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QOTD: How Charged Up Are You?

The Truth About Cars

Personally, I am not bothered by the idea of an EV muscle car, though it is a bit sad to say goodbye to natural V8 sounds -- I am not sure fake exhaust sounds will be a proper replacement. That said, I wouldn't own one at present, as my current living situation makes charging a hassle. What say you? Do you like the car's looks?

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Panasonic cools on idea for third US plant for Tesla batteries

Baua Electric

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Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned!

Clean Fleet Report

Lack of good charging infrastructure is another oft-quoted barrier. Two brief charging stops that could have just been one and I arrived home with a bit less than 15% battery remaining. The Mach-E’s navigation system is battery state aware and also knows something about charging station locations. It charged $0.35

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

Cars That Think

On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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Car “charging treasure”: the third option besides charging piles and battery replacement

Setec Powerr

Well, there is now a “takeaway” charging service that just provides a power bank-style power supply. Among them is a start-up company located in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA, which is considered by everyone to be the “Ele.me” or “Meituan Waimai” in the field of electric vehicle charging.

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

Green Car Congress

A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. Chang & Jessika E.

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Finally, Tesla Confirms The Wireless Charging & A Little More On Wireless Charging of EVs

Get Electric Vehicle

Tesla & The Wireless Charging Initially, Tesla was not in favour of wireless charging and they might have reasons for that. Designing and installing a wireless charging station is an expensive activity and when we look at wireless charging it doesn’t add much value to the overall EV experience.