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Prototype test drive: Lucid Gravity might defy segments

Baua Electric

Is that a minivan? It’s a better concept than a yoke if a car isn’t going to have a steer-by-wire system with only 180-degrees of steering input. Earlier in the drive I was warned the car was “low on juice” so I would never get the full beans. Is that a wagon? Is that an SUV?

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

That’s not surprising—the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid, the company’s only previous plug-in hybrid, is a well-executed PHEV with an EPA-rated 32 miles of usable electric range that retains all the virtues of the Pacifica minivan. That will let current owners assess the different driving and rock-climbing capabilities of the electric Jeep concept.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Gallery: Plugging in at home Battery swap stations are a concept often associated with Better Place , an EV infrastructure company. The modular concept also allows scalability even within your own car. Currently, there are some industrial facilities that use battery swapping to replenish the energy stores of electric forklifts.