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Tech: Aerodynamics Is the Key To EV Range

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With 1.000+ horsepower (hp) Bugatti Veyron’s and Chiron’s, it’s easy to think speeds above 250 mph are a very recent achievement. mph with its 616 hp W125– on a public road! The W125 had ‘just’ 616 hp (still quite significant by 1938 standards) and still was able to reach over 250 mph.

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Wireless Charging of EVs Being Tested

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When current travels through the coils of wire in the base unit, they operate as main winding and generate a magnetic field. Wireless charging is achieved by treating this neighboring coil as a secondary winding and connecting it to a charging device. Without actually contacting the next coil, this field produces a current.

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2010 Aptera 2e First Drive and Video on Inside Line

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Featured Specs Battery-powered electric drivetrain Three wheels; 0.15 She certainly is staring at us intensely as we pilot the bright-white three-wheeled craft down the street, gingerly depressing the brake pedal to make sure were under the 30-mph speed limit. STORY TOOLS Digg this! What is that?" Cd of the 2010 Toyota Prius. (The

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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How Real, How Soon, and What Must Happen Next,” which concludes the costs of creating an automotive market dominated by electric and hybrid cars are prohibitively high for the foreseeable future – as high as $49 billion for Europe alone (along with another $21 billion for battery-charging infrastructure). Volt will survive and prosper,” G.M.’s

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