Sweet Commute
EVs, charging, e-bikes and scooters in plain English. Cole shows the working, so you can check it against your own commute and decide for yourself. No hype, no hard sell.
Your EV already has a charger inside it, so why the box on the wall? How AC and DC home chargers differ, what limits your charging speed, and how to choose, with a real DC charger on a Sigenergy solar and battery system.
One sunny Saturday put 22 kWh of rooftop solar into our GWM Ora 5, about 140 km of driving. Here's how the day played out, what it saved, and the one catch for your home battery.
Three months in a GWM Ora 5 Ultra: what you get, what we like, three things that annoy us, real-world efficiency of 16 kWh/100 km, about 300 km of comfortable range, and whether to pick the Lux or the Ultra.
Real-world data says EV batteries lose about 2.3% a year, and replacements are rare. LFP vs NMC in a car, what wears a battery, and why it isn't your phone.
Watt-hours, not range claims. Motor type, battery care, local power limits and what to ask the shop, explained so you can compare e-bikes for yourself.
Car-pooling, EVs, rideshare, e-scooters, bikes and your own two feet, compared on what they cost, how much road they use and whether they actually beat the traffic.