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Long range electric motorcycles are now charging up at Tesla Superchargers

Electrek

When Tesla announced that it would begin opening up its Supercharger stations in the US for non-Tesla EVs, we expected to see a wide range of electric cars flood the fast charging stations. But it’s not just electric cars that are taking advantage of the new fast charger access.

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Tesla sales, VW chargers, coal pollution, used electric values: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

Tesla released sales numbers for the last quarter of 2018. Volkswagen has developed a mobile juice pack for electric cars. For the first time dramatic depreciation on electric cars has begun to reverse. The EPA continues to roll back regulations on coal plants to allow them to emit more pollution.

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Tesla gets first place in inaugural Industrial Digital Transformation Report

Teslarati

Tesla took the number one spot in ARC’s inaugural list. . ARC Advisory Group describes its reasons for selecting Tesla as the number one company for its inaugural Digital Transformation Top 25 in the following section: . “Tesla’s fundamental philosophy internally and externally is to shift perception.

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Vanderbilt battery management device reconfigures modules to extend EV pack range

Green Car Congress

student in electrical engineering, have developed a battery management device that reconfigures battery modules in electric cars to be online or offline depending on whether or not they’re going to pull down the other modules. The result could be an increase in range of up to 50%, seen as the battery pack ages.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. On the last day I knew I would have to get a full charge to make it back to Heathrow and leave it with enough juice for the driver who would collect it. At that time the only car that came close was the Wankel-powered NSU Ro80.

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Opinion: Top Ways Volkswagen ID4 is a Game-Changer in 2023

Clean Fleet Report

Electric vehicles aren’t merely the future, they are already here, and there is no company outside of Tesla that demonstrates its commitment to the idea of EVs more than Volkswagen. It’s Built with Practicality in Mind With power and range Volkswagen’s electric car for the masses is the 2023 ID4 SUV.