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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

The secret is that Polestar is an electric performance brand from Volvo and its Chinese owner, Geely Holding. A BMW owner, he is a possible future Polestar buyer, which made this a demo ride and reinforced my positive impressions. Google in the car. Still a bit of a mystery. A rocket ready to hit the road. Competitors.

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Best EVs of 2022: Our verdict on the new electric cars of the year

EV Central

The Atto 3 is charmingly if idiosyncratically styled, has a decent equipment list, a range between recharges as much as 400km in the real world, acceptable performance from its 150kW e-motor and a comfy if not especially dynamic ride/handling balance. Stephen Corby: BMW i4. The EV I’m most looking forward to in 2023.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles by Darren Murph , posted Apr 19th 2009 at 4:24PM Just hours after General Motors put forth a proposal for a standardized plug for electric vehicles , in flies this. EspaƱol HD Mobile Engadget Engadget Engadget Web Images Video News Local RSS Feed Contact us Tip us on news!

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Some of the automakers include in that agreement are Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi. “A car must be able to be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France,&# she was quoted saying in an edition of Die Welt to appear Monday. . by RSS or sign up by email.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Hence, separating EV winners from losers will depend not only on financial wherewithal, but on each competitor's "relative strength in their cyber-physical systems engineering," states Chris Paredis , the BMW Endowed Chair in Automotive Systems Integration at Clemson University.

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Volvo reveals EX90 EV, here in 2024

EV Central

The EX90 is set for production in Volvo’s American factory next year, with later production commencing at its Chinese plant. Such prices comfortably eclipse the $121,990 Volvo Australia currently asks for the XC90 Recharge Ultimate PHEV. It’s likely Australia will receive its EX90s from the latter, probably late in 2024.

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