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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Rent a petrol or diesel car for your holidays. That’s not the EV I booked … Who knew? In many places, electric cars are cheaper to rent than equivalent petrol cars. I pre-booked months in advance. And as Europcar says on its website: Save on Petrol! ” If you read no further, heed this advice.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Go to petrol pump owners and find out who are people who are big time consumers. With the cruise control on, managed to have a lovely conversation with Karthik on Jared Diamond’s excellent book Guns, Germs and Steel. (In Jay’s first EV was the DC motor Reva, which he bought way back in the early 2000s. 5,000 upwards.

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Polestar 2 AWD or 2WD: Which one should you buy?

EV Central

As I write, Polestar has closed order books for newly configured cars, but there are preconfigured ones available for near immediate delivery. The bigger battery brings no extra power or performance, but its DC charging capacity is up to 150kW rather than the Standard Range’s up to 130kW. And they don’t miss you.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Theyre not trying to send men to the moon, theyre building an ELECTRIC CAR that uses a petrol motor they already make charging batteries supplied by LG all bolted into a vehicle platform they also already have in production.

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