by Ed Black
Nearly half of all micromobility deaths tracked between 2017 and 2022 involved e-scooters, even though they made up a smaller share of total devices on the road [1]. That single statistic should stop any urban commuter from treating “scooter or bike” as a...
by Ed Black
A 200-watt solar panel sounds impressive on a store shelf. It means almost nothing until you know how many watt-hours your refrigerator, laptop, and CPAP machine actually burn through in a day. That mismatch between marketing numbers and real appliance math is why so...
by Ed Black
A carburetor bowl left half-full of ethanol-blended gasoline for six months can gum up jets so badly that a full rebuild becomes the only fix. That single mistake, repeated every spring across thousands of garages, is the top reason snowmobiles refuse to start the...
by Ed Black
Global electric vehicle sales just did something they had not done in six months: they shrank. In September 2026, worldwide EV deliveries slipped 2% year over year to 2.15 million units, even as year-to-date volume still sits 3% ahead of last year.[7][15] That single...
by Ed Black
A single policy decision in Brussels can add thousands of dollars to the cost of an electric car before it ever reaches a dealership lot. That is exactly what has happened since late 2024, when the European Union slapped countervailing duties of up to 35.3% on...
