lawrence romanosky

I am writing a lot about the electrification of automobiles because I think the subject is not very well understood. It is complicated and not easy to compress into simple generalizations. Also, personal transportation has become heavily politicized which isn’t helping with the dissemination of useful information.  I think

There continues to be lots of heated debate about EVs, mostly along entrenched sociopolitical lines. Which vehicles have the lowest lifecycle GHGs and environmental footprint? Can the electrical grid handle the power requirements for EVs? Can EV batteries be recycled? How long do EV batteries last and how much do

The Metrics Behind Long Distance Travel by EV Most evaluations of EVs are fixated on range and ‘range anxiety’, but I think most EV owners stop thinking about range right after they buy their vehicle.  On a single charge, most EVs can comfortably exceed 300km. This is three or four

The subject of the depreciation rates of EVs, compared to ICE vehicles, came up on a recent Podcast I was invited to join (with more on this later). I am reasonably bullish on EV long term value retention, but predicting this future depreciation is challenging.  Normally when looking at anticipated