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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

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Ford unveiled the F-150 Lightning battery-electric pickup. F-150 Lightning offers a standard-range battery targeting 230 miles of EPA-estimated range and an extended-range battery targeting 300 miles of EPA-estimated range. 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Platinum, Lariat, XLT. —Ford President and CEO Jim Farley.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

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Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough.

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2022 Ford Lightning Platinum Review – Style At a Price

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Ford has spent a lot of time touting the electrification of its venerable F-150. I found out a while back – and I came away impressed with the 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning. The Lightning uses a dual-motor setup with an electric motor at each axle, and the extended-range battery on my tester had a 131-kWh lithium-ion battery.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Battery Booster Pack?

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.& & Busted hoopties often have dead batteries, making the modern booster pack something of a must-have around these parts. Besides, that other car probably has a dead battery, too. & Even if the pack was fully charged, it would not awaken to provide juice to the car in question. & I was utterly mistaken.

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2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Rubicon Review – Charged-Up Jeep

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liter turbocharged four-cylinder that works in concert with two electric motors and a 400-volt battery pack, plus an eight-speed automatic transmission. But if you have the scratch and the access to juice, it makes a strong argument for itself. Unlike the 392, this Jeep uses a 2.0-liter Total system horsepower: 375.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

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Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries.

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 Review – Whatever It Is, It’s Good

The Truth About Cars

Juice is supplied via 77.4 kWh lithium-ion battery. kW onboard charger, and the battery has a pre-heating system. Who Should Buy It The EV buyer looking for something that blends sport and practicality – the one who finds the Ford Mustang Mach-E too sporty and the Volkswagen ID.4 That gives the Ioniq5 a bit of gusto.

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