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Stuff We Use: Under Pressure (Washers)

The Truth About Cars

On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we use and have purchased with our own meager income. After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories.

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Gear up for outdoor adventures with BLUETTI’s huge spring sale

Baua Electric

Spring is in the air, and BLUETTI is celebrating with some incredible deals on its lineup of best-selling power stations and battery packs to take along on your next camping trip or outdoor adventure. Plus BLUETTI is unleashing extra-special deals on two solar-powered newcomers. But don’t go it alone – bring BLUETTI!

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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

Clean Fleet Report

But unlike traditional gas-powered cars, electric vehicle batteries do not last as long in extremely cold weather. You may also want to stock up on jumper cables and a mobile phone charger that plugs into the cigarette lighter outlet in your vehicle. Keep your EV Battery Charged. This article may contain affiliate links.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

Power companies also use KWh as the base charge unit for billing consumers. A quick note on power compared to energy. The standard unit of electrical power is the watt, which is defined as a current of one ampere, at a voltage of one volt. So much for power. In other words, power is energy per unit of time.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

F1 doesn’t flatter the battery brigade. With about 1,050 horsepower, the F1 car has more than three times the power, vastly more aerodynamic downforce, and it’s lighter as well, at roughly 795 kilograms. The latest is World Rallycross , a wild-and-wooly mix of off-road rallying and tarmac sections.

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Nissan Qashqai e-Power review: Is it really an almost-EV?

EV Central

Its maker believes the Nissan Qashqai e-Power will turn buyers into EV-believers. Even though it’s a hybrid, and not the plug-in type. EV Central’s first chance to test the new Qashqai e-Power , due to arrive in Australia early in 2023, was at its recent presentation to international media in Sweden. Nothing else.

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