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Hyper-miler Wayne Gerdes targeting record with Kia Optima Hybrid

Green Car Congress

The drivers will depart from Kia Motors’ manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia, on 26 August and travel through the 48 adjoining states in a clockwise direction before finishing in South Carolina just 16 days later, on 10 September.

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Factor in V2G Revenue When Planning Fleet Electrification

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However, achieving the leading metric for fleet owners, lower total cost of ownership (TCO), is dependent on more electric vehicle models on the market at lower prices, particularly for medium- and heavy-duty trucks. On the plus side, the purchase price of EVs and EV charging equipment continues to come down as new models come on the market.

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kWh Billing and New EV Charging Tax Policies: What You Need to Know

Blink Charging

Transitioning from Time-Based to kWh Pricing At the beginning of the EV industry, charging fees were based on time, where EV owners paid for the duration of their charging sessions. With the rise of EVs, there’s a shift toward kWh-based pricing , which aligns more closely with the conventional model of gasoline refueling.

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Study: Catalytic Converter Thefts Are Slowly Declining

The Truth About Cars

However, we also saw prices spike on all sorts of raw materials, including the precious metals that go into catalytic converts. The rest of the top ten include Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Minnesota, Florida, and Washington — all of which ranged between 300 and 600 claims.

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This Robot Could Be the Key to Helping People With Disabilities

Cars That Think

It was a PR2 , from the robotics company Willow Garage, and Georgia Tech robotics professor Charlie Kemp was demonstrating how the PR2 was able to locate a person and bring them a bottle of medicine. executive,” Evans wrote on his blog in 2006. “I In 2010, Henry Evans saw a robot on TV. One day I was a 6’4”, 200 Lb.

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The Kia EV9 Starts at Around $55,000 and Goes On Sale in Late 2023

The Truth About Cars

& The larger EV9 is coming soon, with reservations opening next week, and Kia recently announced pricing for the upcoming electric family hauler. The EV9 will go on sale later in 2023, and Kia will start manufacturing the SUV domestically in 2024 at its plant in Georgia.

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President Joe Biden’s Tesla-void EV speech gave Ford too much credit [Opinion]

Teslarati

Recent data compiled by the EV Sales Blog shows that Tesla was the most popular EV OEM through Q1 2021, leading the partnership between SAIC, GM, and Wuling by nearly 82,000 units. Credit: EV Sales Blog. Tesla sold roughly 184,500 cars through Q1. SAIC-GM-Wuling sold 102,574. Ford was 17th, with 17,891 units sold in Q1.

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