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Safest EVs, VW ID.4 update, Honda fuel-cell PHEV, Fiat’s EV future: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Which major automaker might be partnering with Fisker for an electric pickup? Should EV charging stations be allowed where gas stations aren’t? Ford detailed how EV owners can reserve a free Tesla charging adapter that, with Ford’s app or in-vehicle interface, will provide Ford EVs with Tesla Supercharger access.

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Blazer EV price cut, Dodge electric muscle, Rivian R2 and R3: The Week in Reverse

Baua Electric

Which major battery supplier has 9-minute-charging solid-state cells and a 20-year EV battery in its sights? The Blazer EV had been under a stop-sale as GM sorted out a string of software woes affecting drivability, usability, and sometimes charging. Ford has given its 2024 E-Transit electric van lineup more range.

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News: 10 Best States To Own an EV

Clean Fleet Report

Study Ranks Best and Worst Places To Drive Electric. What makes having an electric car a positive experience is not only financial aspects, but a functional ones, something the folks at Jerry have taken into account when they did the research behind their Top 10 list of the best states to own an EV. California.

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Average Price for Residential Electricity Less Than 15¢/kWh In 2021 In Most US States

CleanTechnica EVs

As consumers begin to transition from gasoline vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs), the price of electricity is becoming a new area of focus for motorists.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

Green Car Congress

As gasoline prices fell starting in late 2014, motorists logged an additional 2.7 billion vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2015, with a concomitant increase in gasoline consumption. Over the same time period, traditional gasoline vehicle registration increased 1.7%. The state’s charging infrastructure lags badly.

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Advantage EV

Electric Auto Association

Driving electric can be a plus in cold weather. Here’s what two organizations— Resource-Media and Recurrent —had to say about the advantages of electric vehicles (EVs) in frigid weather. Others might have insulated/heated batteries that can help with charging times. The heavy batteries also help with traction on icy roads.

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A closer look at why heat pumps are dominating EV HVAC systems

Charged EVs

If you want to heat up a space that is cold, there are a number of options, from burning a fuel to directly converting electricity into heat (i.e. A purely electric type of heat pump is possible, however, and the most common example found these days relies on a phenomenon first noticed in 1834 by the French physicist Jean Peltier.