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EV owner driving Tesla’s shortest-range car shares experience during I-95 traffic catastrophe

Teslarati

Interestingly enough, Kanninen drives a base Tesla Model 3 , the company’s shortest-range car available today. An image shared in a blog post by Kanninen even included an image showing the EV owner watching what appeared to be Netflix in his Model 3’s 15″ display while waiting for the gridlock to end. .

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Electric Car Buyer’s Guide: 7 Steps to Find The Best EV for Your Life

EV Life

Most car sites are built for gas vehicles, so you have to do countless hours of blog research. How much battery range do you need for your favorite road trips? You may be surprised by the number of sedans, SUV/crossovers, and hatchbacks available. However, your electric car battery is much larger than a smartphone battery.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The benefit of a higher voltage connector has nothing to do with the speed at which the battery will charge it has to do with the conductor size. Your comments: Remember me E-Mail me when someone replies to this comment Please keep your comments relevant to this blog entry. The US standard is 120V@60hz the UK standard is 240V@50Hz.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The three leading new options to re-supply our autos with energy are charging at home, battery swap stations and fast charge stations. Although charging infrastructure is beginning to find its way into cities, it may be awhile until they are available in residential neighborhoods en masse. Battery swapping has its critics.