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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. The high voltage systems pose little to no risk of electric shock, either while driving or recharging. Water is no problem when it comes to EVs. What happens if water does get into the battery.

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10 best electric bicycles you can get

Green Authority

It starts at $2,199 for the 500W variant and offers good value if you’re just feeling the waters when it comes to electric motorbikes. You won’t need to be recharging all the time, as this bike can go for 100 km on one charge. The Tern bike blasted through its Kickstarter goal and is now available for sale. Neat, right?

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Capstone Turbine To Unveil Prototype Microturbine Range-Extended Electric Supercar at LA Auto Show

Green Car Congress

When the batteries reach a predetermined state of discharge, the Capstone C30 microturbine fires up and recharges the batteries on the fly to extend the driving range up to 500 miles. Capstone’s CMT-380 is just now finishing up the conceptual design and first article testing stage. seconds and has a top speed of 150 mph.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) I also wrote an article about cars and what’s good and not good. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden?

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