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Volvo XC40 Recharge and Polestar 2: EV cousins offer different takes on “premium”

Charged EVs

Late last year, Volvo launched its very first all-electric model in North America. It’s called the XC40 Recharge, and the earliest versions aren’t cheap, priced from about $55,000 including delivery. My quick road test revealed both pros and cons of the XC40 Recharge. liter 4-cylinder engine and optional all-wheel drive.

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Tesla is officially worth $1 trillion, stock soars past $1,000 per share

Teslarati

Tesla joins Apple, Microsoft, Saudi Aramco, Google parent company Alphabet, and Amazon as the only companies to be worth $1 trillion. Introducing our all new EV fleet ( @TomBrady not included) #Hertz #LetsGo pic.twitter.com/TElSE2PDKb. Hertz (@Hertz) October 25, 2021. ” Ives wrote in a note to investors.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST

Clean Fleet Report

First announced in 2022, the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST is now available at Chevrolet dealerships across North America. And since you can travel 440 miles without recharging, why wouldn’t you take a Silverado EV on that family road trip? The Most Versatile and Functional Electric Pickup? Look ma, no hands!

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BMW to partner with Coulomb Technologies in Boston; Coulomb offering new cloud-based service plans, new dual-port charging stations

Green Car Congress

BMW of North America and Coulomb Technologies announced that drivers of the BMW ActiveE all-electric vehicle ( earlier post ) will be able to take advantage of the expansion of the ChargePoint Network into the Boston Metro area.

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. Can I get from Pittsburgh to New York's Hudson Valley—a trip I make a dozen times a year?

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Solving the Electric Vehicle Charging Conundrum

Cars That Think

And yet, what about recharging? That means I'd have to recharge at least once. But Nissan has announced that for North America, they too are converting over to CCS. Like a lot of people, I've been thinking about trading in my car. Can I get from Pittsburgh to New York's Hudson Valley—a trip I make a dozen times a year?

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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.