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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

The Hyundai Ioniq5 and Kia EV6 that I recently tested—a pair of wildly impressive, high-design EVs—take a different approach to solving range anxiety: an 800-volt battery architecture that delivers some of the fastest charging in the EV game, and unheard of at these price levels. The Ioniq5—already named Car Design of the Year , U.K.

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Gigantic Chinese Nio ET9 electric car guns for German limos with advanced battery tech that adds 255km in less than five minutes

EV Central

China’s Nio has pulled the drapes off the Nio ET9 it hopes will steal sales from luxurious European brands Mercedes-Maybach, Bentley and, even, Rolls-Royce when it lands in China in 2025 priced from 800,000 yuan ($165,000). At that rate as much as 255km of range can be added in just five minutes. 2025 Nio ET9 interior.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Volkswagen Group (which includes VW, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley in the U.S.) Models from Bentley and Lamborghini will come, too, but in the small, expensive numbers in which those brands routinely trade. The VW Group is all-in, so expect to see more news and road tests appearing soon.

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Here are all the used EVs that qualify for a $4,000 tax credit

Baua Electric

Currently qualified for used EV tax credits as a PHEV / Source: Audi Used plug-in hybrids EVs that qualify for tax credits Make/Model / Year(s) Full Tax Credit AUDI A3 e-tron/ultra (2016-2018) $4,000 A7 55 TFSI e Quattro (2021- 2022 ) $4,000 A8L PHEV (2020) $4,000 A8L 60 TFSI e Quattro (2021) $4,000 Q5 PHEV (2020) $4,000 Q5 55 TFSI e Quattro (2021- (..)

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Road Test: 2021 Genesis GV80 2.5T RWD Prestige

Clean Fleet Report

Heck, I had people comment they thought I was driving a Bentley. To learn more about the technology in the GV80, you can go here. The simple reason is it can compete against luxury midsize SUVs from Mercedes-Benz, Audi and BMW, and beats them in several areas, not the least of which is costing $15,000 to $20,000 less.

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Preview: 2025 Audi Q6 E-Tron casts a potent EV shadow

Baua Electric

Where possible on lower-output chargers, the Q6’s 800-volt system can separate its pack into twin 400-volt virtual packs; the car will bring both to the same state of charge first, then charge the banks in parallel at up to 135 kw. Plug & Charge connectivity will be fitted from the get-go.

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Genesis GV70 Electrified review

EV Central

It certainly looks the goods – you’d easily mistake it for a Bentley – and it’s got power to burn, but will it be impressive enough to snatch buyers away from the other players in this niche, but growing, segment? The big Genesis grille gives the GV70 Electrified some styling similarities to a Bentley.

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