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Charging Performance, Not EV Acceleration Should Be the Focus of OEMs

EV Adoption

I just received an email from Kia with the chart below touting their 2023 Kia EV6 GT , which has a quicker 0-60 time than various performance vehicles from Porsche, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, BMW, and Ferrari. It was needed to eliminate the view by many that EVs were simplify glorified golf carts. But does this really matter?

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The GWKulla, a short, curvy compact, runs on lithium-ion batteries and can go 160 kilometers (99 miles) when fully charged, the company says. The governments regulations and policies for things like building electric-car charging stations can be changed more easily here than in places like the U.S. China auto parts firms face.

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