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Heybike Horizon review: Full-suspension 28 MPH fat-tire e-bike at just $1,499

Baua Electric

The company’s latest e-bike, the Heybike Horizon , has nailed the comfortable step-through fat tire design with a combination of performance and price that we rarely see. For example, this is an affordable full-suspension design that actually feels like decent suspension. Hitting 28 mph (45 km/h) is definitely doable.

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Audi Applies Safari-Style Treatment to Q8 e-tron

The Truth About Cars

We mused exactly how long it would take a manufacturer to kit one of its EVs with off-road gear which is sure to sap range faster than a hungry teenage kid wolfs down dinner after hockey practice (this may be a strangely specific example taken from events in the Guy household). second run from 0 – 62 mph on standard street tires.

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An Easy EV Conversion Kit For People

Open Source Civic EV Kit

After spending the past year and a half converting a Porsche 914 to an electric vehicle, I decided to expand my horizons by designing an open-source electric vehicle (EV) conversion kit for a commonly used car. All the commercially available freeway-capable (70 mph) EVs are priced way out of reach for the average consumer.

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Dodge Charger Daytona EV unveiled as first electric muscle car with Hellcat performance

Baua Electric

Dodge specifically designed the battery pack with up to 100.5 kW installed capacity and 550 kW peak discharge rate to allow the motor to use max battery power for a quarter-mile sprint. The standard 2024 Charger Daytona R/T includes a standard Direct Connection Stage 1 upgrade kit that adds 40 hp for a total of 496 hp.

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Volkswagen to put MEB-based electric I.D. BUZZ microbus concept into production; Cargo variant too

Green Car Congress

BUZZ, which is built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). The concept features an all-wheel drive system with a total output of 369 hp (275 kW) and an NEDC electric driving range of 600 kilometers (270 miles on a predicted US driving cycle). The vehicle will arrive at dealerships in 2022, after the compact four-door I.D.

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2024 Dodge Charger Daytona: the ‘Brotherhood of Muscle’ goes electric – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

For 2024, both will come standard with a Direct Connection Stage kit already fitted, to allow maximum acceleration from launch. The R/T with the Stage 1 kit is quoted at 496 horsepower, while the more powerful Scat Pack with a Stage 2 kit produces up to 670 hp and 627 lb-ft of torque. Top speed is 137 mph. Wait, whut?

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Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé plug-in makes its European debut; showcasing the MQB

Green Car Congress

The CrossBlue Coupé—based off the Volkswagen Group’s MQB architecture (the Group’s modular assembly kit for vehicles with transverse-mounted engines)—features a transverse-mounted turbocharged direct-injection (TSI) 220 kW (295 hp) 3.0L With acceleration from 0 to 62 mph in 5.9 Earlier post.). In boosting—i.e.,

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