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2024 Honda Prologue: Japan’s most American brand gets serious about EVs

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It sells those engines in a variety of containers, from home generators and lawn mowers to ATVs and automobiles. None of those were battery-electric vehicles, however. That left Honda severely behind in the global race toward long-range electric vehicles that Tesla kicked off in 2012 with its Model S. Is it really a Honda?

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Road Test: 2025 Polestar 3 Single Motor

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Polestar’s First Dedicated EV Platform Delivers Polestar has released three models in America, with variants, beginning with the company’s last gasoline engine propelled car, the limited production sublime 2021 Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid. Simple naming aside, all Polestar models offer highly developed electric technology and performance.

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Studies Claim EVs Make People More Carsick

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More than a few studies have claimed that all-electric vehicles may be creating more instances of motion sickness. Motion sickness typically occurs when the brain receives conflicting information from your physical senses. In a battery-powered car, the electric motor makes no such noises.

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Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

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This drives not only a rise in fuel and electric energy consumption, but also creates a wider footprint in vehicle and battery production. Green NCAP tested 34 cars with different powertrain types: battery electric, hybrid electric, conventional petrol and diesel, and one vehicle, the Ford Puma, that runs on alternative fuel.

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Audi presents plug-in hybrid TT offroad concept car at Beijing; wireless charging

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Audi is presenting an Audi TT offroad concept at the Beijing International Automobile Exhibition. The TT concept features a plug-in hybrid drive with two electric motors and a system output of 300 kW (408 hp) and 650 N·m (479 lb? miles) solely on electric power, and has a total range of up to 880 kilometers (546.8

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Study: EVs cannot succeed without developing parallel supercharging networks

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Electric vehicles cannot succeed without developing a nationwide network of fast-charging networks in parallel with the cars. Other automakers are collectively investing $200 billion in their new electric models. General Motors, the researchers said, spent $1 billion developing its first electric car, and another $1.2

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NYU-BMW i report explores future urban mobility; sustainability and resilience

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Increasingly, cities will need to invest in the “soft” infrastructure of information and communications systems, rather than improving streets and highways, as well as electric power generation, transmission and distribution systems, and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Demographics. Technology, design and connectivity.

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