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Road Test: 2024 Range Rover Velar Dynamic SE Mild Hybrid

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A 48V lithium-ion battery is replenished through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery when applying the brakes or coasting. liter mild hybrid has an EPA rating of 19 mpg city/25 highway and 21 combined. There is no plug on the Range Rover to recharge the battery.

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Road Test: 2023 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Performance Plus

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The EPA rates the Polestar 2 Duel Motor at 260 all-electric miles (AER) with an efficiency of 34 kilowatt-hour (kWh) per 100 miles. The 78 kWh, liquid-cooled lithium-ion battery is charged through an 11.0 In a few 0-60 miles per hour runs, we averaged 3.9 seconds, which felt quick and merged us onto the freeway with a whoosh.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. GMs program relies on lithium-ion battery technology that Gioia called "cost, weight and package prohibitive." The biggest barrier is the battery." Detroit News ).

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Road Trip: 2021 Volkswagen ID4

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of torque, powered by a 77-kilowatt-hour (kWh) lithium-ion battery. The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) rates the driving range at 250 miles, with an impressive 97 MPGe (miles per gallon equivalent), a measure of the powertrain’s efficiency. The initial ID4 models have rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive comes in 2022.

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