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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. Sure, it’d be a gamble fraught with charging uncertainty. A shitty obscure Chinese electric car. A stuck charging cable. Holiday days planned around EV charging.

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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

Clean Fleet Report

Tips for Electric Cars To Navigate the Cold Stuff. Electric vehicles are becoming increasingly popular, but they can pose some challenges in the winter. Here are some tips on how to keep your EV charged and running smoothly during the colder months. Keep an Emergency Kit in your Electric Vehicle. Keep charged.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

They wanted to see whether an electric vehicle could feed electricity back to the grid. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. AC Propulsion’s experiment was timely.

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Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup

Plug In India

Video Interviews : Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup Cellestial (note the double l, as in cell) is a 3 way partnership. Basically, like we see with Nexon and others from the electric car retrofit design, the engine gets replaced by a motor - and the story from there on remains the same for both ICE and Electric.

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Seven-day test: Living with the Porsche Taycan RWD

EV Central

Porsche’s entry-level Taycan EV has less power, performance and equipment, but could the single motor rear-drive option be all you really need? inch driver display dominates your vision while 14-way power seats, heated steering wheel, surround view cameras and a head-up display all come standard. Day 1: First impressions.

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2023 Kia EV6 GT review: Mega-popular electric vehicle put to the seven-day test

EV Central

Demand for these rapid electric GTs is off the charts, so car folk look at you wondering how many brown envelopes were handed over so you could jump the queue. Striking thing, this electric SUV-cum-wagon. Where’s my electric control? It’s mind-blowing, if not quite in the re-wire brain territory of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

A distance of 923 km using DC fast charging infrastructure. Chatted up with a few curious cabbies and did the electric math with them. The computer of the car is connected all the time, even when you push the power off switch. All the connectors were checked, and all seemed to be well fitted.