Allison discusses four of VinFast’s line of all-electric vehicles: the VF8, VF9, VF3, and VFWild. The VF8 is a five-passenger electric SUV and is currently being sold in the U.S. It’s available in two trims, the Eco and the fully-loaded Plus version, and has a range of 250 to 280 miles. The VF9 is a […]
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Choosing an Environmentally Sound Vehicle — a Discussion with Steve Ewell
Steve Ewell will be joining me on the NosillaCast in a discussion of how he went about the process of choosing an environmentally sound vehicle and how he ended up with the Kia Sportage X-Line Prestige Plugin Hybrid. Enjoy his written writeup along with a link to download his crazy huge spreadsheet that helped him […]
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Chevy Bolt Electric Vehicle – Pretty Awesome for the Price – Even with Charging in Texas
Steve Looking Cool in Front of Chevy Bolt One of the problems with jumping straight from an internal combustion engine (aka ICE vehicle) to a Tesla is that Steve and I have no perspective at all on what normal EVs are like to drive or to charge. On our recent trip to Houston to visit […]
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NC #945 Anker 733 Two-in-One Charger, Light Diffusers and Large Print Keyboard, EV Efficiency and Range
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, June 18, 2023, and this is show number 945. Steve and I are in Houston right now to visit our son Kyle and his family, so the entire […]
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Impact of Adverse Conditions on EV vs. ICE Vehicle Efficiency
Allison and I have had a question for a long time about electric vehicles. The mileage you get driving an electric vehicle (EV) is highly affected by things like whether you’re driving into the wind, you’re driving up a hill, or you’re towing something. But mileage for gas-powered (internal combustion engine or ICE) vehicles doesn’t […]
Continue readingNC #933 Programming By Stealth Student Organization, Awarewolf All Terrain Cane, Bodie Grimm on Affordable EVs
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, March 26, 2023, and this is show number 933. mp3 download CCATP #763 — Bart Busschots on PBS 148 – A Bash Potpourri (Subshells, Relative Paths & More) […]
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Bodie Grimm on Affordable Electric Vehicles Part 2
Bodie Grimm of the Kilowatt Podcast is on a quest to show us affordable electric vehicles where he sets the threshold as no higher than $30K US. In his first installment back in September 2022, two of the vehicles were pretty whacky. This time he focused not on the US market, but instead on Asia, […]
Continue readingNC #904 Panel on Memory and COVID, PhotoReviewer, Migration Assistant Disaster, Affordable EVs
Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, September 4, 2022, and this is show number 904. mp3 download The next Apple announcement event is scheduled for Wednesday 7 September at 10 am Pacific Time. Steve […]
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Bodie Grimm on Affordable Electric Vehicles
This post is a companion to an in-depth discussion Bodie and Allison had for NosillaCast episode #904 airing on 4 September 2022. Allison and I sat down to discuss affordable electric vehicles (EVs). Now, depending on who you are and what your financial situation is “affordable” is a very subjective term. For our example today […]
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CCATP #739 – Bodie Grimm Interviews Orange Charger
A few years ago, when the SMR podcast hosts took over the NosillaCast while I was on vacation, Tom Merritt of the Daily Tech News Show called it “The Crossover Event of the Summer.” Since then, the SMR hosts Rod, Chris, and Robb have all been on DTNS. Then Tom had Bodie Grimm of the […]
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