The Truth About Cars
AUGUST 16, 2023
Tesla has certainly proved that battery-powered passenger vehicles are capable of being blisteringly fast. companies losing ground to foreign brands and delivering the kind of terrible vehicles that made it extremely easy to buy Japanese. The period was marked by U.S.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 24, 2023
Plug-in Hybrids As bigger batteries were needed for plug-in hybrids, lithium-ion has become the battery of choice Regular hybrids can be driven short distances at speeds up to 40 miles on battery power alone, but plug-in hybrids can drive, depending on make and model, anywhere from 15 to 53 miles using only electricity.
Plugs and Cars
MAY 19, 2007
Of the more than 3,000 consumers asked if they would consider buying a "grid-connected hybrid," the term used for plug-in hybrids in the survey, only 24 percent said that they would, according to the survey by Synovate Motoresearch. Motoresearch also surveyed attitudes toward flex-fuel vehicles, heavily promoted by the automakers.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 2, 2010
The design space was presented to a sample of 2,373 new-vehicle buying households in the US. However, research suggests that most consumers have little experience or understanding of electric drive, and have difficulty quantifying their valuation of fuel economy. Axsen et al.
Clean Fleet Report
JANUARY 16, 2023
Starting in 2025 they will have no new internal combustion engine models, then by 2030 will only sell battery-powered cars and SUVs. The impressive interior with a long and deep features list and a full safety suite make the GV60 the luxury all-electric crossover to buy.
The Truth About Cars
JUNE 12, 2023
Both vehicles lack personality with the meeker powertrains and adding all-wheel drive only reduced fuel-economy estimates by a single mpg on the XC60. It doesn’t make sense to continue building Polestar variants nobody is buying, especially since the division is likewise going all-electric.
Drive Electric
OCTOBER 26, 2022
Fully electric vehicles run on rechargeable batteries, which power an electric motor. BEVs run entirely on a battery-powered electric drivetrain. The electricity used to drive the vehicle is stored in a large battery, which is charged by plugging the car into a power source, either at home or public charging stations.
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