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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. Warren Buffett is an investor in China’s BYD, which is making a compact fully electric vehicle to be sold in China later this year. Google Inc. Bright Automotive.

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Coulomb Gets Charged Up

Revenge of the Electric Car

Better Place, orchestrating its efforts with French carmaker Renault, will essentially rent out switchable batteries to extend range. China’s BYD, now partly owned by Warren Buffett, also plans to bring electric cars to the U.S. The startups are working on a variety of solutions.

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2024 Polestar 2 RWD: why the cheaper entry level beats the dual motor AWD

EV Central

Its 655km WLTP range (in Long Range guise) is over 10 per cent above the equivalent Polestar 2 AWD, and its figure bests everything in this price bracket – Telsa Model 3 Long Range (629km) and Hyundai Ioniq 6 RWD Extended Range (614km) included. Range anxiety? Properly banished.

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