Brooks bought his first electric car in 2023.

True: evidence shows Brooks bought (or took ownership of) an electric car in calendar 2023, and had not owned one before. Mostly true: he got his first EV around 2023, but a small detail differs, e.g. he leased it rather than bought it, or delivery fell in late 2022 or early 2024 after he ordered it in 2023. Mostly false: he got an EV in 2023 but had owned one before, or he got his first EV in a clearly different year. False: evidence shows he did not get an electric car at all, or had owned EVs for years. Records from the subject's own account (e.g. his blog) are acceptable here, as this is a personal fact, but contradicting earlier statements by him would count against the claim.

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1. E1 Predictions Scorecard, 2025 January 01 Rodney Brooks blog (rodneybrooks.com) · 1 January 2025 Own record

   “I have had to buy four new tires in less than two years owning my first BEV”

2. E2 Column: Excited about AI and self-driving cars? A top roboticist is here to burst your bubble Los Angeles Times · 5 January 2024

   “Brooks is a believer in electric cars; he owns one and says he loves it.”

E2 is an independent LA Times column from 5 January 2024. It reports that Brooks owned an electric car by then. E1 is Brooks's own blog post from 1 January 2025, which calls the car his "first BEV" and says he had owned it for "less than two years." That puts the purchase after early 2023 and, given E2, no later than early January 2024. Together these fit a first electric car bought in 2023, and the criteria accept the subject's own account for this personal fact.