Arthur Frederick (Fritz) Hasler, Author at CleanTechnica

You May Have 3 Kids, But Do You Really Need A Van Or SUV?

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 16:04:54 +0000

I’m riding 12-20 miles on my e-bike nearly every day, year-around in northern Utah, southern Utah, and northern Wisconsin. Here in Lindon, Utah, I do one of the following. 1) I’m on the beautiful blacktop 20-mile-long (separate from streets) Murdock Bike Trail that goes across my back property line. 2) ... [continued]

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150,000 Miles, 5 Years, & 5+ Months on My 2019 Tesla Model 3 Long Range — Where Do I Stand Now?

Tue, 15 Apr 2025 02:57:43 +0000

My odometer just hit 150,218. Below explains why we still love our 2019 Model 3 after 150,000 miles and nearly 5½ years. We are about to make our annual 1500-mile spring migration from Utah to northern Wisconsin and Tesla is still the only brand of EVs that can make that ... [continued]

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Tesla Full Self Driving Supervised: Incredibly Good Except When It Isn’t

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 02:45:14 +0000

A lot of us clean energy proponents are so disappointed with Elon Musk lately that we would like to sell our Teslas to make a statement. However, as a retired person, I don’t have the money to do that. My 2019 Tesla Model 3 has nearly 150,000 miles on it ... [continued]

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Betrayed by Elon Musk

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:46:33 +0000

My Tesla Model 3 is going on 6 years old now and my wife and I still love it. However, my wife just came home with the bumper sticker shown above. I am a huge proponent of electric vehicles (EVs) and clean energy. Otherwise, why would this be my 154th ... [continued]

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Deep Geothermal Energy Production Progress in Utah

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:48:24 +0000

Mark Z. Jacobson has proposed converting the entire energy production of the world to clean energy. He regards “Wind, Water, and Solar” (WWS) as the only methods that can do this practically, quickly, and economically. Of those, hydroelectric power is the only relatively continuous source, but it cannot be easily ... [continued]

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Geothermal Power In Utah, The US, & The World Compared With Other Technologies

Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:26:20 +0000

I believe in the clean power bible written by Mark Z. Jacobson of Stanford University. He explains why wind, water, and solar are the only practical and economical means he believes can convert the world efficiently, quickly, and economically to clean energy. He has eliminated other popular green energy items ... [continued]

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Clean Energy Utah — An Update

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 22:21:00 +0000

Not far from one of the most beautiful spots in the world, Arches National Park (as shown in the photo below), Moab, the Green River, and the Colorado River, there is a massive new green energy project, the Green River Energy Center, which is under construction (as shown in the ... [continued]

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Tesla Full Self Driving Supervised V12.6.3: That Don’t Impress Me Much!

Sat, 01 Mar 2025 01:53:24 +0000

From the immortal humorous lyrics of Shania Twain, my evaluation of FSD Supervised V12.6.3 (2024.45.32.15): That Don’t Impress Me Much! I’ve been driving with and obsessively using Tesla’s artificial intelligence software in my Model 3 now for over 5 years and nearly 150,000 miles, both on Interstate highways and city ... [continued]

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Utah’s Clean Solar Energy & Storage Boom: Why?

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:15:36 +0000

Near some of the most beautiful spots in the world, the San Rafael Swell and Arches National Park (as shown in the two photos in the figure below) Moab, the Green River and the Colorado River, there is a massive new green energy project, the Green River Energy Center, which ... [continued]

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The Problem & Potential Of Hydropower

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:30:52 +0000

Mark Z. Jacobson from Stanford University has explained why investments in wind, water, and solar are the only feasible ways to convert the US and the world to clean energy. However, even the best technologies come with environmental impacts. With encouragement from the federal government, private industry has recently made ... [continued]

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Clean Energy & Pork Production at Milford, Utah

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 17:34:53 +0000

There is a strange confluence of clean energy and pork production near Milford, Utah, 208 miles south of Salt Lake City, and 30 miles west of Beaver. Located there, just north of Milford in Beaver County, is the largest solar farm in Utah. It is the Escalante Solar Project, which ... [continued]

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Renewable Energy Production & Use In Utah

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 17:04:13 +0000

In my travels across the country, I’ve seen massive wind farms in Wyoming, South Dakota, and Iowa, as well as huge wind farms and solar farms in southern California. However, living in Utah for 20 years and traveling north to south and east to west, the only grid-scale clean energy ... [continued]

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Commercial & United States Postal Service (USPS) Electric Delivery Vans Spreading Out Across USA

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 21:30:23 +0000

Two years ago this month, I saw my first Amazon Prime Rivian electric delivery van (lead figure of this article) just across my street. The driver said he loved the new van and was kind enough to pose for pictures and show me inside. He said Amazon already had ~100 ... [continued]

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Tesla Supercharging Amenities Really Need to Be Better — Great Example

Wed, 08 Jan 2025 14:57:38 +0000

Also: You Can’t Rely on NACS Superchargers for Cross-Country Travel in Compatible Non-Tesla EVs If you live in northern Wisconsin, you see the “massive” brand-new Quick Trip gas stations/convenience stores everywhere. They are places where you can buy a soft drink, a gallon of milk, and/or a hot meal etc., ... [continued]

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Tesla Supercharging: The New (NACS) Era

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 03:35:20 +0000

I’ve driven my Tesla Model 3 for over 5 years now. I’ve made over 10 cross-country trips, including the 3000-mile round trip from northern Utah to northern Wisconsin 5 times, a 2000-mile detour to Charlotte, North Carolina (East Coast), and an 800-mile round trip from northern Utah to Palm Springs ... [continued]

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It’s A Wrap — Sprucing Up Tesla Vehicles

Wed, 01 Jan 2025 04:58:50 +0000

From what I’ve read, for the first time, Tesla can make more cars than it can sell. Up through 2030, Tesla promised to sell 50% more cars in the present year than it sold in the year before, at least on average, but it’s not happening. We know this partly ... [continued]

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My View Of Clean Energy & Clean Transport, Across The US & Around The World

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 00:57:39 +0000

These are some of the factors that help me write articles for CleanTechnica: I’ve been driving 4 different electric cars for almost 11 years. (See 3 of the 4 including the Tesla Model 3 that I’ve been driving the last 5 years in first figure below) I put solar panels ... [continued]

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We Have Toxic Winter Air Again On The Utah Wasatch Front. What Are We Doing About It?

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 19:34:08 +0000

In winter on the Utah Wasatch Front, on average we have 5 days, particularly in Salt Lake County, when the air is unsafe to breathe. There are another 18 days, on average, when the air is only “bad” to breathe. You will find naysayers like our President Elect who will ... [continued]

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Madison, Wisconsin’s Transit Goes Electric Again After 100 Years

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 16:50:13 +0000

In the 1920s, Madison had a fully functioning overhead electric pantograph steel rail streetcar system. See a Madison Wingra Line Streetcar in the upper panel of the photo below. Below we see a map made by Jake Berman in 2020 depicting Madison’s complete streetcar system 100 years ago with 3 ... [continued]

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Why I Am Thankful To Be Driving An Electric Car

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 19:59:09 +0000

Please read on below and you EV-curious gas car drivers may be thankful too by next Thanksgiving. I’m approaching my 11-year anniversary driving electric cars as my primary or only vehicle. I’ve driven an EV north/south from Lake Superior to Southern California and east/west from North Carolina to California. I’ve ... [continued]

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Utah Transit Authority Clean Energy TRAX (Street Cars) & Electric Buses Plus Front Runner (Heavy Rail)

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:49:24 +0000

In preparation for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002, the Utah Transit Authority (UTA) planned and executed significant upgrades to the Salt Lake County and eventually Wasatch Front transit systems. The first element in the upgrade was the implementation of TRAX, the first Salt Lake City light rail ... [continued]

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It’s One Thing To Read About EV Progress, It’s Another To See It For Yourself “In The Wild”

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:50:01 +0000

It’s one thing to read about EV progress or see it at a dealer, it’s another to see it for yourself “in the wild.” I’ve been reading about the GMC Hummer EV now for at least a couple of years. Those of us who believe in modest vehicles think the ... [continued]

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Electric Buses In Zion National Park: 6-Month Report Card

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 21:51:28 +0000

Background: Spectacular Zion Canyon — Cars Prohibited 7 Months a Year: I would argue that the 6-mile route up Zion Canyon in Zion National Park is the most beautiful place in the world. Twenty-five years ago, Zion National Park went “green.” The National Park Service decided that automobile traffic in ... [continued]

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After 5+ Years With My 2019 Tesla Model 3 Long Range: An Addendum

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 03:40:10 +0000

After my 5-year anniversary article, here’s an addendum. Soon after my 5-year anniversary, Tesla notified me that my 12-volt battery needed to be replaced. This is not the drive battery, but the small battery needed to boot up the car and run accessories. There were veiled threats: I could no ... [continued]

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Global Warming Is Real, So What Can We Do About It?

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 17:42:02 +0000

Is Global Warming Happening? When people ask if global warming is real, I cite my NASA experience and the images from space that we used to illustrate global warming. The prime suspects were the satellite images which showed a half ice-free Arctic Ocean in the late summer of 2007, 2011, ... [continued]

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5 Years & 138,856 Miles on My 2019 Tesla Model 3 Long Range, Where Do I Stand Now?

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 22:58:43 +0000

Why we still love our Model 3 after 5 years and ~138,856 miles October 21, 2024, will be the 5-year anniversary of our dual-motor Tesla Model 3 Long Range (see our 2019 delivery day picture above). As of October 14, 2024, the odometer reads: ~138,856 miles. Please find below a ... [continued]

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Westward Ho — Tesla Supercharging Adventures: 1601 Miles in Our Tesla Model 3 Long Range with 2 Mountain Ebikes

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:01:18 +0000

In this article, I relate our Supercharging adventures on a long-distance EV road trip going west. My wife and I have just completed our annual trip with two big ebikes on back on a receiver mounted tray-type bike rack (see Figure 1) from Three Lakes in Northern Wisconsin to Lindon, ... [continued]

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Westward Ho with Tesla Full Self Driving Supervised V12.5.4 — A Long-Distance Road Trip with Latest Version of FSD

Sun, 13 Oct 2024 01:16:06 +0000

Background 1: Tesla Nomenclature Sometime ago, Tesla changed the nomenclature for its most advanced “Autopilot” software from Full Self Driving (Beta) to Full Self Driving (Supervised). Tesla borrowed the Autopilot terminology from aircraft use, but the software is far from full automation and is not true “Full Self Driving.” The ... [continued]

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5 Summer Months Driving with Tesla Full Self Driving Supervised 12.3.6 in Northern Wisconsin — Fabulous, But Robotaxi Capable? Not Even Close

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 22:47:04 +0000

Most of our summer travel has been within 100 miles (more frequently 30 miles) of Three Lakes in Northern Wisconsin. However, we have made a number of 200+ mile trips to airports in Minneapolis, Green Bay, and Appleton, Wisconsin as well as trips to Ontonagon, Michigan, and Madison, Wisconsin. You ... [continued]

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10+ Years of Family Clean Energy Actions

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 21:56:53 +0000

I was a research scientist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for 30 years. I retired in 2005. While I was at NASA, I had ample time to see the evidence of global warming. With satellite imagery, we observed a nearly ice-free Arctic Ocean in the summer for the ... [continued]

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Getting Along With Just One Electric Sedan, Trailers, & E-Bikes

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 14:45:28 +0000

Many American couples seem to think that they need two cars and a big “honkin” full-sized pickup truck to address any situation that might come up! My wife and I get along with 95% of our situations with one car (a dual-motor Tesla Model 3 sedan), a big trailer, a ... [continued]

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The Electric Revolution of Gardening Tools is Here

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 20:58:03 +0000

The electric revolution of gardening tools is here. If you go to your local Home Depot, Lowe’s, Ace Hardware, or Farm & Fleet store, you will find multiple brands of battery electric gardening tools that will do almost any gardening job as well or better than your old corded ... [continued]

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Electrification to Improve the Quality of Life of Disabled Persons

Fri, 31 May 2024 13:59:38 +0000

Automobiles, trucks, and motorcycles displaced horses and buggies, oxen, and wagons and horses when the internal combustion engine (ICE) arrived over 100 years ago. Electric automobiles made a brief appearance early on, but battery technology was not adequate to compete with ICE vehicles. The electric motor has superior performance to ... [continued]

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Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) V12.3.4: City/Cross-Country/Rural — Impressive, But Not Perfect

Thu, 30 May 2024 15:05:58 +0000

I’m a techno-nerd who’s been following the progression of driving automation with rapt interest from its small beginnings in 2016. My brother couldn’t take delivery on his Tesla Model S in Wisconsin back then, so on March 30, 2017, he picked it up at the Salt Lake City Delivery Center ... [continued]

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What To Tell Family, Friends, & Neighbors So They Don’t Buy Another Gas Car!

Sat, 18 May 2024 14:10:32 +0000

No one should be buying a gas car these days. Here’s a list of reasons you can use to convince your family, friends, and neighbors to buy an electric car next time they need a new vehicle. Electric cars are a new, soon-to-be-dominant technology. Once you drive and own an ... [continued]

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Cross Country with Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised)

Sat, 11 May 2024 14:39:12 +0000

My wife, our small dog, and our two large e-bikes recently made the 1500-mile trip from Utah to Northern Wisconsin in our Tesla Model 3 Long Range. It was our first cross-country trip with the new Version 12 of Tesla FSD (Supervised), V12.3.4. Supercharging The e-bikes on a tray-type bike ... [continued]

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I Plan To Keep My Tesla Model 3 Until I Die: How Can I Make My Battery Last That Long?

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:36:32 +0000

I will be 84 this year. Except for several corrected orthopedic issues, I’m still healthy, and based on family history, I could last another 10 years until age 94 or longer. By that point my kids will probably take away my smartphone/key, or at least remove the Tesla App from ... [continued]

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Tesla Full Self Driving (Supervised) Now $99/Month — Reflections on 4.5 Years with Tesla FSD

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 23:18:21 +0000

When I purchased my Tesla Model 3 Long Range in 2019, Full Self Driving (Beta) was $6000. I am living on a fixed retirement income and had to refinance my house to purchase the car. My interest rate was a great 3.5%, so I sprung for FSD as well because ... [continued]

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Paris Electrified

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 22:31:37 +0000

About 50 years ago, we lived in Paris for six months. In 1975, my employer, NASA, and the CNES (the French NASA) jointly sponsored me on a 6-month Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY) to live in Paris. The French were about to launch their Meteosat (a copy of the ATS 1 ... [continued]

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Zion National Park Has Gone Electric

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 03:50:17 +0000

I would argue that the 6-mile route up Zion Canyon in Zion National Park is the most beautiful place in the world (see Figures 8 and 9). Way back 25 years ago, Zion National Park went “green.” The National Park Service decided that automobile traffic in Zion Canyon had become ... [continued]

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At Last: Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta V12

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:11:53 +0000

It’s better! It’s smoother and requires fewer interventions! See details below. I’m pretty well positioned to comment on FSD Beta V12.3 because I have been driving nearly every day 99% of the time with FSD Beta for about two years in my Tesla Model 3 with FSD hardware version 3. ... [continued]

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EV Penetration in My Utah Neighborhood

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 00:21:38 +0000

Those of us who follow electric vehicle sales know that fully electric vehicles accounted for more than 80% of Norway’s auto sales in 2023, and that 100% electric vehicles already make up more than 24% of the total fleet there. We also know that in China, which has about half ... [continued]

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Tesla’s Full Self Driving Beta (V11.4.7.3): Over 2 Years Later

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 14:00:21 +0000

Regular Tesla customers are just starting to get Full Self Driving Beta V12. I have not. Use this article as a baseline to evaluate the improvements over V11. Also note: the new version is FSD Beta 12.2.1, so Musk didn’t have the nerve yet to remove the Beta moniker. My ... [continued]

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Tesla Cybertrucks Piling Up … In Utah!

Sat, 02 Mar 2024 13:04:00 +0000

As I came out of church Sunday, my neighbor with a red Tesla Model 3 Performance (see top photo from image below), who has an early Cybertruck reservation, was waiting to tell me: Why don’t you stop by our nearby Tesla showroom/service center/delivery center to see what’s there! It was ... [continued]

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You’re Going to Want a Cybertruck

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 04:10:20 +0000

My neighbor has an early, bright red Tesla Model 3 Performance that he purchased in 2019. I purchased my Model 3 later that year on October 22. On November 21, 2019, Elon Musk held the huge Cybertruck unveiling event. During the event, that evening, my neighbor went online, put down ... [continued]

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