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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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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Best of all, I’d rented a Hyundai Kona Electric : an EV I like very much. Nowhere does Europcar mention a Seres 3 electric SUV. I note my booking said: Hyundai Kona Electric or similar compact SUV. We drive out of our way to reach a fast DC charger. Then it refuses to DC charge. Charging is Easy!

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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

A slick package the sits between a sedan and SUV. 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. inch ground clearance results in an outlook on the road a bit higher than a sedan, but not as high as a SUV.

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

EVolution

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. A 50kW DC charger boosts the battery from five to 80 per cent in around 1.5 13 The iX is BMW’s first electric SUV and features their ‘fifth-generation’ electric powertrain technology.

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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. Striking thing, this electric SUV-cum-wagon. Hyundai i30N. Mazda MX-5.

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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

EV Central

Electric cars the compact Born is priced close to include the Polestar 2 (from $63,900), Tesla Model 3 (from $65,500), Hyundai Ioniq 5 ($69,900) and Kia Niro (from $64,450). And yep, it’s not an SUV, there’s no black cladding or raised ride heights here. The 77kWh battery pack is claimed to consume juice at an average 15.7-17.5kWh/100km