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2024 RHD AUSEV F150 Lightning Review

Baua Electric

Fill it to the brim with cargo or tow your 3.5-tonne tonne caravan and energy efficiency is likely to be punished at least as much as it would with a petrol or diesel equivalent. Sport mode may well be more savage, and we would guess it probably is, but the Normal drive mode was superbly manageable during normal driving.

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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

EV Central

The arrival of the Cupra Born in Australia is pretty significant. The four-year old Spanish spin-off from SEAT has also beaten the Volkswagen brand to market in Australia with its first BEV ( with more to come ), although VW will soon be fighting back with a concerted rollout of its own electric vehicles starting with the ID.4

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Clean Fleet Article It would be a financial win-win for all. John Addison publishes the Clean Fleet Report with archives of over 60 articles and reports about electric vehicles, V2G, biofuels, fleet success and more. Instead they could buy back electricity at peak hours from vehicle drivers. 2:54 PM Anonymous said. SZ (1) 6753.T

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Nissan plans to start selling electric car in Seattle next year

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Seattle says it intends to help develop the charging network; consider incentives for buying and using the cars, and creating charging stations; consider regulatory changes to support the cars, such as streamlined permitting for installing charging outlets; and consider leasing or buying the cars for its fleet. Washington, D.C.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. South Korea did that and Australia is going to be doing that. A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. The car is expected to cost around $40,000.

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