Plugs and Cars

JULY 14, 2007

Writing about the $121,000 Lexus LS 600h L: "th[is] hybrid may have set a new standard for automotive hyperbole. Behind its green Teflon shield, the Lexus proved to be just another overstuffed sedan that can barely top 20 miles a gallon." After all, rich dudes that read the Times from CEOs to Arnold himself have plunked down $100K.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

But the battery-powered two-wheelers get separate showrooms, sales methodologies and marketing programs aimed at different target audience. Battery-gasoline hybrids go back more than 20 years to the first Toyota Prius, but real mainstream battery-only electric EVs are only in their second decade. It debuted in the U.S.

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EV Central

MARCH 22, 2023

We’ve chosen the rangiest model available in the line-up, including those where a larger battery is available. Tesla Model 3 587km: Mercedes-AMG EQS53, $324,800 Rapid, high-priced AMG limo uses huge 107.8kWh battery for its 587km range, but fully exploit the EQS53’s 484kW and 950Nm and possible distance will quickly tumble.

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EV Central

JANUARY 15, 2024

It gets the same battery and powertrain as the GT-Line, but delivers slower acceleration because it misses out on the flagship’s “Acceleration Boost” function. A 77.4kWh battery delivers a claimed 470km range. Built in China, the iX3 uses a single e-motor powertrain driving the rear wheels and an 80kWh battery good for a 6.8

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Genesis – a brand described by its spokespeople as “audacious and distinctively Korean” – is to Hyundai what Lexus is to Toyota, which means that it’s after Lexus customers, but also the German premium marques such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi. The GV70 has two motors, one on each axle, and a 77.4kWh battery pack.

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EV Central

JUNE 24, 2023

Toyota’s accelerated global roll-out of battery electric vehicles seems certain to benefit Australia where the Toyota electric ute could be on-sale as soon as 2024. Some of the 30 new Toyota bZ battery electric vehicles due to go into production by 2030 Toyota has shown several electric ute concepts recently.

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EV Central

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

BMW iX – ground-up battery electric vehicle promises to take the luxury fight to Tesla. Estrema Fulminea – solid state batteries are the point of difference for supercar newcomer Estrema, which promises to hit 320km/h in less than 10 seconds. Expect less equipment and, possibly, a smaller battery pack.

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EV Central

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Tesla will comfortably outsell Lexus, Honda, Jeep and others with its Model Y a chance to be the top seller among electric vehicles (December sales figures will confirm whether it overtakes the Model 3 for overall the overall 2022 sales leader ). It was also a year of EV milestones. Renault Megane E-Tech.

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EV Central

JANUARY 2, 2023

There are also some big brands that have so far not dabbled in the EV space in Australia readying their first battery electric models. It won’t be cheap, but Audi’s e-Tron GT and its more potent RS e-Tron GT sibling promise big performance. As with the Atto 3 and Dolphin, the Seal gets BYD’s in-house Blade battery pack.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. BYD CEO Wang Chuan-Fu figured out how to make cheaper batteries than the Japanese by replacing machines with migrant workers. By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 28, 2009

If you want it to perform like a sports car instead of a slug in a sportscars skin, youre going to need that 10k for the ac drive system alone, and then maybe another 15k for a lithium battery pack. I also think it will be cheap, which is why I think someone will buy the group. Which puts you at 50k, plus labor.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Cheap to run but expensive to buy, they offer theprospect of low or zero carbon emissions, but manufacturers won’t sell themunless motorists want to buy them – and motorists won’t buy unless the priceis right and there are enough places to charge the batteries. to charge overnight.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

While it’s still relatively cheap to run a gas-guzzler in many places — petrol costs between $2.18 Battery efficiency could also be a govern fear for automakers and shoppers related. Top temperatures, in conjunction with the want to run air con continuously, manner batteries drain faster.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

A mid-spec EV9 Earth is around $120,000 in the traffic, while the entry-level Air is a comparatively cheap $107,000. Anyway, the GT-Line has dual motors, all-wheel-drive, 283kW/700Nm and 505km range (WLTP) from its lardy 99.8kWh battery. For you NSW lot, it’s $140,200. He’s still angry about it.

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