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

Cars That Think

The Hyundai Ioniq5 and Kia EV6 that I recently tested—a pair of wildly impressive, high-design EVs—take a different approach to solving range anxiety: an 800-volt battery architecture that delivers some of the fastest charging in the EV game, and unheard of at these price levels. The Hyundai Ioniq5. The Hyundai Ioniq5.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

Founder Richard Hatfield claims that the company’s Lightning Strike motorcycle can fill its battery from 20 percent to 80 percent in a little over 10 minutes on a Level 3 DC fast charger. When it’s time to stop, the Strike can absorb Level 3 juice at up to 120 kilowatts. But 300 amps at 800 volts, and now you’re at 240 kilowatts.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. That meant looking for a decent public DC charging station in a nearby town. On the last day I knew I would have to get a full charge to make it back to Heathrow and leave it with enough juice for the driver who would collect it. In summary.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Clean Fleet Report

The 2022 Kia Niro EV has a single 150-kilowat (kW) motor that produces 201 horsepower and 291 pound-feet of torque. Juicing up. 480V DC Fast Charging – 1 hour, 15 minutes to 80% with a 50 kW charger. 480V DC Fast Charging – 1 hour to 80% with a 100 kW charger. Road Test: 2020 Hyundai Kona Electric.

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Here's all the new electric cars or EVs coming to Australia in 2021

EVolution

The sister vehicle to the Porsche Taycan, the Audi RS e-Tron GT is the first Audi RS model to go fully-electric, beating rivals BMW M and Mercedes-AMG to market with emissions-free motoring. Charge times will also be equivalent to the Taycan, with a maximum DC charging capacity of 270kW, for a 100km of driving range in five minutes.

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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

EV Central

It’s the very first one to come off the production line in Zwickau, Germany and includes its 170kW e-motor mounted on the rear axle and 77kWh (net) battery pack slung under the floor. That’s competitive in the hatchback class despite the e-motor swallowing under-floor space. 2023 Cupra Born. Performance and Efficiency.

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2023 Kia EV6 GT review: Mega-popular electric vehicle put to the seven-day test

EV Central

READ MORE: 2023 Kia EV9 review READ MORE: The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz Day 1: Look at Me EV Extrovert: 2023 Kia EV6 GT Moonscape. Hyundai i30N. That’s what they call this colour. Opportunities galore.

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