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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

Electric Auto Association

Submitted to the Ohio Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee in support of Senate Bill 307: Accelerating Ohio's Auto Industry By Tim Benford, president of Drive Electric Dayton. My EV lets me navigate to any address by pressing a button on the steering wheel and saying, for example, ‘navigate to Charleston, SC’.

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Toyota was the most searched auto brand in 2023, but Tesla still dominates EV queries

Baua Electric

What should come as no surprise to most people is that American automaker Tesla dominated Google Trends search data for EVs last year. Still, gas and hybrid specialist Toyota remained the most searched auto brand, not by any specific state. Here’s how it was gathered. Hyundai 18.6 Mercedes-Benz 15.1 million 10.

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2023 Rivian R1T Review - Got My Chips Cashed In

The Truth About Cars

I don’t particularly love the absence of Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, either. The onboard navigation did not account for this, so I quickly called up Google Maps and rerouted myself around the delay. After all, being a full-time auto journalist doesn’t pay well enough to afford a vehicle like this.

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Where to locate public chargers?

Electric Auto Association

The Union of Concerned Scientists documents that an ICE vehicle in Ohio must maintain an average of 60 mpg to equal the emissions used to produce what’s needed to run an EV for the same distance. Equity issues must be kept in mind as none of us want EV access and EV charging to become the redlining of the 21st Century.

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2024 Honda Prologue boasts 300-mile dimension, sub-$50,000 worth

Baua Electric

Manufacturing will most probably pull park in Ohio, the place Honda is upgrading its vegetation to aid EV manufacturing. The Prologue will manufacture its folk debut overdue then life right through the 2023 Tokyo auto display. It’s due in 2025 and is regarded as a crossover.

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2024 Polestar 2 Dual Motor Review - Not A Smart Time To Be Sexy Anyway

The Truth About Cars

Anyhow, it’s rather interesting that while most of the auto industry has been veering toward crossovers and SUVs for the past two decades, the most popular electric vehicles by far are, functionally, sedans. The infotainment is all Google based as in most Volvos, but it seems to have improved since the last time I’ve used it.

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