Electric Life

09/14/2026

Thinking about an EV?
Instead of using somebody else’s assumptions, plug in your own numbers and see what an EV would actually cost you.

Driving distance, electricity, gas, vehicle cost, it’s all adjustable.

Try the Electric Life EV Calculator at ElectricLife.ca/calculator.html

08/13/2026

⚡ Is an EV actually cheaper to own?

Try the Electric Life calculator on my website using your own numbers:

https://www.electriclife.ca/calculator.html

The answer isn’t automatically yes—or no. It depends on how far you drive, which vehicles you compare, local gasoline and electricity prices, maintenance costs and how long you expect to own the vehicle.

The calculator compares three important areas:

💰 Energy costs
Gasoline expenses versus EV charging costs.

🚘 Ownership costs
Purchase and maintenance costs over your selected ownership period.

🌱 Operating emissions
Emissions from burning gasoline versus those associated with producing the electricity used to charge an EV.

Every assumption is visible and editable, allowing you to replace the starting figures with numbers that reflect your situation.

The calculator isn’t designed to prove that an EV is always the best choice. It helps determine whether an EV could make financial and environmental sense for you.

The results are estimates and depend on the information entered. The emissions comparison covers vehicle operation rather than the complete manufacturing lifecycle.

Your driving. Your numbers. Your decision.

Compare the true cost of going electric versus gas — energy, maintenance, financing, ownership cost and driving emissions — using your own Canadian dollars and kilometres.

07/09/2026

First video in a series about EV ownership.

This is the start of a short series talking to real owners of elect...

06/29/2026

The Trump administration laid off the scientists who ran the government's climate website, then shut the site down. So the scientists rebuilt it themselves, with their own money, and put it back online this week.

As reported by NPR, the site is called Climate. us, and it launched this week to replace Climate.gov, the trusted government source that nearly a million people visited every month for clear, official data on a warming country.

Last year, the administration's Department of Government Efficiency laid off the entire team that ran it. Then, under an executive order, the government took the site down. Visitors now hit a page saying the data has moved to NOAA.gov, where, in practice, it is buried and nearly impossible to find.

Rebecca Lindsey ran Climate.gov for years before DOGE cut her job. She put it plainly: NOAA "renovated a store, and they had the front door open into a closet." So in August she and two other laid-off colleagues started rebuilding the whole thing from scratch.

They crowdsourced about $280,000 to cover the technical work. They recruited roughly 80 volunteer scientists to fact-check everything the site publishes. An anonymous donor gave a one-time grant to keep it running into next year.

Because the underlying data is public, they were able to download it and rebuild the dashboards, the 15-year archive of climate stories, the maps, the classroom materials, all of it. The hardest part, Lindsey said, was rebuilding the search function the government had made too expensive to keep.

A climate scientist at Texas Tech who used to send people to the old site said the new one closes the gap. A data-preservation expert called it "a success story" born from the brain drain the administration created, all that expertise now sitting outside a government that didn't want it.

Lindsey says the team is debating whether to hand the site back to a future administration or keep it independent for good. She is leaning toward keeping it out of reach.

"The fact that they got rid of it so easily is proof that we shouldn't make it vulnerable again."

They fired the messengers. The messengers bought a new megaphone and went back to work.

06/28/2026

New animated logo!

06/13/2026

Looking for EV owners for short video interviews.

I’m based in Burlington and I’m working on a short Electric Life video series featuring real EV owners and their honest experiences.

I’m looking to speak with people in the Burlington, Oakville, Mississauga, Hamilton, and surrounding areas who have bought an electric vehicle recently, or within the last few years.

The idea is simple: a casual interview about why you chose an EV, what you were driving before, what concerns you had, how charging has worked out, and what you would tell someone who is still unsure about making the switch.

The finished videos would likely be around 3 to 4 minutes long and posted on the Electric Life YouTube channel and social media pages.

To make this easier, I may arrange a meetup at a central public location and record a few interviews back-to-back. Nothing overly formal — just real EV owners sharing real experiences.

I’m especially interested in hearing from a mix of people, including new and used EV buyers, different vehicle brands, people who charge at home, people who use public charging, and anyone who had concerns before buying.

This is not a commercial or sales pitch. I’m looking for honest, practical stories — the good, the surprising, and even the frustrating parts.

If you’re interested, please email me at [email protected] with:

1. What EV you own
2. When you bought it
3. Whether you bought it new or used
4. What city or area you’re in
5. Whether you’d be comfortable being filmed for a short interview

Thanks!

06/07/2026

Range anxiety is not a real concern.

05/26/2026

Have you considered a used EV?

05/12/2026

One machine instead of 2!

05/04/2026

EV opinion? Before you judge, why not try one?