Transport Evolved Take 2

With the US midterm elections just over two weeks away, Nikki has been thinking about how we see ourselves, and that led to a question she's been mulling over for a while: how do you view yourself in the EV world? Are you an EV owner, an EV driver...

The first frost warnings of the year have arrived in the Pacific Northwest, but the garden is getting lots of mixed signals. Nights dipped to two or three degrees Celsius (36–37°F), yet days are back up to 25°C (77°F): the tomatoes are still flowe...

Five or ten years ago, an EV road trip meant charging wherever there was a working charger. Today, at many stops there's a choice of networks within sight of each other. So on the way home from the Bay Area this week, faced with a construction sit...

It's October in the Pacific Northwest, so where are the frosts? Back home from a hot trip to California, Nikki finds the garden still convinced it's summer: courgettes still swelling, tomatoes still flowering, new potatoes under the soil and rhuba...

CAFE standards rolled back, Bolt EV production cut, and question marks over Ford's next EV. With the US auto industry backing away from electric cars, a lot of EV drivers - especially those whose leases are coming to an end - are starting to wonde...

It's October, the tomatoes are winding down, the stink bugs are moving in, and that can only mean one thing: it's time to take down the automatic watering systems for another year. And while Nikki is still recovering from last week's cold, her min...

While U.S. automakers - driven by the U.S. Government - seem hell bent on saying nobody wants EVs, we've noticed an increase in automakers and dealerships wanting to pester existing customers to buy back their cars... ostensibly for the used marke...

It's the end of September, and things in the garden should be slowing down. But Nikki has one particular pot of potatoes which do not appear to have got the memo. And they're still flowering! About The Chicken and Garden Updates: These infor...

As the U.S. hurtles toward what looks to be one of the most politically charged midterm elections in its history, multiple "hot-button topics" are being used by politicians to try and keep their base energized. Among them, immigrant rights, the...

The wind has started to pick up at TE Headquarters, and that means it's time to protect the roses to avoid the potentially deadly damage that winds can cause to rose bushes. About The Chicken and Garden Updates: These informal, unscrip...

In last week's Sunday Musing, we asked if you trusted your utility company to manage your EV charging - and today, the promised second part of that: do you utilize smart charging at home to adapt your vehicle's charge rate based on other factors ...

As the tomatoes continue to produce right up until their last flower, Nikki is giving some thought as to what's next for the greenhouse over winter. And instead of leaving it empty, she's contemplating some winter crops... About The Chi...

We knew it was coming - but after what feels like a terribly long, uncomfortably dry summer, the autumnal rain is finally making itself felt. And while it's a little late for most of the vegetables, it's very welcome, indeed. About The C...

Modern EVs — like the rest of the automotive industry's offerings — offer massive touch-screen displays giving you access to a similarly large list of in-car and telematics features... often for an extra subscription fee. But when it comes to s...

After what feels like a really long spell of very hot weather (although the data suggests it wasn't the most extreme for our area by a long shot) - the weather is finally starting to cool down as strong winds come off the coast. And that's mad...

As more and more automakers make over-the-air software updates a standard feature of their vehicles, we're seeing automakers sell cars with 'coming-soon' features: features that may not actually be rolled out for months or even years. That fru...

As the temperatures start to ease, we're seeing more and more of the garden provide harvest goodness. Last week it was the apples - and this week, it's all about the tomatoes. And while we've still got a long way to go, we think this might be the ...

We're still waiting for some cooler weather - and while the smoke from last week did clear, it's back again. But this week, Nikki has something else on her mind: the crazy numbers of apples she's got to harvest and process! About The...

This week, Nikki's not actually in the garden. the air quality outside is just too unhealthy due to inordinate numbers of forest fires caused by anthropogenic climate change. And that's left Nikki feeling a little worried: what does the future...

Nikki's not feeling so great this week, and while the garden has been looking after itself, there's one thing that she wish would hurry up and happen: the ripening of her increasingly massive stash of green tomatoes! About The Chicken an...

The weather in the TE garden has been impossibly hot this week, but it's done a great job in getting the garlic ready to harvest. Plus wild berries in the hedge are ready to be eaten - just as the Apples and Rhubarb hit the perfect harvesting time...

Last week we were talking about automakers having access to YOUR data — this week, it's about them preventing you from getting it. Two weeks after she put the Open Vehicle Monitoring System into her Wife's Chevrolet Bolt EV as a way to regain data...

A week after Nikki successfully installed the OVMS (Open Vehicle Monitoring System) equipment in her wife's Bolt EV, she's been giving some serious thought to the thorny topic of data sovereignty and how automakers are increasingly pushing custome...

The temperatures have remained uncomfortably high and, save for an extreme night of thunderstorms, we've had very little water. That means the garden is heavily relying on our very basic watering system. So when Nikki noticed one of the beds s...

If you've been watching our TEN news roundup show over the past two months, you'll know that one of our sponsor messages has been from the CCAN Action Fund—a fantastic nonprofit fighting for cleaner air and a healthier environment for all. Their a...