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Drive Notes: 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale eAWD

The Truth About Cars

Welcome back to drive notes, which is a Cliff Note's review of vehicles that are currently in, or recently were in, my possession for a test. The Tonale is built along its sibling, the Dodge Hornet, in Italy. Unlike the Hornet, the Tonale is available only as a plug-in hybrid, using the same powertrain as the Dodge Hornet R/T.

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Seven-day test: Living with the Porsche Taycan RWD

EV Central

That said, if that’s your typical daily commute, it’s easy to see how plugging in overnight would give you all the juice you need. The Dodge’s colour is better. Four hours and 30 minutes later I’ve added 8.44kWh and am at 60 percent SOC and 301km range. Adding 50km in that time isn’t great.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. Review of Forestry Carbon Standards 2008 Ford Partners to Commercialize Electric Vehicles A New "Green" Deal.Direction for the economic re. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Read reviews, get free pricing, and much more. You can put up to 3 URLs in your comments.