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Tesla Supercharger Network tops J.D. Power EV public charging study

Teslarati

And now that it is being opened to non-Tesla electric vehicles, the rapid charging system seems poised to become one of the key drivers of mainstream EV adoption. Other automakers followed suit, including fellow auto giant General Motors. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Public Charging Study. Power’s 2023 U.S.

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Fraunhofer ISI/ICCT analysis of PHEV data finds real-world CO2 emissions 2-4x higher than official values

Green Car Congress

The results of the joint study, released by German Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), suggest that incentives to promote a higher share of electric driving would increase the potential for plug-in hybrid vehicles to reduce emissions.

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Study Suggests Automakers Lose $6,000 On Each EV Sold

The Truth About Cars

A new study is claiming that automakers lose an average of $6,000 for every $50,000 electric vehicle they sell. EV intenders want 20-minute charging times, a 350-mile driving range and a price of $50,000, according to the group's report on the survey. Nearly 40 percent of 3,000 U.S. Image: Hyundai] Become a& TTAC insider.

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We buy a used Porsche Taycan! Bargain price, 1000km road trip and charging dramas

EV Central

A Taycan’s DC charge port is behind the front left wheel, and Tesla chargers are designed for Teslas to back into position and recharge at their rear-mount ports. Arse-hole parking engaged: charging a Porsche Taycan RWD with a Tesla Supercharger. Study finance, not motoring journalism, if you want to have nice things.

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200 Years Ago, Faraday Invented the Electric Motor

Cars That Think

After Faraday [left] failed to acknowledge his mentor, Humphry Davy [right], in an 1821 paper on the electric motor, Davy accused him of plagiarism. At heart, Faraday was an experimentalist, so in order to write a thorough account, he re-created Ørsted's experiments and tried to follow Ampère's reasoning.

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Car flame retardants might make us sick—and be unnecessary in EVs

Baua Electric

The study found that 99% of cars contained a flame retardant under investigation by the U.S. 2025 Toyota Crown A 2022 study conducted by the Ecology Center’s Healthy Stuff lab also found that car seats—particularly in vehicles at lower price points—contained potentially harmful chemicals, Consumer Reports noted.

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Berkeley Lab/UC Berkeley study shows EV batteries meet daily travel needs of 85%+ of US drivers even after 20% energy capacity fade; calls for new EOL criteria

Green Car Congress

A new study by researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley shows quantitatively that EV batteries can continue to meet daily travel needs of drivers well beyond the 80% floor for remaining energy storage capacity that is commonly assumed. —Saxena et al.

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