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Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxi, why leaded gas, Mercedes AMG plug-in hybrid: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Hyundai shows an Ioniq 5 robotaxi. Mercedes’ AMG shows a plug-in hybrid that uses its juice for performance more than range. Hyundai on Tuesday revealed an autonomous “robotaxi” version of its Ioniq 5 electric car. Leaded gas is gone. And are you eager to see the Subaru EV? Made in.

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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

Range anxiety” has been a headline concern for electric vehicles. These handsome crossover SUVs might not be able to cruise for 7 hours on the highway, like the 500-mile-range Lucid Air. The Hyundai, especially, left fellow drivers doing double takes and whipping out phone cameras. The Hyundai Ioniq5.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 Review – Whatever It Is, It’s Good

The Truth About Cars

The 2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 is difficult to categorize. Juice is supplied via 77.4 The maximum range on an Ioniq5 equipped as my tester is a claimed 256 miles. What’s New for 2022 The 2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 is all new. Images © 2023 Tim Healey/TTAC.com, Hyundai] Become a& TTAC& insider. It’s just pretty dang good.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

Faster pit stops could also help unlock sales for electric two-wheelers, which have been slow to catch on due to dawdling charge times and limited riding range. Lightning Motorcycles “Costs are becoming competitive, so the last big issues are range and charge time,” Hatfield says.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Dropping to just 3km range when Chinese EV refused to charge. Best of all, I’d rented a Hyundai Kona Electric : an EV I like very much. Reliable range, fits the family in and drives beautifully. Its Kona has a range of up to 484km (the big battery one) so range anxiety would barely be a thing.

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

Clean Fleet Report

Range anxiety has been the bugaboo of EVs. Fortunately it’s becoming less of an issue now the newest EVs have a range of up to 300 miles on a full battery charge. Consequently, range anxiety and charging locations are of little concern. Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

Volkswagen , Nissan , and Hyundai have moved to produce the kinds of cars that can use such bidirectional chargers—alongside similar vehicle-to- home technology , whereby your car can power your house, say, during a blackout, as promoted by Ford with its new F-150 Lightning. Those arguments are not yet settled. But big automakers like.

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