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

Cars That Think

The Hyundai Ioniq5 and Kia EV6 that I recently tested—a pair of wildly impressive, high-design EVs—take a different approach to solving range anxiety: an 800-volt battery architecture that delivers some of the fastest charging in the EV game, and unheard of at these price levels. second rips to 60 mph. With their modest size and 77.4-kWh

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Clean Fleet Report

When the all-electric Kia Niro was introduced in 2019 it followed the 2017 Niro hybrid and then the 2018 Niro plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV). Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all three versions, as well as Kia’s eco-friendly philosophy that this year saw the debut of the all-new, all-electric EV6. Juicing up.

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The Importance of Managed EV Charging

EV Match

Vehicle to X (V2X), where X can be load (L), home (H), another vehicle (V), or the grid (G), is an emerging technology that can distribute stored energy to the device in need. Since EVs have an immense amount of stored electricity, with V2X, they can re-direct that power back to other things. What is V2X? V2L (Vehicle to Load).

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Audi RS e-tron GT review: Driving the most powerful production Audi ever

EV Central

It might sound sacrilegious, but you can add the stunning Kia EV6 GT to this list. Energy is stored in an 83.7kWh (net) lithium-ion battery pack sitting between between the axles. As it fills, speeds drop, but it was still sucking up juice at a rate of 119kW when 78 per cent full when we stopped for quick boost.

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Fast Food, Fast Charge

Cars That Think

And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. 7-Eleven envisions its 7Charge network as one of the biggest fast-charging networks among convenience stores in the United States.

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Review: 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N enthusiast EV shows it’s worth the wait

Baua Electric

Auto mode is fine for toddling to the grocery store, but this is Laguna Seca, dammit. I used 16% of my battery juice in my one sprint session ending with a battery temperature of 93 degrees. Although the Kia EV6 GT might be built on the same platform as the Ioniq 5 N, the two are hardly comparable. I wanted to be in control.

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Polestar 2 AWD or 2WD: Which one should you buy?

EV Central

Our extensive group test of sub-$80,000 EVs saw the Tesla Model 3 finish ahead of the Polestar (and Kia EV6 and Hyundai Ioniq 5 ), but we declared it the “closest to a true luxury car here.” Buying a Polestar 2 So, what should potential buyers know? The all-important infotainment uses a portrait (iPad-like) 11.15-inch

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