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Is Your Dealership Ready for EV Buyers?

Blink Charging

In the automotive industry, the most obvious shift happening right now is from gasoline- and diesel-powered engines to fully electric motors. On the maintenance side, vehicle manufacturers may provide training courses for their EVs. For example, Northeast Texas Community College now offers an EV maintenance certification program.

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We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

Baua Electric

And, like in electric cars, an electric motor has high torque at zero rpm, which means it has… A LOT OF GET-UP-AND-GO. Arc used a low (2,000) rpm semi truck motor with direct drive (no gearbox) to reduce noise and friction and ensure high torque, which means we literally fell right out of our damn seat the first time they punched it.

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5 Electric Car Checks for a Hassle-Free Holiday

Clean Fleet Report

You are about to leave the driveway, and your maintenance light pops on at that exact moment. To be safe, you’ll want to charge your car any time it gets down to 25 percent; this leaves you enough juice to find a charging station. Here are five easy steps you can take before a holiday to ensure your EV is ready to hit the road.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

liter, 16-valve 4-cylinder engine with two electric motors for a total system 196 horsepower and 139 pound-feet of torque. The gas power Toyota’s hybrid automatically switches between the electric drive mode, combined electric motor and gasoline engine, and gasoline-only engine power. It combines a 2.0-liter,

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The pair made major contributions to the propulsion system for the Impact , a battery-powered concept car that AeroVironment built under contract for General Motors.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in March 2024

Baua Electric

It’s a throttle-enabled Class 2 folding electric bike with 20″ wheels, a max speed of 20 mph (32 km/h) and a motor rated for 300W continuous and 720W peak. Lectric XP LITE quick specs Motor: 300W (720W peak) geared rear hub motor Top speed: 32 km/h (20 mph) Range: Claimed up to 72 km (40 mi), but less on throttle only Battery: 48V 7.8

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in January 2024

Baua Electric

It’s a throttle-enabled Class 2 folding electric bike with 20″ wheels, a max speed of 20 mph (32 km/h) and a motor rated for 300W continuous and 720W peak. Lectric XP LITE quick specs Motor: 300W (720W peak) geared rear hub motor Top speed: 32 km/h (20 mph) Range: Claimed up to 72 km (40 mi), but less on throttle only Battery: 48V 7.8

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