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Why wireless charging matters for electric cars

Green Car Reports

If you’ve cut the cord for your smartphone with a charging pad for the bedside table and one in the car—and, if you’re lucky—wireless CarPlay or Android Auto—you likely get the idea of what a game-changer wireless inductive charging could be for electric cars.

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$0 Charging in Nearly 3 Years of Electric Car Life in Florida — Over

CleanTechnica EVs

One thing I’ve enjoyed sharing for the past 2 years and 9 months is that we’ve been living with electric cars during that time in Florida without home charging. We’re a one-car family, but […]. We had a BMW i3 REx for the first third of that time and a Tesla Model 3 SR+ since then.

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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

EV Central

It’s time for our editors to vent about their electric car experiences and expectations! With sensible hat on we can appreciate EVs with efficiency, long range, fast charging and silky silent smoothness. But dammit, sometimes you just want your skirt blown up by a character-oozing car that’s bloody good fun to drive.

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Lucid CEO shares take on next-gen EVs: “The electric car of the future only needs 250 miles”

Teslarati

Just recently, Lucid and Aston Martin signed a deal that would see the American automaker supply powertrain components to the British sports car company. The Lucid Air also continues to earn accolades, including the 2023 World Car Luxury Car of the Year award. We’re at 4.6 You need the $25,000 car.

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How to choose the right electric car charger?

Setec Powerr

With an increasing number of new EV models and a variety of charger power levels hitting the market, it’s crucial to know which charger is most suitable for your car. Charging speed is influenced by several factors, the most critical being the vehicle’s maximum charge rate and its specific charging curve.

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2022 Mazda MX-30 EV: 100-mile electric car will start at $34,645

Green Car Reports

However with an EPA estimated range of just 100 miles, many of the MX-30’s California owners might end up spending a lot of that drive time more concerned about where they’re going to charge next.

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3 Great Ways to Look After an Electric Car

Get Electric Vehicle

Electric cars are getting more and more popular, and it’s easy to see why. They’re not just great for the environment, but they could be great for your bank account, too. You’ll still need to look after an electric car, though, and this can be relatively different to taking care of a more traditional one.