Jeanine’s Audi Q4 eTron arrived today, which made for much excitement on an otherwise dreary day. It rained heavily from dawn to dusk. This did not stop Jeanine from taking it out for a run after I reviewed the controls with her. The Q4 is the baby sister of my eTron, so I am very well-versed in the extremely similar user interface. Jeanine was delighted each time we encountered a feature that was not available on my now 5-year-old car. It has a self-parking feature that she will be sure to enjoy.

We are giving Jeanine’s 8-year-old BMW X1 to Nicolai. Maya still has my old Audi Q5, and Kyle has long since sold the minivan we gave him. We call this trickle-down autonomics. With the new arrival, our house, cars, and tools are now 100% electric. We no longer own a single thing that runs on carbon-based fuel. Since our power company uses 100% renewable sources, we have substantially lowered our carbon footprint.

UPDATE: I forgot about our outdoor grill, which runs on propane. We use it rarely, but I do not see us parting ways with it any time soon.