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EV Briefs, and Black Rock City & EVs

Plugs and Cars

Feet, pedals and electric motors only will make for a much more pleasant and greener event. Google Guys Th!nk Their Rechargeit.org campaign really makes the connections between renewable power and plug-in cars. A number of websites ( webpronews.com , pandia.com ) are reporting that Google may be getting more involved with Th!nk

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Photograph: Graeme Robertson/Guardian Consumers are to be offered incentives of up to £5,000 to purchase an electric car under government plans to be unveiled today that will also see the creation of electric car cities across the UK and the launch of large-scale experiments with ultra-green vehicles.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range. But your experience would likely be you would get in your electric car.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. The case, morally and even financially, for an all-electric car is becoming stronger and stronger. A lot of current and upcoming electric cars are in the 300-mile range. But your experience would likely be you would get in your electric car.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

By Atul Gopal The PluginIndia team went on an electric car drive using the Tata Tigor EV. This will show how Electric cars can be practical and more enjoyable on a highway ride! His first car was a Premier Padmini - an air conditioned one, mind you. We switched on Google Maps and left for Ooty.

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2024 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Review - Not A Smart Time To Be Sexy Anyway

The Truth About Cars

I know that there are a great many readers who will never consider this or any Chinese-built car for those reasons. But at least for now, it seems as if a great deal of the raw materials going into electric cars are coming from China - so there may be a minor carbon footprint win in assembling the entire car where the batteries are made.

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Volvo C40 Recharge Pure Electric review

EV Central

It will compete with any of the tech-focused sub-$100K electric car offerings. That makes it $2000 more expensive than the equivalent XC40 EV – and it also means it misses out on most EV rebates around the country (although NSW buyers won’t pay stamp duty). The Volvo C40 Recharge is priced from $74,990 before on-road costs.