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Electric Vehicle Information Library

This page holds links and articles about the benefits of electric vehicles, renewable energy and ownership.

Cold weather impact on EV travels

Camping with an EV
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TESLA MODEL S ROAD TRIP: Joshua Tree National Park

Car Camping with Tesla model S | Dreamcase

Camping In A Tesla Model X

Daddy Daughter Tesla Camping Utah Lake

Chevy Bolt EV Car Camping

Nissan Camper-LEAF!!!

Camping in ..... Hyundai Kona Electric

Environmental impact of electric vehicles:

Himalayas are finally clear from lack of car exhaust:

 https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/audio/himalayas-visible-for-first-time-in-30-years-as-pollution-levels-in-india-drop?fbclid=IwAR1P8DenQ6l9ai6f6ktbeImlOzDa8ULqhnmIabUv_n0TTffchDSKpGtxxs0

James & Kate video about EV vs. ICE emissions: https://youtu.be/MRBIXtXbmz8 

CO2 cost of EVs manufacture (Ben Sullins): https://youtu.be/_WvnMEZYVEY 

Are electric cars greener? https://youtu.be/6RhtiPefVzM 

EVs are cleaner to drive: https://youtu.be/Bkh5nnMac7U 

Are EVs powered by coal (Sean Mitchel): https://youtu.be/nxPUhCbbBg8

How does an Electric Car work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SAxXUIre28 

PlugStar Shopping Assistant : https://plugstar.com/cars

Battery life and recycling:

Excellent battery degradation explanation: https://youtu.be/IHz-Kx5h_Tw 

Tesla's battery recycling path: https://youtu.be/LAssX6hAyKs

Real world observation on battery life: 

https://electrek.co/2019/12/14/8-lessons-about-ev-battery-health-from-6300-electric-cars/ 

Is there enough material to make EV batteries? https://youtu.be/bp99BpT514U

Car batteries being used in home power banks: https://youtu.be/8ZDllPFmXNg 

Yep, Tesla Batteries last forever: https://youtu.be/z2CaWaKjS1Y 

Tesla battery degradation, good article for 500,000 miles: https://insideevs.com/lets-look-at-tesla-model-s-x-battery-degradation/ 

How Tesla batteries are a disruptor to utility grids: https://youtu.be/fO0RKGd6gDo

Tesla prismatic cells for Chinese market (Sean Mitchell): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmsW1JQ33oc 

Fossil Fuels vs. Renewable Energy:

Solar energy costs compared to fossil fuels: https://news.energysage.com/solar-energy-vs-fossil-fuels/ 

Wind energy costs compared to fossil fuels: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/plugged-in/wind-energy-is-one-of-the-cheapest-sources-of-electricity-and-its-getting-cheaper/ 

Volts for Oil (energy required to refine gasoline): https://youtu.be/BQpX-9OyEr4

Fuel truck exploding, showing social cost of gasoline: https://youtu.be/T68mR2ABvUg 

US oil subsidies exceeds US military spending: https://youtu.be/PUaYHTQZVJE 

Gov’t subsidies by industry:

https://www.thebalance.com/government-subsidies-definition-farm-oil-export-etc-3305788