Andrew Moseman

@andrewmoseman.bsky.social

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Editor, Caltech. Formerly: Popular Mechanics & Discover magazine. Freelancer about EVs, climate, energy, science, tech, you name it.

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“At 95 degrees outside, the average EV loses 15% of its potential range.” What extreme heat does to EVs, from @andrewmoseman.bsky.social:

Electric Cars’ Heat Problemheatmap.news Why one of our best tools to fight climate change suffers on a hotter planet.

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EV startup Fisker just filed for bankruptcy, renewing old anxieties: What happens when your car becomes an orphan? @andrewmoseman.bsky.social highlights the EV owners' fight to keep their rides driveable after the company is long gone. Read more: heatmap.news/electric-veh...

So Your EV Maker Goes Bankrupt. Now What?heatmap.news Fisker Ocean owners may be up a creek.

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"It means, for better and for worse, that Tesla the company will remain tethered to the whims of its mercurial chief." In which @andrewmoseman.bsky.social imagines a world without Elon Musk at the helm of Tesla:

Tesla Is Doomed to Be Interestingheatmap.news We’ll never know what a Tesla without Elon Musk could have looked like.

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“The great electric car race of 1968 carried the energy of a world’s fair, offering gawkers along its transcontinental route the chance to see the vehicles of the future.” @andrewmoseman.bsky.social has the wild full story of the 1968 Caltech-MIT EV race:

The Great Electric Car Race of 1968heatmap.news Sixty years ago, college kids raced across the country in EVs.

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"The offering is a key piece of the grand plan put together by Kia (and its owner, Hyundai) — and a sign that more entry-level EVs might be coming over the horizon." @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on Kia's new, affordable, boxy little crossover:

If You Want a Small EV Box, You’re in Luckheatmap.news Kia doubles down on its winning strategy with the EV3.

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"In the EV age, car companies have to become energy companies, too." Read more from @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on GM's new energy group:

Car Companies Are Energy Companies Nowheatmap.news The major U.S. automakers are catching up on Tesla’s power game.

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“Electric cars don’t have to be defined by smartphone aesthetics and touchscreens and proprietary software; they don’t have to present as impenetrable to the garage mechanic.” @andrewmoseman.bsky.social makes the case for a dumber EV:

Give Us the Dumbphone EVheatmap.news Simpler electric vehicles would not only be cheaper — they’d last longer too.

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What the Cybertruck recall means for Tesla, from @andrewmoseman.bsky.social:

The Cybertruck Recall Is Differentheatmap.news Tesla has dealt with quality control issues before — but never with a robotaxi on the horizon.

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"You have to wonder just what Tesla is going to sell to humans who want a plain old electric car." @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on why moving fast and breaking things isn't working for Tesla anymore:

Elon Musk Is Self-Driving Tesla Into the Groundheatmap.news His kingdom for a robotaxi.

The early adopter struggles I've encountered trying to drive an EV to the national parks won't be a problem for you 🙏 now that fast-chargers are finally coming to the areas right outside some of the best and most far-flung ones heatmap.news/electric-veh...

America’s Best Idea, Now Accessible by EVheatmap.news Tesla Superchargers are — finally — coming to some of our most remote National Parks.

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Why you probably shouldn't buy the cheapest EV on the market right now, according to @andrewmoseman.bsky.social:

The Fisker Ocean EV Is Dirt Cheap. Don’t Buy One.heatmap.news It will be the most expensive $25,000 you ever spend.

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"It’s suburbanites who could potentially do the most climate good by switching to EVs," writes @andrewmoseman.bsky.social:

Suburbia Is the Real Battleground for Electric Carsheatmap.news It’s okay if rural America doesn’t want EVs.

It's okay if rural America doesn't want electric cars—as long as EVs rock the suburbs

Suburbia Is the Real Battleground for Electric Carsheatmap.news It’s okay if rural America doesn’t want EVs.

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We're hiring — again!! @heatmap.news is hiring a reporter to cover the intersection of renewable energy and politics. If that sounds like you, apply! If that sounds like someone you know, send them the listing! If that sounds like a cool job, you're right, it is! heatmap.news/heatmap-is-h...

Heatmap Is Hiring a Senior Reporterheatmap.news Come work with us!

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😭 For more on how thoroughly crappy this is, read my colleague @emilypont.bsky.social in @heatmap.news heatmap.news/politics/eri...

Endless money for cops in subways but zero dollars to save community composting programs

Eric Adams Just Cut the Only NYC Compost Programs That Ever Workedheatmap.news Bye bye, community compost program budget. Hello, delays in curbside organic waste collection.

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Utilities are pushing back against homeowners selling excess electricity back to the grid. "That presents a dilemma for homeowners generating more solar power than they can use: Where does it all go?" @andrewmoseman.bsky.social dives into this thorny question below:

Is It Better to Save Your Solar, or Sell It?heatmap.news With net metering out of favor, the options for homeowners have gotten more complicated.

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kind of confused by Subaru's reputation as the granola hippie brand. we're getting rid of ours in part because the mileage is *atrocious*, 20 city for a small sedan heatmap.news/electric-veh...

Pour one out for the #Subaru Outback of yore, the two-tone granola wagon with lesbian cred and font stylings borrowed from Indiana Jones.

"Subaru’s electric aversion left a giant hole in the market for an adventure EV, one that Rivian seeks to fill." Rivian is taking advantage of Subaru's EV reluctance. Read @andrewmoseman.bsky.social's latest:

Rivian Is Turning Into the Subaru of EVsheatmap.news Which might make one wonder: Why is Subaru not the Subaru of EVs?

IMO you can still do a "vroom vroom" for EVs as long as you adjust it into a higher register to signify the whine of an electric motor

Biden on EVs: “Damn, they’re quick.”

Biden Raved About EVs to the Special Counsel: ‘Damn, They’re Quick’heatmap.news He then made an unspecified “car sound.”

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The R2 might be predictable, but as @andrewmoseman.bsky.social writes, it's "the key" to Rivian's survival.

The R2 Is the Rivian That Mattersheatmap.news The surprise R3 and R3X got all the hype, but the boring SUV is the one you’re going to buy.

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“What we realized was going to be the sweet spot for electrification was this short haul, returning to the home base." Electric semis could change the trucking game in California. Read more from @andrewmoseman.bsky.social:

Electric Semis Are Hitting the Road in Californiaheatmap.news The vehicles are part of a pilot project aimed at trouble-shooting EV trucking.

Does the CO2 we breathe out contribute to climate change? It does not. Latest Ask MIT Climate explainer: climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/does...

Does the carbon dioxide that humans breathe out contribute to climate change? | MIT Climate Portalclimate.mit.edu No: our breathing is part of a closed loop of carbon, which passes into and out of the atmosphere as plants and animals absorb and release it.

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"An EV’s ability to use its battery power for applications other than driving is tailor-made for the family." Read @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on the family-sized hole in the EV market:

The Family EVs Are Comingheatmap.news Who will make the suburb-dominating, soccer-practice EV of the future?

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Sunday's Super Bowl "felt like the end of a mini-era, a time when automakers used the Super Bowl to sell Joe American on the idea that EVs are shiny and cool," writes @andrewmoseman.bsky.social:

Why EV Makers Had So Little to Say at the Super Bowlheatmap.news Only Kia had a point to make about electric cars.

The automakers don't know what to say about EVs during this weird little limbo phase we're entering. So, during the Super Bowl, they basically said nothing.

Why EV Makers Had So Little to Say at the Super Bowlheatmap.news Only Kia had a point to make about electric cars.

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Can't miss the opportunity to share my own favorite Superb Owl, an Athenian silver tentradrachm from c. 400 BCE.

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"Five years after giving up on plug-in hybrids to go all-electric, General Motors now says it will start making them again. This is good news for a country that, frankly, needs a starter EV." Read @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on the fall and rise of PHEVs:

I Was Wrong About Plug-in Hybridsheatmap.news Maybe the PHEV really is the starter EV America needs.

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"Just give us various sizes of not-that-different crossovers, and try to keep the price down if you can." Read @andrewmoseman.bsky.social on Tesla's much-needed new EV:

Tesla Is Finally Doing the Smart, Obvious Thingheatmap.news It’s not too late for “Redwood.”

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This isn't knocking someone out with poison gas. It's basically regular air (which is mostly nitrogen) without oxygen. They drowned this guy with air. It's horrifying.

Good God, The Times promotes Alabama's triumphalism for finding another way to kill a human being. No ifs, ands, or buts in this headline....