Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010
On a standard household 220-volt outlet, the Cruze EV can be fully recharged in 8 to 10 hours. The result of shared development with GM Daewoo, LG Chem and LG Electronics, the electric Cruzes will be part of a demo fleet that will operate in South Korea’s capital, Seoul. The Volt enters the US market later this year.
Green Car Congress
JULY 24, 2018
liter diesel engine now available with Kia’s new eight-speed automatic transmission, and—in certain markets—48-volt mild-hybrid power ( earlier post ). With this development, Kia becomes the first manufacturer to offer hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery-electric and 48-volt mild-hybrid technology across its full model line-up.
Revenge of the Electric Car
OCTOBER 23, 2008
GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem. Lots going on with batteries now, as John O’Dell’s piece below illustrates. that got the nod.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 23, 2024
With a few pulls of the left side steering wheel paddle, the brake regeneration force reaches the maximum setting and you are in iPedal, where regenerative braking uses the motors to recharge the battery when slowing or coasting, converting kinetic energy into electric energy, which is stored in the battery. Charging The 10.9
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
Finally, the engineers eliminated the traditional 12-volt battery to reduce weight, instead, utilizing the high-voltage lithium-ion polymer battery. The Optima Plug-in Hybrid is available in one trim, EX, will be built at , South Korea, and is expected to go on sale in the fourth quarter of this year. Optima Plug-in Hybrid.
Charged EVs
MAY 19, 2021
A BEV2 entry would thus join planned plug-in hybrid and battery-electric models built on adaptations of the underpinnings used for the Volt plug-in hybrid, which itself was canceled late in 2018. We’d happily drive a Bolt EUV as our daily vehicle, presuming we had a home charging station. 50 kilowatts: far from fast.
Baua Electric
APRIL 16, 2024
Park said that those participating in the new eN1 Cup racing series in South Korea with the Ioniq 5 N may one day get to choose their own bespoke sound, so fans know who is coming around that corner and on to the straight. I think I’d want mine to sound like a Mötley Crue guitar riff, but I digress. First, there is power delivery.
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