Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Aside from a box lunch, a couple of bottles of water and two absolutely delicious chocolate chip cookies, GCC received no compensation, expense reimbursement or branded merchandise from GM to attend the event. Re-badging is a sensitive topic with the OEMs and their desire to highlight the differences among brands. Earlier post.).

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GM Buick Fuel Economy Economy 262

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Appendix E: PHEV and the Electrical Grid—fast charge v. slow charge. The pure electric vehicles, for reserve, must carry heavy and expensive batteries—which add expense as well as weight—and must have access to high-powered recharging stations [ 1 ]. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. References.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 13, 2009

At least GM sent this nifty printed banner explaining all about the new J1772 industry standard recharging plug. Same truth of engineers who have actually talked to real drivers is in evidence with the BMW Mini-E. Too bad BMW isn’t planning on building and selling this car for real. May I charge your EV sir?

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i-MiEV 2009 Plug-in Volt 170

EV Central

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Audi’s simply named e-tron SUV was the luxury brand’s first EV toe in the water, but what to do when your expanding electric vehicle line-up all feature that e-tron badge? Chief rivals are the BMW iX and Mercedes-Benz EQE SUV , as the prestige German EV stoush bubbles along nicely. What is charging like for the Audi Q8 55 e-tron?

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Audi SUV BMW Mercedes 98