Nitpicker’s travel journal: Bank meddled with EV charging payments causing us a Halloween nightmare

ev charger in france that worked well
This charger worked perfectly well on an earlier road trip.

Only a few weeks ago, nitpicker celebrated the first year with an electric van. Despite a few beginner hiccups, we had far more positive than negative experiences during our EV road trips during this time. All and all, everything was … Read >

Electric airplanes fly travelers to their destinations sooner than we thought

heart aerospace ES-19 electric passenger aircraft

As electric cars, vans and trucks are slowly but surely becoming more common in road transport, also air travel is facing a new era. Airplanes powered by batteries that can produce energy for short flights are expected in North Europe by 2026. Heart Aerospace, a startup in Gothenburg, Sweden, … Read >

A traveler who carries a charging station in a backpack doesn’t run out of gadget or laptop power

When you are traveling – perhaps exploring a new city and snapping photos on a camera, using your smartphone for navigation and reading notes and tips from a tablet – it feels like it is always the wrong moment when the battery dies on one of the devices (that’s why … Read >