The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 8, 2023
Compare the bZ to the brand’s own re-done Prius – the new Prius has flaws but it’s generally packaged much better. Yes, the bZ is an EV and the Prius is not, but overall, the latter is a more intriguing proposition than the former. The juice comes from a lithium-ion battery pack with a 71.4-kWh kWh capacity.
Charged EVs
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
In Europe, it was smaller Jeeps—the subcompact Renegade and compact Compass family SUV—that got their plugs first. One’s the best of the dwindling segment of 7- and 8-seat vehicles that aren’t hulking SUVs. The other is the SUV that started it all, an iconic vehicle known the world over for ruggedness and go-anywhere capability.
Spirit of DC - PHEV3A
NOVEMBER 27, 2009
Major Jerry Asher wheels around Arizona in a Toyota Prius hybrid, packing an extra battery and preaching a message to “kick gas” in favor of electric power. When the juice from the larger pack is used up, Spirit reverts back to driving like a regular Prius hybrid.This translates into gas mileage of up to 100 miles per gallon, Asher said.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. The Appraisal 2010 Prius Delivers Record Mileage and Accelerates. So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? The Three Prongs of the “Green&# Energy Stimulus Pa. SZ (1) 6753.T
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Battery swapping wouldnt make economic sense without a considerable degree of standardization.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
"It is unreasonable to expect the Volt and any similar new technology to be immediately profitable when other technologies that started with a price premium, such as the Toyota Prius, became wild successes," said Chelsea Sexton, an advisory board member of Plug-In America. " The feds arent convinced. GM doesnt have a chance.
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