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

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips A Two-Country Kia EV6 Experience Last year I set out to see what it would be like to take a couple of long road trips in a Kia EV6–one in the UK and the other in the U.S. Fortunately it’s becoming less of an issue now the newest EVs have a range of up to 300 miles on a full battery charge.

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2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger: Charge It Up

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A 92-kilowatt-hour battery and a 130-kilowatt generator combine to bring the juice. Ram is touting a total system horsepower of 663 with 615 lb-ft of torque and a range of 690 miles. Ram says customers can gain 50 miles of range in 10 minutes via 400-volt DC fast charging at up to 145 kW. inch screen for passengers.

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Geländewagen, Electrified: Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology

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A 116-kWh lithium-ion battery provides the juice but Merc isn’t yet spilling any tea about expected driving range on a full charge. The EQS 580 SUV, which the wind likely thinks is more aerodynamic, has a battery pack of roughly the same capacity and a suggested range of about 330 miles. A sprint from 0–60 mph is said to take 4.7

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Why is maintaining 80% battery power the best choice for EVs? | EV Basics

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If your EV has 300 miles of range when fully juiced up, it can go about 240 miles with an 80% state of charge. You’ll stop and power up before hitting zero miles, but let’s keep things simple and say 240. There may be huge distances between DC fast chargers, and you need every range you can get.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

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mile-per-hour) average run and a 351 kph (218 mph) peak. 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.

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

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These handsome crossover SUVs might not be able to cruise for 7 hours on the highway, like the 500-mile-range Lucid Air. That lets the Hyundai and Kia slurp electrons at up to a 270-kilowatt rate, when plugged into a 350-kW DC charger. Still, the Hyundai added 161 km (100 miles) of range in 42 minutes. The Hyundai Ioniq5.

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Maserati launches new tri-motor GranCabrio Folgore convertible that goes 0-100 km/h in 2.8 sec

Baua Electric

kWh battery pack (83 kWh usable) that can reach charge rates up to 270 kW on a DC fast charger, recouping 100km (62 miles) in 5 minutes and replenishing from a 20-80% state of charge in 18 minutes. seconds but loses some juice down the straightaway, going 0-200 km/h in 9.1 It houses a 92.5

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