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Lotus is betting its future on the electric sports car, can it deliver?

Baua Electric

Anyone familiar with automotive history would likely say it’s the coy “simplify, then add lightness” philosophy that defined Colin Chapman’s scrappy sports car manufacturer and UK Formula One legend. For example, a new Porsche 911 S comes in slightly over that 1500 kg mark. Granted, “vague” and “possibilities” are operative words here.

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European automakers define recommendations to standardize charging of plug-in vehicles; 2017 for harmonized application

Green Car Congress

ACEA is stressing the need to divide the upcoming timeframe into two fundamental phases: an ongoing period until approval of relevant standards (Phase 1); and the period following approval of relevant standards granting sufficient lead-time for implementation (Phase 2). differences between grids and electricity power on the grids).

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As An EV Maker, What Does It Take to Win the EV Race?

Get Electric Vehicle

The research and design include developing cutting-edge battery technology to increase range and decrease charging times, as well as enhancing autonomous driving capabilities and connectivity features. To quote some examples, up until less than a decade ago Korean automakers Kia and Hyundai were well-known for their cost-effective models.

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High-voltage EV battery packs: benefits and challenges. More voltage, more better?

Charged EVs

In 2020, Porsche delivered just over 20,000 units of its luxury Taycan EV—the first vehicle from a major automaker to sport an 800 V (nominal) battery, which is more than double the voltage of its competitors (and firmly into light-rail and switchyard locomotive territory, actually). GMC HUMMER EV Porsche Taycan.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

We are suggesting that the variation in power and energy from renewable sources can be managed much more easily and economically with the batteries in PHEVs when they are plugged into the grid with a low power connection. Only the PHEV can share energy with the grid without stranding the driver. Or their UF=10% to 15%.

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2024 Kia EV9: why you should buy the Air, not the too-expensive GT-Line

EV Central

Call me old fashioned, but at this price give me a classy, single colour tan leather cabin – BMW and Lexus do this so well – or black leather with sporty red stitching a la Porsche. Perhaps the brothel-like red ambient light (see below) didn’t help matters, but you can choose from 64 alternative colours.

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