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Fast Food, Fast Charge

Cars That Think

And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. The company hasn’t cited exact numbers of how many DC chargers it hopes to open, but 7-Eleven operates about 9,400 stores in the United States, and nearly 600 more in Canada.

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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

Car of the Year, and now a finalist for 2022 World Car of the Year—was designed by the talented Sangyup Lee, the Hyundai global design chief and former Bentley designer who also styled the reborn Chevrolet Camaro. That lets the Hyundai and Kia slurp electrons at up to a 270-kilowatt rate, when plugged into a 350-kW DC charger.

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What Does Henry Waxman Know About Climate That Made Him Quit?

Creative Greenius

Congressman Waxman with 66 District Assemblyman Al Muratuschi, in a Tesla Roadster, contemplating how fast he could drive away from DC in one of these EVs. (c) And that absence of hope comes from a career in DC and being able to smell the crazy juice being guzzled down by the corporate right and their shameless suckups and sycophants. .

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There’s a Queue Coming for Tesla Charging, and That’s OK

Cars That Think

That follows the company's July promise to expand access to its global Supercharging network , now 25,000 strong. That's been a daunting challenge for the plug-in industry at large, which pays often-exorbitant utility rates for DC power-on-demand, even as chargers sit idle for long periods. No one, not even Tesla, has come close.

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Toyota Hot and Cold on Plug-in Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

As if to confirm that notion, recently a Toyota spokesman in DC was denigrating plug-in hybrids as Hymotion/A123 and Rob Lowe were making a plug-in splash in Congressman Ed Markey's global warming committee. However, the cars can run only short distances before they run out of juice.

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Polestar 2 AWD or 2WD: Which one should you buy?

EV Central

Had availability been better, and if Hertz hadn’t snapped up thousands of them globally , Polestar sales would have been far higher than the 1524 shifted last year. The bigger battery brings no extra power or performance, but its DC charging capacity is up to 150kW rather than the Standard Range’s up to 130kW.

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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

EV Central

But it’s not the fastest Born in the global fleet, as the 170kW motor allied with the 58kWh battery pack is lighter and therefore can zot from 0-100km/h in 6.6 The 77kWh battery pack is claimed to consume juice at an average 15.7-17.5kWh/100km DC charging: 170kW, CCS Combo plug. So not only cheaper but faster too. 0-100km/h: 7.0