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J+ BOOSTER 2 portable EV charger review: More bang for your buck

Baua Electric

When Juice Americas launched its portable two-in-one EV charger , the J+ BOOSTER 2, in North America, Electrek was invited to review it. January 23, 2024, update: J+ Americas has launched a revamped e-commerce website, jplusbooster.com , on the Shopify platform. Here’s how it went. It’s basically a 2-in-1.

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Fiat Introduces 600e Across the Pond

The Truth About Cars

The very Italian marque Fiat continues to roll out new products – in markets not named North America, of course. Nevertheless, it looks every inch a Fiat despite sharing bones with the Jeep Avenger, another will-they-or-won’t-they model (in terms of bringing it to North America).

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Amyris adds additional production capacity through agreement with Paraíso Bioenergia

Green Car Congress

Under the agreement, Amyris will construct fermentation and separation capacity to produce Amyris products and Paraíso will supply sugar cane juice and other utilities; Amyris will retain the full economic benefits enabled by the sale of Amyris renewable products over the lower of sugar or ethanol alternatives.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

If you want to be picky, the 198 6 Sprint ER was the gas-mileage king of 1980s America, rated at 44 city and 53 highway miles per gallon. The 1987 Sprint ER came in second place, due to its insatiable thirst for go-go juice on the highway (51 miles per gallon). It appears that this engine was not legal for sale in high-altitude areas.

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BMW Unleashes New 5 Series

The Truth About Cars

BMW has introduced a new 5 Series sedan, one which will be available either as a gasser or an EV when it goes on sale later this year. The latter means it will be able to hoover up fresh electrons from suitably burly fast chargers to the tune of juicing itself from 10 – 80 percent in about half an hour. ft of torque.

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Can Fiat win over the hearts of Americans with its new, better 500e?

Baua Electric

Already available in Europe, the 2024 500e EV , available for order , will go on sale in the US in the initial RED trim the first quarter of this year. The battery comes with DC charging at up to 85 kW, which adds enough juice for 31 extra miles of range in just five minutes, according to Fiat.

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Who knew?

Plugs and Cars

Not on ChargePoint America/Coulomb's c harge station map. The units I found quite accidentally are Free Juice Bar dual-connector units. Free Juice Bar, as the name implies, dispenses electricity to cars without networks to join, credit cards to wave, or phone calls to release the precious, if not dear, electrons. Good for them.

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