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Honda is Releasing a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Plug-In Hybrid CR-V for 2025

The Truth About Cars

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles offer a unique EV experience, and their ability to completely refuel in just a few minutes makes them more convenient than their battery-powered counterparts. That’s about to change, however, as the automaker recently announced the CR-V e:FCEV, the first plug-in hydrogen vehicle in the United States.

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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Are You Plugged In? Some of the first plug-in electric passenger vehicles are slated to roll onto U.S. How many plug-in electric vehicles does President Barack Obama wish to see on U.S. The president is hoping to use incentives to get one million plug-in hybrid vehicles to consumers by 2015. Tesla Motors.

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Report: VW aims for 10,000 EVs sold in China by 2018

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The German company will produce an electric model at local ventures with SAIC Motor Corp. as early as 2013 and is considering a battery-powered model specifically designed for the nation in 2018, said [Neumann]. Volkswagen, the first overseas automaker to enter the Chinese market three decades ago, joins Nissan Motor Co.,

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

This new company, Bright Automotive , is founded by ex-GM EV1 people, and the super efficient Rocky Mountain Institute to make plug-in hybrids in Indiana. Think Tank’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key. How can you quickly improve the performance of the battery in an electric car? At the end of this article, Prof.

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Extinguishing the EV Battery Fire Hype

Cars That Think

according to a 2023 study citing recent data from the National Transportation Safety Board and the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , gasoline-powered, internal-combustion engine (ICE) cars were involved in about 1,530 fires per every 100,000 sold. Cars catch fire. Electric vehicles are no exception. In the U.S., Yet, says, Paul A.

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How the Adoption of Tesla’s NACS Charging Network is Changing the EV Market

EV Life

See which EVs are joining Tesla’s charging network and adopting the NACS plug. Automakers Rush to Embrace NACS Technology In June of 2023, Ford was the first domino to fall, becoming the first major automaker to collaborate with Tesla and announce its adoption of the NACS plug. Driving an electric vehicle is getting a whole lot easier.

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Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

The Truth About Cars

A brief moment in EV history passed us by about a decade ago, when the little-known VIA Motors introduced their lineup of VTRUX hybrid-electric vehicles. In short order, VIA Motors was established as a separate entity from Raser Technologies in 2010. Lutz was a staunch supporter of GM’s plug-in hybrid of the time, the Cruze-based Volt.

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