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Are You Plugged In?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Plug-in hybrids differ from hybrids on the road today in that they can go longer distances on battery power and can be recharged via electrical outlets. Google Inc. GM calls the Volt an extended-range electric vehicle, or EREV. Which electric-car developer counts former U. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson as an investor?

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Coulomb Gets Charged Up

Revenge of the Electric Car

Better Place, orchestrating its efforts with French carmaker Renault, will essentially rent out switchable batteries to extend range. The revolution might lack the quick acceleration of the Tesla Roadster, Lowenthal suggests, but millions of EVs are coming — and Coulomb plans to recharge their motors.

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Rapid Charging Electric Cars: How Fast, How Soon?

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

For the standard version, Tesla plans to use a battery that can recharge at a typical 220V outlet in about four hours. Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. I asked Mike Omotoso, J.D.

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2024 Polestar 2 RWD: why the cheaper entry level beats the dual motor AWD

EV Central

Its 655km WLTP range (in Long Range guise) is over 10 per cent above the equivalent Polestar 2 AWD, and its figure bests everything in this price bracket – Telsa Model 3 Long Range (629km) and Hyundai Ioniq 6 RWD Extended Range (614km) included. Range anxiety? Properly banished.

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