Electric Car

Used Electric Car Tax Credits Explained for 2024(USA)

  Used Electric Car Tax Credits Explained for 2024(USA) By Renee Valdes 03/14/2024 8:00am Shoppers considering a used electric vehicle (EV) costing less than $25,000 could obtain up to a $4,000 tax credit. The Clean Vehicle tax credit is available to buyers within certain federal income limits, but the credit comes with other restrictions, like buying […]

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How to Steal a Tesla With Fake Supercharger Wi-Fi

  How to Steal a Tesla With Fake Supercharger Wi-Fi By Sean Tucker 03/13/2024 9:29am Tesla provides free Wi-Fi at many of its public charging stations. Make sure you’re logged into the right one. Security researchers from Mysk, Inc. showed late last week how they could use a false public Wi-Fi network to steal Tesla cars.

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Researchers Find Cars Serious Privacy Threat

  Researchers Find Cars Serious Privacy Threat By Sean Tucker 09/06/2023 8:11am Today’s cars are data-gathering machines, and as they track your driving habits, store your credit card numbers, and record everywhere you go, they don’t do much to protect your privacy, according to a new report. Privacy researchers from the Mozilla Foundation researched how 25 car

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Hackers Show How To Unlock, Start Cars Remotely

  Hackers Show How To Unlock, Start Cars Remotely By Sean Tucker 12/02/2022 7:51am Today’s cars are more connected than ever. So…ah…um…who…exactly…can connect to them? That’s the question white hat hacker Sam Curry wants us all to ask. This week, he exposed security flaws that could let him track, unlock, and even start new cars from

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Cars of the Future Will Likely be More Vulnerable to Hacking

  Cars of the Future Will Likely be More Vulnerable to Hacking By Sean Tucker 03/22/2021 12:00pm What’s the most sophisticated piece of computer equipment you own? If you said your laptop or your smartphone, you’re probably wrong. According to a report by McKinsey and company, “Today’s cars have up to 150 ECUs and about 100 million lines

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How To Charge an Electric Car for Free

  How To Charge an Electric Car for Free By Nick Kurczewski 01/30/2023 12:00pm https://www.youtube.com/embed/Fuvu-5mX6EU?enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kbb.com&widgetid=1 Quick Facts About Free Charging Stations Buying an electric car opens an entirely new world of driving, like never needing to pay for a single drop of gasoline. Yet just because you bought an electric car or truck doesn’t mean you need to

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Can I Use Any Charger System with My EV?

  Can I Use Any Charger System with My EV? By Joni Finkle 06/02/2022 4:00pm https://www.youtube.com/embed/kmyZrk7HJXs?enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kbb.com&widgetid=1 If you seek the answer to the question, “Can I use any charger to plug in my electric vehicle?”, read on, and your learning curve will soon get straightened out. There is both a simple answer to this question and a

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How to Charge a Tesla

  How to Charge a Tesla By Renee Valdes 02/16/2023 8:00am Quick Facts About Charging a Tesla There’s more to charging a Tesla than just plugging it in. Before purchasing this electric vehicle, you’ll want to understand the different charging options available at home or on the road. If you plan to “fuel up” regularly at a public charging station,

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Electric Car Charging Etiquette Guide

  Electric Car Charging Etiquette Guide By Nick Kurczewski 04/25/2023 12:00pm Quick Facts About Electric Vehicle Charging Etiquette A rising number of car buyers are turning to electric cars for their next vehicle, but public charging stations haven’t kept pace with demand. Even the most advanced electric vehicle requires significantly more time to charge than gasoline or diesel-powered

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My First Time Charging an EV

  My First Time Charging an EV By Chris Hardesty 05/27/2022 12:00pm My initial experience charging an electric vehicle at public stations was eye-opening. I had previously heard, read, and written about charging stations, different types of chargers, and other information about EV charging. Still, there often is a learning curve when trying something new with your own hands in the

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