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GM electric-car goals, EPA test worries, 5-minute battery recharge, Google vs Uber: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, uncertainty over EPA emission testing, GM's electric-car goal, concern over the fate of more capable start-stop systems, and a 5-minute battery recharge? All this and more on Green Car Reports. Romania has doubled its electric-car purchase incentives; they're now more than $10,000 for a new car.

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Test drive: 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge adds polish to Swedish plug-in hybrid

Baua Electric

With more electric range, more power, and more refinement all baked into the already appealing Swedish package, the XC90 Recharge 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge is now nearly ideal for families That said, Volvo’s move to Android Automotive OS and its tight third row mean the XC90 won’t fit every family or tech desire. inch touchscreen.

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

Charged EVs

You might not know it to look at them, but these two cars—one Swedish, one Chinese—share underpinnings and a parent company. Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely are very serious about selling cars that plug in. It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate The First Volvo Compact SUV Coupe EV The 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge was the first electric-only and the smallest SUV from Volvo, falling in-line with the EX90 and XC40 Recharge. Another way to look at the efficiency for this car is 3.6 kWh per 100 miles.

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Hyundai introduces 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at Chicago Auto Show

Green Car Congress

kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack—more than five times larger than the Sonata Hybrid’s battery—gives the Sonata Plug-in Hybrid an EPA-estimated all-electric range of up to 27 miles (43.5 km), and it can recharge in less than three hours with a level-two charger. Next-Generation Blue Link Connected Car System.

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First drive in the 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70: A beauty of an EV… just not for long trips

Baua Electric

This is a beautiful car, but the lack of Hyundai Motor Group’s E-GMP platform beneath it is hard to ignore. kWh MPGe City/Hwy: 98 miles/83 miles EPA Estimated Rage: 236 miles Charging: 10-80% in 18 minutes on 350kW/800V charger From my personal experience, those last two specs did not live up to their numbers on paper, especially range.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

You will notice that it’s a handsome, premium-grade midsize car that looks like a tall sedan (it’s actually a hatchback). The car is a “2” because it was preceded by the “1,” which is an electric performance plug-in hybrid GT, with a six-figure price tag and a limited output of 500 units per year over the next three years.

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