Cars That Think

APRIL 4, 2022

Between bitter ambient temperatures and some snafus, that charger was pushing juice at a sharply reduced, roughly 45-kW rate—exactly one-sixth the Hyundai’s maximum 270-kW rate. The 1,315-kg (2,900-pound) battery aboard has a lot to do with that, saddling the Hummer with more weight than an entire base-model Honda Civic.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 1, 2021

One or two or sometimes more companies let their PR folks’ creative juices loose on a gag press release sent on April 1. Honda confirmed it will sell two electric SUVs based on GM’s Ultium platform by 2024. Lucid offered a video showing Lucid Airs under construction at its Arizona plant. It happens every year.

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Spirit of DC - PHEV3A

NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Cheers EVADC'rs, PHEV'rs, and EVnthusiasts, One & All - After a Thanksgiving, fully stuffed and more, it was most gratifying to see that on her first "Plug-in Arizona" outing to Nogales, AZ, that the "Spirit" made the news on the front page of the Nogales International as follows. And more, of course!

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance launched a pilot project in Arizona earlier this month to test out a charging network ahead of the planned 2010 launch of its electric vehicle. For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. My Honda Civic averages 34+ MPG over a year period.

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