Remove Cheap Remove Lithium Ion Remove Re-Charge
article thumbnail

Special 2024 MG 4 XPower review: Brand’s first homegrown hero scores local upgrades that deliver China’s most scorching electric hot hatch

EV Central

Like the regular Xpower, you’re still using a dual-motor powertrain that delivers 300kW/600Nm, and which promises to clip 100km/h in less than four seconds. Under the new-looking bodywork is a 64kWh lithium-ion battery that promises 400km in WLTP range. When it comes time to charge, the XPower will take 140kW DC charging.

Kits 91
article thumbnail

2023 Toyota BZ4X Review – Falling Short

The Truth About Cars

Instead, it’s a weird package that has pricing that is considered affordable relative to the average transaction price, but still not "cheap.” Compare the bZ to the brand’s own re-done Prius – the new Prius has flaws but it’s generally packaged much better. The juice comes from a lithium-ion battery pack with a 71.4-kWh

Toyota 98
article thumbnail

Nissan X-Trail e-Power review: Is it better than a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?

EV Central

And that means it’s not cheap. Inside, there’s tri-zone climate, leather-trimmed seats, a digital rear-view mirror, wireless phone charging and four USB ports (two up front, two at the rear). How big is the Nissan X-Trail e-Power’s battery, what is the driving range, and how long will it take to charge? inch head-up display.

Nissan 88
article thumbnail

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV review: Plug-in SUV saves money, comes at a cost

EV Central

litre combustion petrol engine allied with twin electric motors, a 20kWh lithium-ion battery pack and all-wheel-drive. Home charging a 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Aspire. It optimises electric and petrol-electric hybrid drive depending on torque demand and the battery state of charge. Is it good value?

article thumbnail

MIT/Tsinghua high-rate aluminum yolk-shell nanoparticle anode for Li-ion battery with long cycle life and high capacity

Green Car Congress

A team of researchers at MIT and Tsinghua University has developed a high-rate, high-capacity and long-lived anode for Li-ion batteries comprising a yolk-shell nanocomposite of aluminum core (30 nm in diameter) and TiO 2 shell (~3 nm in thickness), with a tunable interspace (Al@TiO 2 , or ATO). The charge/discharge rate was set at 1 C.

Li-ion 150
article thumbnail

EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

It has now re-established it as an electrified sub-brand of GMC. But it’s the EV we’re most interested because it will likely use the 800V electrical architecture from the Kia EV6 and EV9. A sizeable 142kWh battery pack was claimed to cover about 320km between charges. We’re watching on with interest.

F-150 95
article thumbnail

False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. In such an emergency, a bidirectional EV with charge to spare could come to the rescue. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

Grid 145