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Tank 500 Ultra Review: Is this the electrified 4×4 wagon that signals the end for Toyota’s dirty diesels?

EV Central

So you’re trying to figure out what this chrome-laden Chinese 4×4 is doing here right? Instead of being diesel like virtually all its rivals, the Tank 500 is electrified via a petrol-electric hybrid powertrain. GWM is a giant Chinese auto brand – GWM stands for Great Wall Motors. All other GWM Models are 7-5-5.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Those exact words came from my wife’s mouth when I suggested we rent an electric car for a week’s family holiday in France. A shitty obscure Chinese electric car. Dropping to just 3km range when Chinese EV refused to charge. In many places, electric cars are cheaper to rent than equivalent petrol cars.

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Chery on top? Omoda E5 SUV mid-year launch leads Chinese brand’s expansive Aussie electric vehicle line-up

EV Central

The ambitious Chinese Chery brand will launch its first electric vehicle in Australia when the Omoda E5 SUV arrives mid-year. A 61kWh lithium-ion battery pack provides the juice. However, Chery has in the past told Aussie media it has targeted the Hyundai Kona Electric as the rival to beat. “We 2024 Chery Omoda E5.

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Our visit to BGauss factory & B8 Electric Scooter Report

Plug In India

By Atul Gopal The PluginIndia team got an opportunity to visit the factory of the BGauss, the Mumbai based electric scooter brand. We also got to spend time with their flagship electric scooter BGauss B8. Deliverin 94 Nm of torque, and all of it at low speeds, so zippy, as always. Rated at 1.2 kW, with a peak of 1.9

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Local Electric Driving, No Range Anxiety. Volvo has been talking about going electric a lot lately. The company plans to do it with a mixture of all-electric vehicles, like the new XC40 Recharge, and plug-in hybrid versions of its SUVs and sedans. What does all this add up to? While it shares the other models’ 2.0-liter

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

The main reasons were: Reduce our monthly electricity. With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road. Is controls all aspects of power generation and use.

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XPeng’s AeroHT flexes its eVTOL expertise, taking its X2 flying car to the skies above Guangzhou

Baua Electric

Earlier today, XPeng’s aerial arm conducted its first successful flight test in its all-electric X2 “flying car” eVTOL above the Chinese city of Guangzhou to test low-altitude scenarios for future transport and sightseeing routes. AeroHT , fka XPeng Huitian, is an eVTOL-centric entity of XPeng Inc.,

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