Toni Scott
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Electric Road Tripping, Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The EV
One of the common things I’ve noticed while writing this series is that most people writing me still rely on an ICE car or two to help them get around. After all, the charging infrastructure in the US is still very much a work in progress, and range anxiety is a real concern for a lot of buyers in the sprawling suburb-oriented layout of America. However, this week’s featured EV owner, David,… → Read More
Move Over, F-150: Powering A House With A Car Just Got Better
My return to Jalopnik this year began with a story about how I’d felt forsaken during the Texas deep freeze back in February, and how it changed my buying habits and vehicle preferences. Today’s featured EV owner, Clemente, has a similar story to the one I told, but with a much, much different vehicular choice, and arguably a much smarter outcome. → Read More
This Guy's One Garage Will Take You Through The History Of Modern EVs
Many of our featured EV owners have either recently gotten into their first electric car, or had one that really pleased them far in the past. The automotive genre is relatively new and has had its share of growing pains, so it’s rare to find someone who’s nearly covered two decades of electrified auto history on their own. This weeks’ featured EV owner, Randy, has been a fan — and an owner — of… → Read More
Before Tesla, There Was Comuta
Classic electric cars from the ’70s and ’80s look like curiosities to the modern eye. Unproven, underdeveloped technology and lead-acid batteries conspired to make vintage EVs unfeasible for most potential customers. For some areas, they actually made a smarter choice than almost any other car on the market, as this week’s featured EV owner Eric is here to show us. → Read More
From Zero Knowledge To Electric MG: Diving In Headfirst
Today’s featured electric car owner isn’t the first one to convert his previously unreliable British car to a dependable EV, but he is the first in our series to perform a home conversion with absolutely no prior experience. → Read More
Step One For A Project Car: A Good Daily Driver
The pitch of electrification is frequently about environmentalism and efficiency, saving the planet by cutting our dependence on oil. A less-discussed aspect of electrification that I see in this week’s story is one of freedom: freedom to stop worrying about commuting in a project or spending your garage hours working on your daily. This week’s Jalopnik reader, Mike, has discovered that he can… → Read More
Two BMW Electric Cars: One From The Factory And One Converted At Home
One thing that I’ve been curious about is how homebrew electric car builds compare to OEM efforts at EVs, especially as we’re still in the early days of widespread manufacturer adoption. Jalopnik reader Allan has both: a 1983 E21 he converted himself and 2014 BMW i3 that doesn’t even want to see a wrench. → Read More
This Dad's Pandemic Project Was Converting A 1960 Triumph TR3 To An EV With His Son
Is it sacrilegious to convert the purest of the performance-minded sports cars of the 20th century into an electric vehicle, devoid of the fumes of a catless British motor and mechanical clunks of a four speed manual transmission? Honestly, who cares? It’s 2021. Montero (Call Me By Your Name), widely decried for its provocative and unorthodox portrayals of religion and sexuality, has 69 million… → Read More
This Couple Converted Two Classic Cars Into EVs All On Their Own
The humble origins of hot rodding date back over half a century, when amateur mechanics turned wrenches on simple and inexpensive old cars with tired motors to breathe new life into them. Today’s featured EV owner, Danny, has the spirit of hot rodding transported to a new millennium, updating old machines with electric drivetrains, and building something wholly new out of them. → Read More
The Guy Who Actually Buys A Nissan Leaf And Harley-Davidson LiveWire Is Not Who You'd Expect
Imagine, if you will, the perfect four-vehicle garage for someone who likes to take road trips in the wilderness, needs to do occasional hauling, has to get to work, and enjoys the freedom of two wheels. What would that look like? I actually think this week’s featured EV owner, Drew, may have stumbled onto the perfect four-vehicle garage of the future, and his choices deeply intrigued me. → Read More
Electric Car Ownership Stories: 1999 Peugeot Partner Electric
Welcome to EV Ownership Stories! Every week, we’ll be posting an interview with an owner of an electric vehicle. We’re here to show that people have been living with EVs for longer than you’d think, in stranger places than you’d imagine. If you’d like to be featured, instructions are at the bottom of the article. → Read More
A Cultural Arms Race
I am about to cover the most contentious topic in all of modern auto writing. It isn’t the classic arguments that leap to mind first — electric motor vs. internal combustion, Ferrari vs. Lamborghini, turbocharger vs. supercharger — it’s something much more mundane. Is a truck an appropriate purchase for the majority of people that buy them? → Read More