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Consumer Reports tests show EV range can fall far short of claims due to outside temperature

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Over the past year, Consumer Reports (CR) sought to answer the question of the effect of temperature on electric vehicle range by conducting seasonal testing on popular new all-wheel-drive EVs: the Ford Mustang Mach-E extended range, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Tesla Model Y Long Range, and Volkswagen ID.4

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NREL analysis of Proterra electric bus demo finds average fuel economy nearly 4x that of CNG baseline buses

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kWh per mile on the service route, which equated to 17.48 miles per diesel gallon equivalent (DGE). The baseline CNG buses had an average fuel economy of 4.04 miles per gasoline gallon equivalent (GGE), which equates to 4.51 miles per DGE. kWh per mile over 399,663 miles of use.

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Range-Extended Electric Hummer H3E by Raser Drives 50+ All-Electric Miles in Test Drive

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A recent preliminary road test of the Raser Hummer H3E, an H3 converted with a range-extended electric powertrain ( earlier post ), demonstrated more than 50 miles of all-electric range. Battery range of this innovative vehicle was more than sufficient to exceed our performance target of 40 miles in all-electric mode.

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Road Test: Ford F-150 Lightning

Clean Fleet Report

Horsepower is 452 for the standard range version and 580 for the extended range truck, and the torque for both versions is 775 pound-feet. The standard-range version has a 98-kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery with an 11.3/10.5 The extended-range version ups the battery capacity to 131 kWh with a 19.2/17.6

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Proterra Catalyst electric bus sets records at Altoona in efficiency, gradeability, weight and acceleration

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Nearly six times more efficient than a diesel or CNG bus, the Catalyst is also ~15% more energy efficient per mile than its closest competitor’s electric bus on the same test (BYD, which averaged 1.988 kWh/mile), which translates to a lower lifetime energy consumption of 15%. While conventional diesel buses average 3.86

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An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test

Clean Fleet Report

An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test True Long Range: 1,796 Miles and Four States in a 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E Ford presented a great opportunity to test the long-range suitability of the 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E when I received an invitation to attend the Ford Bronco Off-Roadeo program in Moab, Utah. miles per kWh.

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Monthly Myth: EVs don’t work In the cold

Electric Auto Association

Learning from a trip in the cold Jason Fenske of Engineering Explained reported on the functioning of his Tesla Model 3 Performance on two recent 2,000 mile trips covering the same route, one in hot weather and one in cold. On the summer run, he used 285 Watt/Hrs per mile and in winter he used 338 Watt/Hrs per mile.

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