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Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor

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Flash Drive: 2024 Polestar 2 Single and Dual Motor A Major Update with More Power and Range Polestar recently invited the automotive media to get behind the wheel of its revised Polestar 2 single and dual motor sedan, what Polestar says is a “5-door electric performance fastback.” with 0-60 mph times of 5.9

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Road Test: 2022 Polestar 2 Single Motor EV

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Even here in Southern California, where at some point every car sold in America can be seen, the 2022 Polestar 2 is rare and drew the obvious question–“What is that?” kWh per mile, taking advantage of the powerful motor regeneration that returned electricity to the battery when coasting or braking. Good enough? Not nearly.

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Road Test: 2024 Kia EV6 GT

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seconds, the 1/4 mile at 118 mph and, if daring enough, spin the dual electric motors to their maximum of 161 miles per hour. Wondering how this compares to other ‘fast’ cars? You won’t be driving this fast very often, so worrying about the all-electric driving range (AER) being reduced is well-worth the trade-off.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD

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Flash Drive: 2023 Lucid Air Touring AWD Exceptional All-Electric Luxury Sedan Lucid Motors invited the automotive media to California to drive the all-new 2023 Air Touring , one of the sedan offerings from Lucid. Lucid set-up a mini drag strip, where after some expert instruction on how to use the launch control, we did 0-60 mph in 3.4

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Update: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV

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Dual electric motors. 0 – 60 mph: Up to 4.5 As with all General Motors vehicles, the Silverado EV will be equipped with OnStar. This is the one of several battery electric vehicles General Motors is be releasing on the all-new, dedicated Ultium EV Platform. 1,200 pounds of payload. Power and Range.

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

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Additional charging is also through powerful motor regeneration. When coasting or braking, the regen system converts kinetic energy into electric energy and returns it to the battery. The Advance AWD model has a total of 314 horsepower (hp) through 74 kW front and 160 kW rear motors. We turned very fun 0-60 mph times of about 3.7

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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

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liter gasoline powered, 4-cylinder engine combined with the twin electric motors. Gas plus two electric motors The hybrid system automatically switches between the pure electric drive mode, combined electric motor and gasoline engine, and gasoline-only engine power.

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