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2020 Karma Revero leads a new plug-in hybrid charge with 61-mile EV rating

Green Car Reports

The revamped 2020 Karma Revero GT has been EPA-rated for 61 miles of all-electric driving. That allows the Revero to leapfrog past the Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid (primarily a vehicle for California) and its 47 miles of all-electric driving.

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BMW to supply Karma Automotive with powertrain components for its luxury plug-in hybrid

Green Car Congress

BMW will supply Karma Automotive—Fisker reborn—with its latest powertrain components, including high voltage battery charging systems and a wide range of hybrid and EV systems, for application in Karma’s flagship plug-in hybrid, to be re-launched next year. —Karma’s CEO Tom Corcoran.

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Report: Mercedes pulls the plug on range-extended EV possibilities

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As in other range-extended EVs, the battery could be replenished either by the internal-combustion engine/generator or via conventional AC or DC charging, per the report. One of the few other vehicles to have used such a system is the Karma Revero —also called the GS-6 and, originally, the Fisker Karma.

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Ford Explorer plug-in, Karma Revero, German emissions collusion: Today's Car News

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European prosecutors charged German automakers Volkswagen, Daimler, and BMW with collusion over emissions shortfalls. The 2020 Ford Explorer will get a plug-in hybrid version in Europe. And Karma revealed a few details of its revised Revero for 2020. All this and.

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Karma redux, gas stations vs charging, electric cars for Rallycross, CAFE changes: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Today, the least efficient plug-in car, why rallycross should go electric, possible CAFE changes, and where electric cars should charge. We drove the Fisker Karma in 2012; now we've driven the 2017 Karma Revero, the reborn version of the sleek, low, inefficient plug-in hybrid luxury sedan. Are gas stations.

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Tesla Autopilot gets bad marks, 2020 Karma Revero, Audi plug-ins: Today's Car News

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Audi ramps up the number of its future vehicles that will have charge ports. Karma opens a new luxury design center for its 2020 Revero. And BMW releases a new ad showing the retiring chairman of Mercedes going home to drive a BMW. Tesla Navigate on Autopilot makes drivers do the work in Consumer Reports latest test.

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Fisker Karma Makes Public Driving Debut

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The Fisker Karma plug-in extended range electric vehicle ( earlier post ) made its public driving debut over the weekend, 19 months after being introduced as a concept. The Fisker Karma can reach 60 mph (97 km/h) in six seconds and has a top speed of 125 mph (201 km/h). Carbon emissions are also lower than today’s hybrids.

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