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EV Central
JUNE 17, 2024
Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. The A290 should also drive a cut above the car it’s based on too, with Alpine switching out the R5’s 110kW front-mounted e-motor for the punchier powertrain from Renault’s Megane E-Tech electric SUV. 2025 Alpine A290 GTS EV. 2025 Alpine A290 GT EV.
Cars That Think
OCTOBER 29, 2021
That frugal operation is boosted by a 924-volt architecture (versus 400 volts for Tesla, and 800 for Porsche's Taycan) whose benefits include restoring up to 300 miles of range in 20 minutes on a 350-kilowatt DC fast charger. Every buyer is eligible for a $7,500 federal tax credit, pushing the most-affordable Air to $71,400.
Cars That Think
SEPTEMBER 1, 2021
And where current Tesla packs feature what Munro calls "a crappy cooling design" with thermal channels between cells—superfluous, because most heat is concentrated at cell ends—Munro says 4680 cells will rest atop a liquid-cooled thermal plate that's become a staple of EVs from GM, Ford, Volkswagen, Porsche, or Rivian.
Drive Electric
FEBRUARY 8, 2021
More renewable energy sources are being added to the UK grid all the time and it takes less energy to produce renewable electricity (and it’s a much cleaner process) than extracting and cracking crude oil to make petrol, while most new electric cars are packed with clever technology which makes then even more environmentally friendly.
Drive Electric
FEBRUARY 24, 2021
It will also be available in the head-turning RS spec, providing stern competition for the brilliant Porsche Taycan 4S – which we named most stylish in our round-up of 2020’s best electric cars. BMW will begin to offer its first fully electric SUV. Battery size: 80 kWh. Real-world range: 225 miles. Mazda MX-30. Mercedes EQA.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
TDI quattro plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ); the Audi A7 h-tron quattro fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ); the Audi e-tron quattro concept battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ); the Audi TT clubsport turbo concept ( earlier post ); the Audi RS 5 TDI competition concept ( earlier post ); and the Audi R18 e-tron quattro ( earlier post ). “EV”
Cars That Think
JANUARY 23, 2023
However, until mainstream public confidence reaches the point where the perceived combination of risks of a battery electric vehicle purchase (range, affordability, reliability and behavioral changes) match that of an ICE vehicle, then EV purchases are going to be the exception rather than the norm. How much range is enough?
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