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The environmental impact of electric cars

Drive Electric

If you’re looking at electric cars , environmental impact is probably high on your list of priorities. There are plenty of benefits of making the switch to driving an electric vehicle (EV). Are electric cars better for the environment? This is cleaner and better for the environment than producing petrol and diesel.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Those exact words came from my wife’s mouth when I suggested we rent an electric car for a week’s family holiday in France. A shitty obscure Chinese electric car. Rent a petrol or diesel car for your holidays. That’s not the EV I booked … Who knew? Which is the car we got.

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Driving the Tesla Model 3 in Australia

My Electric Car

During our time with the car it had over the air (OTA) updates drop in which effectively meant the car is a better version of itself than when it was first bought! Some other manufacturers have taken this essential leaf from Tesla’s book and incorporated OTA updates for their own models. Any downsides?

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Naysayer Alert – the hydrogen red herring

My Electric Car

Proponents believe such a car could be easily refuelled with hydrogen and assumed it would have greater range than a pure all-electric car. Little seems developed in any wide commercial sense and certainly not to the extent of the pure electric car. So why haven’t FCEV becoming as prolific as other electric cars?

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Volvo To Go All Electric By 2030 – EV Week in Review: Feb 23-Mar 1

EV Adoption

Volvo to go all electric by 2030 – Volvo announced that its entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 and joins GM, JLR, Ford Europe, and other automakers in stating their goals or “aspirations” (in the case of GM) – to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 or 2035 depending on the OEM.

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Must Read 40+ Electric Vehicle Interview Questions & Answers

Get Electric Vehicle

Electric motors have higher efficiency rates compared to internal combustion engines, which waste a significant amount of energy as heat. EVs convert a higher percentage of electrical energy from the battery into actual propulsion, resulting in less energy waste. A petrol car has an efficiency of 28%.

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EV's and Indian Manufacturing: Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwaala | Visit to IIT Madras

Plug In India

After he joined the board of M & M a few years ago, he was persuaded to buy a Mahindra Electric car! The first set of Indian electric cars (Mahindra and Tata) decided to use a 72 V architecture in their EVs. So LTO is good for petrol-battery hybrid cars, which end up having relatively small batteries.