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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

A shitty obscure Chinese electric car. Dropping to just 3km range when Chinese EV refused to charge. I suggested to the Europcar lady that a mysterious Chinese EV with circa 300km range, no Euro NCAP safety rating or Apple CarPlay was not, in fact, similar to my beloved Kona Electric. How spectacularly naive.

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Our visit to BGauss factory & B8 Electric Scooter Report

Plug In India

I think having an optional rider backrest may also be a good idea for EV scooter companies. Why are so many Chinese made EV seats not suitable for Indians? Wikipedia tells me that the average Chinese is actually taller than the average Indian. Ergonomics is ok. I guess it has to be with width more than height.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

Then as the sun sets in the West, hopefully the battery pack would have enough juice to power the house for the rest of the evening. . JA are a Chinese company that has grown at a huge rate and now one of the largest producers of panels. Lux is another Chinese firm growing like crazy as the world moves to solar. . See [link].

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

There are a large number of established Chinese electric car makers: BYD, SIAC, XPENG, NIO, WULING, CHERY, and more. Chinese auto will play a significant role in the auto industry in the future. Most of these legacy automakers selling ICE cars are clueless and have no idea of the tsunami about to hit them. More convenient.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." The "normal plug" idea doesnt neccessarily work dude. Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi?

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

It would be a good idea to retrofit this in existing Nexon's. And he assured me that Oben is not taking the Chinese assembler route to market. One idea would be to cater to the commercial segment. Another idea that we discussed was using this for charging swappable batteries. I hope Jay can also switch it off.)

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The idea is that when your car needs more energy, you can drive your car into a station and, like an automated car wash, your depleted battery is replaced robotically by one that has a full charge. Maybe you should ask some engineers at the local power utility before you go shooting your mouth off, decrying how the idea will never fly.