Alexis Akira Toda

Alexis Akira Toda

Associate Professor (Economics)

Great Barrington Declaration

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I have just signed the Great Barrington Declaration.

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Nissan Leaf after 7 years (2)

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I am still waiting for the replacement battery for my 2016 Nissan Leaf. It’s nearly 9 months wait now.

Nissan Leaf after 7 years

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In 2016 I purchased a Nissan Leaf. Given the technological progress in electric vehicles, now it’s almost a joke but it had a 30kWh battery with around 110 miles of range. Including everything (tax, registration, etc.), it cost 44,142 dollars. My employer subsidized 10,000 and I received 7,500 federal and 2,500 state tax credits, so at that time I thought it was not a bad deal. 110 miles of range seemed enough to do daily chores, and for road trips we had been renting a gas-powered vehicle. This was our only vehicle in the household until 2020, when we bought a Tesla Model Y.

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For managing a bibliography for my papers, for a long time I have been using the natbib package with bibtex to compile. ``` \usepackage[authoryear,round]{natbib} \usepackage{doi}

Pitfall of electric bike

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When I moved from Connecticut to San Diego in 2013, one thing I paid attention to when searching for a house was to find one within reasonable distance from work. I knew that San Diego has nice weather and commuting by bicycle was feasible. So to save money and get some exercise, I cut the number of vehicles in my household from two to one and bought an electric bike to commute. (In 2020, I went back to two vehicles because we could no longer keep up with only one vehicle to manage kids’ activities.)