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Lowest-priced EVs, Elio electric, Volvo XC40 Recharge range boost, Kia Sorento PHEV price: Today’s Car News

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The Volvo XC40 Recharge gets a range boost, and the Kia Sorento Plug-In Hybrid gets a price tag. Need a new electric car for well under $40,000? You have a lot of choices. And Elio is back with an EV—timeline, to be announced. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Elio Motors is at it again.

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2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate – Not Quite Fully Charged

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On paper, the 2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate seems like a fine compact EV. Like many EVs, the C40 recharge offers one-pedal driving. Volvo is a brand with offerings ranging from entry-luxury to full-scale luxury, and the C40 Recharge is supposed to be a reasonably-priced electric upscale urban runabout. And it looks cool.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge Electric Pricing Announced at $54,985

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Making good on its promise that the future will be electric, Volvo has readied the XC40 Recharge P8 compact crossover for a spring debut. Though it doesn’t seem to have secured an idyllic price tag. The post Volvo XC40 Recharge Electric Pricing Announced at $54,985 appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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GMC electric pickup, Volvo C40 Recharge price, Lightyear One solar car production: Today’s Car News

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Volvo’s first EV-exclusive design has a price tag. There’s a second, more affordable electric truck coming to the GMC brand after the Hummer EV models. And the Lightyear One solar car is coming from the factory that built the Fisker Karma. This and more, here at Green Car Reports.

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Ames Lab researchers boost thermoelectric conversion by TAGS materials

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A team led by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory recently reported that doping members of the well-established TAGS group—tellurium, antimony, germanium and silver—of thermoelectric materials with 1% of cerium or ytterbium can boost the thermoelectric figure of merit by up to 25%. Levin, B.A.

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Volvo extends XC40 Recharge PHEV lineup

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The latest to join the lineup is the XC40 Recharge Plug-in Hybrid T4 – the second PHEV in the XC40 range, but one that comes with a more accessible price tag. It's possible to buy an electrified version of any of Volvo's current range of cars and SUVs, but that isn't stopping it expanding its offering.

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ABB electric-car charging station bills automatically: no cards or RFID tags

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Activating any given public charging station to recharge an electric car can pose something of a hassle. Yes, plugging it in is simple enough, but public charging infrastructure in the U.S.