Gizmodo58%

More and More Lampposts in California 28%

By Zac Estrada0%

7/8/2026, 10:34:14 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 21 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Recency Bias as the most egregious example at 27.1% saturation with 94 hits. Analysis detected 892 faulty-reasoning hits from 347 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 38.8% and a BS Rank of 28% (15,348 of 21,180 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 72.50% of the article peer group.

More and More Lampposts in California, New York, and Connecticut Will Soon Charge EVs 
Voltpost's solution for EV charging infrastructure is to augment the existing electricity infrastructure. 
Published July 8, 2026, 6:34 pm ET 
Reading time 2 minutes 
© PATRICK T. 
FALLON/AFP via Getty Images 
More electric vehicles on the road means more people are looking at charging options, including curbside or lamppost installations. 
Voltpost , a lamppost EV charger company, is the latest firm to expand across the U.S. 
The New York City-based company announced yesterday in a LinkedIn post that it’s expanding into the California, Connecticut, and New York markets this year after earning a grant earlier this year for installations in Washington, D.C. 
Voltpost is working with Los Angeles-based InCharge Energy to perform the installations and maintenance with real-time monitoring, a persistent problem with public EV charging. 
In April, Voltpost was one of three companies to get part of a nearly $610,000 grant from the Department of Energy and Environment of the District of Columbia. 
The company plans to retrofit as many as 16 utility poles through the D.C. grant. 
Voltpost isn’t the only game in town for curbside and/or lamppost chargers, and more cities and companies are interested in the technology as a way to meet demand, particularly for EV owners who don’t have off-street parking or the ability to add a Level 2 charger where they live. 
The problem has been to work with municipalities to get electricity to the curb if there isn’t any. 
Voltpost’s solution is to use existing utility poles. 
It’s unclear where in California, Connecticut and New York Voltpost’s new charging stations will be, but the company did say yesterday that it has plans for more markets. 
City parking restrictions will also apply, depending on where they go. 
However, the expansion is a step forward for more charging options in markets with higher EV acceptance. 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 18.4%Zac Estrada: 4.6%Gizmodo: 4.1%Confirmation Bias18.4%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.4%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 5.5%Zac Estrada: 2.7%Gizmodo: 3.0%Availability Heuristic5.5%This article: 14.1%Zac Estrada: 3.5%Gizmodo: 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic14.1%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.7%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 11.2%Zac Estrada: 2.8%Gizmodo: 2.2%Overconfidence Bias11.2%This article: 21.3%Zac Estrada: 6.6%Gizmodo: 5.6%Framing Effect21.3%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.5%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 6.1%Zac Estrada: 1.5%Gizmodo: 0.4%Status Quo Bias6.1%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 13.3%Zac Estrada: 7.6%Gizmodo: 3.9%Optimism Bias13.3%This article: 3.2%Zac Estrada: 0.8%Gizmodo: 2.2%Pessimism Bias3.2%This article: 5.2%Zac Estrada: 1.3%Gizmodo: 7.6%Negativity Bias5.2%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.8%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.9%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.4%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 4.6%Zac Estrada: 3.2%Gizmodo: 2.8%Halo Effect4.6%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 27.1%Zac Estrada: 6.8%Gizmodo: 1.6%Recency Bias27.1%This article: 1.7%Zac Estrada: 0.4%Gizmodo: 0.4%Primacy Effect1.7%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.1%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 12.7%Zac Estrada: 3.2%Gizmodo: 4.1%Appeal to Authority12.7%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.4%False Dilemma0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.6%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 19.0%Zac Estrada: 6.1%Gizmodo: 5.4%Hasty Generalization19.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.3%Red Herring0.0%This article: 14.1%Zac Estrada: 7.1%Gizmodo: 0.9%Bandwagon14.1%This article: 4.0%Zac Estrada: 1.0%Gizmodo: 4.9%Appeal to Emotion4.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.0%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 15.9%Zac Estrada: 4.0%Gizmodo: 3.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)15.9%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.5%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 2.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 18.2%Zac Estrada: 4.5%Gizmodo: 2.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)18.2%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 10.4%Zac Estrada: 2.6%Gizmodo: 4.7%Unattributed Quote10.4%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.2%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 5.8%Zac Estrada: 2.7%Gizmodo: 13.6%Biased Writer Voice5.8%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.6%Indoctrination0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 1.4%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Zac Estrada: 0.0%Gizmodo: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 25.4%Zac Estrada: 9.1%Gizmodo: 3.4%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…25.4%

347 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker40%attributed speech207writer words
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Writer's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 100.0% coverageVoltpost • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 19 words • 0.0% coverageVoltpost • 16 words • 100.0% coverageVoltpost • 36 words • 100.0% coverageVoltpost • 24 words • 100.0% coverageVoltpost • 28 words • 0.0% coverageVoltpost • 15 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 49 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 18 words • 0.0% coverageVoltpost • 8 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 28 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 17 words • 100.0% coverage
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Voltpost

100%flagged-word coverage
140 attributed words100% of attributed speech91% writer coverage
0%22.5%45.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +30.5 ptsWriter: 13.0%Voltpost: 43.6%43.6%Unattributed Quote+25.7 ptsWriter: 0.0%Voltpost: 25.7%25.7%Biased Writer Voice-9.7 ptsWriter: 9.7%Voltpost: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

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