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Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi to provide financial assistance for EV charging infrastructure in Japan

Green Car Congress

Honda Motor Co., and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation have agreed on the details of specific financial assistance they will provide to installers of charging stations for electric vehicles (PHVs, PHEVs, and EVs). The management organization will collect membership fees and usage charges from electric vehicle users. Quick Chargers.

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EV extravaganza at Noosa Expo

EV Central

Noosa Junction’s main street was closed off to welcome the latest models from local Hyundai, Mazda, BMW, Mini and Polestar dealers, plus electric motorcycles, scooters, bikes, trucks, vans and coaches. Here’s our gallery of all the EV goodness from the Sunshine State. It weighs just 235kg without driver.

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Is It Economical to Convert ICE Car to Electric Car Using Conversion Kit

Get Electric Vehicle

While purchasing a brand-new electric car might not be feasible for everyone due to its higher upfront costs, people are looking for alternatives. converting existing internal combustion engine (ICE) cars into electric vehicles using conversion kits. For several reasons, people are deciding to switch their normal cars to electric cars.

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Ford unveils Maverick compact hybrid pickup truck starting at less than $20K

Green Car Congress

It’s a great-looking truck featuring four doors with room for five adults, a standard full-hybrid engine with city fuel economy that beats a Honda Civic, plenty of towing and hauling for weekend trips or do-it-yourself projects, and it starts under $20,000. It features an in-house-designed and manufactured electric traction motor.

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Road Test: 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Limited AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report drove the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Limited that comes standard with HTRAC, Hyundai-speak for all-wheel drive (AWD). All four wheels are driven by a wet 8-speed dual clutch automatic transmission (DCT), with a manual shift mode, paddle shifters, and driver-selectable drive modes of Normal, Sport, Smart and Snow.

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A change in this world!

DIY Electric Car

See our project is based on electric cars and that there are currently no Electric Mini-vans available in the United States. There is a tremendous community that has to rely on Mini-vans for transportation and would also give an answer to the excuse of "oh, I don't want an Electric car because they are all small automobiles."

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My Conversion Journal - help me begin please

DIY Electric Car

An owner of a forklift wreckers told me that a 24V electric palletjack motor would be good for a small car. tonne, and a variable SCR, gearbox and accelerator, all from a pallet jack for $600-$1000 (AUS$). I am interested in using a forklift motor to convert to an EV. He said that he would sell me a motor that can lift about 3.5