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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. New for the 2022 model year, the 2023 XC60 Recharge continues to deliver performance and all-electric and hybrid efficiency in a premium compact SUV.

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ARPA-E Battery/Storage Exposition 14 Jan

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The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is hosting a pitch event, ARPA-E’s Battery/Storage Exposition, on 14 January 2021, from 1:00-3:00 pm EST. This event will feature pitches from a select group of ARPA-E teams developing energy storage technologies.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

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The company plans to do it with a mixture of all-electric vehicles, like the new XC40 Recharge, and plug-in hybrid versions of its SUVs and sedans. The XC90 Recharge is an example of the second group. My Savile Gray Metallic tester had the Inscription trim, which base prices at $69,750 before shipping ($995).

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Why you might be charging your EV wrong – and what to do instead

Baua Electric

In contrast, the study found that a few experienced EV drivers had developed a strategy of using a trigger event to spur them to plug in their EV. Kempton said: Some of the more sophisticated EV users had picked a repeating event that happens at a place they can plug in and at a time or event lasting several hours.

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FreeWire partnering with SMUD on Mobi Gen and EV Charger units

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The L2 models recharge from a wall outlet; each unit is equipped with dual J1772 plugs and can charge 2 vehicles at once. The L3 fast chargers also recharge from a wall outlet; each model is compatible with CHAdeMO or Tesla standards. The Freewire products currently offer Level 2 charging at 7.5 kW or DC fast charging at 50 kW.

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Tesla taps another Canadian startup for battery developments…for $3

Teslarati

Interestingly, Tesla purchased the patents just two weeks before the Battery Day event that was held in September 2020, TechCrunch reports. The new cells offer exponentially more energy, six times the power, and more range as Tesla attempts to expand its production efforts to help EVs reach price parity with gas-powered cars.

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Volkswagen has 30k+ reservations for the ID.3 1ST edition; most from Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and UK

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3 EV, which will make its world premiere at the event. Thanks to its charging capacity, a range of approximately 290 kilometres can be recharged in just 30 minutes (at 100 kW charging capacity). While the base price of the ID.3 Most of the pre-bookers live in Germany, Norway, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom.