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April 2023 – Good month for Volkswagen in the UK

Push EVs

The UK car market saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.9% April’s combined plugin result of 21.9% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). Most of the auto market’s volume growth, in fact, came from plugins. All other powertrains combined, only grew by 4% in volume YoY, and all non-plugins lost share. year on year. comprised 15.4%

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Best speakers ever

Electric Auto Association

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. He was also the owner of the California Poppy Porsche 914. That was quite a conversion.” It was mostly members with electric conversions.

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Two Week Commuting Report

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

With the charger plugin at both work and home, the PakTrakr fuel gauge doesn't seem to drop below the 80% mark, so I think the batteries will last a little while. I called around to several Porsche repair shops and finally found Dan Hall's Auto Machine. The same thing helps when starting from stopped on a hill.

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