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We buy a used Porsche Taycan! Bargain price, 1000km road trip and charging dramas

EV Central

“That’s proper arse-hole parking,” says the Tesla Model 3 owner as he stares – bewildered – at our Porsche Taycan blocking three Tesla superchargers. Arse-hole parking engaged: charging a Porsche Taycan RWD with a Tesla Supercharger. He’s not wrong. It is arse-hole parking.

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Hillcrest files patent application for simplified onboard EV charging solution

Green Car Congress

Hillcrest Energy Technologies, a Canada-based a clean technology company developing power conversion technologies and control system solutions for next-generation electrical systems, has filed a patent application for a simplified EV charging solution. Additionally, the technology is intended to enable DC fast-charging of 800V.

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Jay Leno towed a Tesla Semi with a Tesla Semi

Baua Electric

Manufacturing of the Tesla Semi is underway following the truck’s unveiling in 2017, with the primary examples dropped at shoppers past due endmost future. The theory got here from then-CTO JB Straubel (who then left Tesla to begin battery-recycling company Redwood Fabrics), Priestley explains within the video.

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Lucid CEO shares take on next-gen EVs: “The electric car of the future only needs 250 miles”

Teslarati

While the Lucid Air is not selling as strongly as its rivals like the Porsche Taycan and the Tesla Model S, the luxury electric vehicle maker is nonetheless optimistic about its potential. I want to have a big impact upon the planet – we’re worried about global warming. We’re at 4.6

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My Friend has had 34 Cars. He’s only kept his Tesla Model 3.

Teslarati

A Tesla Model 3 is the only one he has kept in his driveway for more than a few months. He’s now going on his fifth year of Tesla ownership. In 2018, we were playing Xbox together when told me he was buying a Tesla Model 3. “My first car was a Nissan Sentra, and my 2018 Tesla Model 3. Prices in the U.S.

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Tesla driving test hell: How DMV examiners’ biases are inhibiting the EV transition

Teslarati

The coming school year would be different from the last, after all, and with face-to-face classes likely starting again, it was pertinent for the Professor to have the capability to drive the family’s Tesla Model 3 when needed. He drove a Tesla. Unfortunately for the Professor, he made a grave mistake. Driving Tests from Hell.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

Very closely related to the Ioniq 5 crossover SUV and Kia EV6 , it rides on the same E-GMP architecture, has the same 400V/800V ultra-fast charging capability, same (in Long Range guise) 77.4kWh battery and same 239kW/605Nm from its twin motors. Even if you’re not taken by its looks, the Ioniq 6’s range makes headlines.

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