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Porsche will build network of 500 fast chargers for its Mission E electric cars

Green Car Reports

Porsche is getting its dealerships on board with selling electric cars, in preparation for its upcoming Mission E electric sedan, by insisting that each of the company's 189 U.S dealerships install fast charger with enough juice to charge the car's big, 300-mile battery to substantially full in just over 20 minutes.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

The Southern California company is looking to speed things up again—this time with record-setting charging stops. Founder Richard Hatfield claims that the company’s Lightning Strike motorcycle can fill its battery from 20 percent to 80 percent in a little over 10 minutes on a Level 3 DC fast charger.

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Seven-day test: Living with the Porsche Taycan RWD

EV Central

Porsche’s entry-level Taycan EV has less power, performance and equipment, but could the single motor rear-drive option be all you really need? And Porsche – being Porsche – couldn’t resist dropping another $40K or so on our tester. 2022 Porsche Taycan RWD with almost $40k of added options.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. Fortunately the guy next to me was finishing charging his Mustang Mach-E and he “gave” me his cable to use (the cost was being charged to his company card). Currently the only other cars with an 800-volt systems are the Porsche Taycan and Audi E-Tron GT.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in March 2024

Baua Electric

If you like the idea of a low-cost US-based company like Lectric eBikes but want something with more power than their XP LITE, consider the $999 Lectric XP 3.0. The company also has longer-range batteries for the XP 3.0 That also allows them to offer more customization options than any other e-bike company out there.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in January 2024

Baua Electric

Even though the holidays are behind us, many e-bike companies are still running incredible sales coming off an ultra-competitive e-bike selling year in 2023. If you like the idea of a low-cost US-based company like Lectric eBikes but want something with more power than their XP LITE, consider the $999 Lectric XP 3.0. The XP 3.0

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How does leasing an electric car work?

Drive Electric

When you lease a car, a finance company effectively buys it from the manufacturer and leases it to you for the duration of your contract. You can either put this through a company as a business lease, which means you can reclaim some or all of the VAT or take it on a personal contract. How does leasing work? Contract Purchase.