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Jordan Reyes

Jordan covers electric vehicles and charging infrastructure, with a background in automotive engineering. Has driven or ridden nearly every EV released in the US since 2020.

Charging an EV to 100 Percent: When to Do It, When to Skip It
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Charging an EV to 100 Percent: When to Do It, When to Skip It

Hitting 100 percent isn't the problem. Sitting there for eight hours is. How to time a full charge so it costs you nothi...

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Renting an Apartment? How to Charge an EV Without a Garage
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Renting an Apartment? How to Charge an EV Without a Garage

Most drivers need one charging session a week, not nightly. How to work out your real number, then get access at work, f...

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How Much Does It Cost to Charge an EV at Home Overnight?
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How Much Does It Cost to Charge an EV at Home Overnight?

One multiplication gets you the answer. The hard part is knowing your real per-kWh rate, and most people are using the w...

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How Long Do EV Batteries Actually Last? Not Like Your Phone
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How Long Do EV Batteries Actually Last? Not Like Your Phone

Capacity fade front-loads then flattens, heat matters more than mileage, and the warranty threshold is a floor rather th...

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What Fast Charging Actually Does to Your EV Battery
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What Fast Charging Actually Does to Your EV Battery

Fast charging is far down the list of things aging your pack. Heat and a full battery baking in a parking lot do more ha...

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Your First Month With an EV: What Actually Matters
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Your First Month With an EV: What Actually Matters

Set a charge limit, plug into a normal wall outlet, and stop reading forums. Most first-week EV anxiety is solving probl...

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EV Maintenance vs Gas Car Maintenance: What Actually Changes
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EV Maintenance vs Gas Car Maintenance: What Actually Changes

Most of the engine service schedule vanishes. What's left gets repackaged into dealer plans worth arguing with. Here's t...

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EV Battery Degradation: What Actually Causes It
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EV Battery Degradation: What Actually Causes It

A hot car sitting at 95 percent does more damage than hard driving ever will. What genuinely ages a pack, and what gets ...

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Electric SUV vs Electric Sedan: Which Fits Your Life?
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Electric SUV vs Electric Sedan: Which Fits Your Life?

You're buying the SUV for two weekends a year. Here's what those weekends cost you every other day, and when the crossov...

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Cold Weather EV Range Loss: What's Normal and What Isn't
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Cold Weather EV Range Loss: What's Normal and What Isn't

That 190-mile winter estimate isn't degradation. It's a cabin heater and dense air. What to expect by temperature, and t...

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