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

EV Life

For example, I grew up in a “Toyota family” and Toyota only has one electric vehicle available today: The Prius Prime. For the Hyundai Kona below, EV Life estimates it will take one hour to recharge 5 miles.). The Hyundai Kona below recharges from empty to full in 9 hours on a Level 2 charger.). Level 2 Chargers.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short. Witha 60-mile range, most felt the need to recharge after 30 miles or so.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank. Perhaps more importantly, quickly "pouring" electricity into many of the batteries available today may stress the very expensive component and shorten their useful lifetime.