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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

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Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. One of the first uses of bidirectional charging followed the Great East Japan T?hoku feet) of torque.

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Electric Auto Association

I had to build a controller from a kit,” continued Garver, who was a member of the Electric Auto Association at that time. “It In 2013, he installed lithium batteries, and in 2017, he replaced the stalled-out DC motor with an AC version. I charge the car on the solar array in my back yard. That gives me 30 miles on a sunny day.”

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Electric Auto Association

I had to build a controller from a kit,” continued Garver, who was a member of the Electric Auto Association at that time. “It In 2013, he installed lithium batteries, and in 2017, he replaced the stalled-out DC motor with an AC version. I charge the car on the solar array in my back yard. That gives me 30 miles on a sunny day.”

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Rivian arrives in Australia! New deal will supply all-electric R1T utes to Australian mines

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Powered by a huge 135kWh battery, the quad-motor all-wheel drive dual-cab pick-up produces 392kW and 827Nm of torque and is said to be capable of travelling up to 656km on a single charge. Better still, as much as 225km of range can be added following a 20-minute top-up using a fast DC charger. MEVCO Rivian R1T. MEVCO Rivian R1T.

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Where Plug-In Hybrid Conversions (mostly Priuses) Are

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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