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Electric Car Buyer’s Guide: 7 Steps to Find The Best EV for Your Life

EV Life

Most Americans also qualify for EV incentives from $7,500 to $15,000, but there’s a lot of fine print to read across different government websites, and incentives can take up to 12 months to recoup post-purchase. You may be surprised by the number of sedans, SUV/crossovers, and hatchbacks available. Consider leasing vs. financing.

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More details about California’s proposal requiring bidirectional charging capabilities for all EVs

Charged EVs

It turns an EV into a mobile battery that can be used to provide backup power to a home or business, and to provide services to the electrical grid, generating revenue for the vehicle owner and potentially offsetting a significant part of the purchase price of the vehicle. That’s one way. This implementation is actually pretty simple.

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Road Test: 2024 Kia EV6 GT-Line RWD

Clean Fleet Report

Independent suspension all-around Safety Technology The EV6 has an extensive standard ADAS list. Adaptive cruise control with stop-and-go is standard, as is rear-collision prevention, rear cross-traffic alert and blind-spot detection. But for used BEVs, further incentives are available from a dealership at the time of purchase.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. The US standard is 120V@60hz the UK standard is 240V@50Hz. Neutral ???? @ Same goes for video cables.

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Slow start for charge of the electric cars - Times Online

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The hybrid models available today use lead-acid ornickel-metal hydride batteries that are are proven, reliable, and fairlycheap, but their limited storage capacity means that the cars’ driving rangeusing electricity alone is short. This service is provided on Times Newspapers standard Terms and Conditions.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Standardization of battery shape and chemistry is another consideration that gives one pause. Most charge points available today take much longer to re-energize batteries than it does to fill a gas-powered cars tank. Forcing companies to conform to standardized batteries prevents them from designing better cars.