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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge Volvo XC40 Recharge. Volvo’s first EV.

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

My Energi

Buying the perfect electric car for Mums. to Google Play Store to purchase a digital parrot. Equally, if you are low on charge on a long journey, you simply pull into the nearest charge station or find the nearest public charging point and recharge. Who wants to hear yet another article on ‘daddy owns a flash car’?…

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Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?

EV Central

The 2025 Renault 5 E-Tech Electric has been unwrapped at the Geneva motor show and from our first look at the reborn French icon this could be one of the most desirable EVs not a lot of money can buy. As far as recharging goes, cars with the smaller battery get 80kW DC charging while the 52kWh R5s can be topped up at up to 100kW.

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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

It’s the car I drove this year that I most likely can see myself buying for, uh, myself. Volvo S60 Recharge: Volvos tend to be relaxing and sedate to drive, but the S60 Recharge’s 455 horsepower and instant electric torque make it downright quick. It will go through any sort of weather without trouble.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

As an EV, the 2021 Polestar 2 is a silent traveler, and the time on the road gave me the chance to test what is the world’s first in-vehicle application of an infotainment system powered by Android with Google apps and services built-in. Google in the car. Inside, the 2021 Polestar 2 shows its Volvo origins. Story by Steve Schaefer.

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Automaker Plug-in Hybrid PR Flurry

Plugs and Cars

In the wake of the Chevy Volt presentation by GM, my "plug-in hybrid" google alert has filled my inbox with reports from other automakers about their PHEV projects. 500 million for battery research buys time. The buzz about the Volt has generated automaker PR reactions. One big corporate "ME TOO!"

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The Cash Back Hybrid

Plug In Partners

By John Voelcker First Published October 2007 Google , a former CIA director , the Natural Resources Defense Council , a U.S. It includes tax credits for consumers who buy or convert to plug-ins, tax incentives on tooling for carmakers who sell early models, and incentives for utilities to offer discounts for off-peak car recharging.

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