underground brines. The former is fast but energy-intensive, whereas the latter is cheap but requires several months because of the solar evaporation process.

Batteries are key to the operation of electric vehicles, but are also fascinating in their own right. In this episode, we go on a fascinating 15 minute journey through 230 years of chemistry leading up to the amazing battery technology we have today.

If you want to make your own DIY conversion, you will need a donor car, which is preferably quite old and has manual transmission. Furthermore, it should not be too heavy but still have enough room for the battery cells.

We introduce you to the history of EV conversion and continue talking about the difficulties and costs of EV conversion next week.

Most of the research on early adopters focuses on two self-identities that correspond to purchasing electric vehicles: The environmentalist identity, and the so-called car-authority identity.

The problem is not that there are too little material reserves, but rather the distribution of the critical resources. Some former world leaders will lose power, and some other countries such as China, Bolivia, Chile, the Philippines, and many more have the potential to gain power.

Talking about selling used EVs with Jim Steil, the founder of GoElectric. I learned a lot!

Electric cars don’t have tailpipe emissions. But: there are non-tailpipe emissions due to brake wear and resuspension, which depends on the size and the weight of the vehicle, and not on the type of motor.

Why do people refuse to drive electric? The bias for the status quo (oil-based transportation system) has many reasons.

With different types of incentives you target different population segments. And knowing in which segment the early adopters of EVs most probably lie, you can target them first.

We learned from hybrid electric vehicle monetary incentives of 9 US states that the highest chance of an effect occurs with upfront-payments to decrease the high purchasing price.

there are a lot of reasons why the gasoline car won over the electric vehicle in the early 20th century. But the circumstances today are totally different.