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With winter here we thought it’s a great time to talk about cold weather and the (very real) battery limitations impacting EV’s. Drivers in colder climates certainly have to deal with more problems during the long winter; limited visibility, icy roads, snow drifts, whiteouts, dead batteries, etc. However, EV owners face an extra challenge:  limited driving range.  To start, one of the significant yet most obvious reasons why EVs suffer in the cold is due to the fact that heating your cabin consumes electricity, but you gotta keep warm, right? Now, that being said some electric cars handle better in...

This is from one of our FAQs, we often get asked "what Tesla adapter do I need?"  If your model 3 input port looks like this and you are in the US odds are good you will need a Type 1 J1772 to Tesla adapter. The Type 1 J1772 is standard or most common to the US market, and New Tesla vehicles often times comes with a ready adapter for J1772 plugs.  Your adapter would look like this. Notice the upside-down or frown face that is common to the Tesla input port. You would plug this side into the car. ...

Ecokruz is proud to announce we are an authorized distributor of Bosch EV Chargers and accessories! Since 2019 Ecokruz has been working to provide consumers and businesses with quality EV chargers and accessories and now we’re fortunate to have raised the bar even further being fortunate to offer the quality line of Bosch chargers in our lineup.  Check out their attractive product line here.  We especially like how the pedestal (bollard) integrates nicely with the charging unit.  The Bosch line of chargers are robust and perfect for all harsh weather conditions and come with a fantastic 5 year warranty. The...

Let’s talk trucks.  It seems like this whole year all we’ve heard about in the EV realm is the next hot EV truck, and assuming these all go to production there will be A LOT of choices to consider. So let’s cut through the clutter and go down the list of potential choices for 2021: Tesla Cybertruck: We will start with Tesla, of course since they are the first to tout a fully electric truck and it’s already rumored that they are in the midst of a redesign of this truck, likely due to it’s polarizing wedge shape. Despite it’s...