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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

That SuperBike topped every internal combustion engine motorcycle en route to a Pikes Peak International Hill Climb win in 2013, on the Colorado gantlet that’s among the world’s highest-profile tech challenges for cars and motorcycles alike. The Lightning holds the landspeed record for street-legal production motorcycles).

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Mercedes-Benz 48V system debuts in new S-Class

Green Car Congress

The voltage is directly derived from the legally prescribed contact protection maximum of 60 volts, and can therefore be used without the precautions for a high-voltage on-board network. The conventional 12 volt network is likewise supplied from the new network using a 48 volt/12 volt DC/DC converter.

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Flash Drive: 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

Clean Fleet Report

The Ioniq 5 N blurs the traditional look of a crossover and hatchback, so-much-so that we are calling it a hatchback, while Hyundai has entered it as a crossover in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb , which takes place June 23, 2024, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. DC fast charging, at 250 kW and 800 volts, adds 10% to 80% in 18 minutes.

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Genesis GV60 review: Compact SUV a milestone for Korean luxury maker

EV Central

It is one of three new Genesis EVs to be launched in September , but it’s the first to be based on Hyundai’s E-GMP EV architecture, which means there’s no internal combustion version of the five-door coupe SUV in existence. Plug into 230V AC at home and the GV60 will take about 35 hours to recharge from 10 to 100 percent.

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A closer look at minimizing AC charging losses: From the breaker to EV (Part 1)

Charged EVs

OBC: The onboard charger, a piece of power electronics equipment that converts the AC power from the grid to a DC voltage that is used to charge the battery (technically, it would make more sense to call this the charger). The aforementioned “legal” restriction is due to a rule found in the electrical subsection of most building codes (e.g.

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