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2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate – Not Quite Fully Charged

The Truth About Cars

The dual electric motors (front and rear) that provide the car with all-wheel drive get their juice from a 78 kWh lithium-ion battery, and the system’s output is 402 horsepower and 486 lb-ft of torque. You can have some fun here, but I feel like the C40 could do more with a little extra effort on Volvo’s part.

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Gin and Jellyfish? You Might Be at a Bar in Singapore.

Baua Electric

In those strait-laced colonial days, it was improper for women to imbibe in public, so a bartender formulated a cocktail that looked like fruit juice. In the cocktail world, Singapore almost inevitably evokes the pink, gin-based, grenadine-spiked Singapore Sling , a drink born in 1915 at the stylish Long Bar at the Raffles Hotel.

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How EV Charging Stations Can Help Your Business Attract and Retain Employees

EV Connect

Charging at work also means that employees can skip the installation (and public charging) and juice up their EV at work. A recent study by Unily showed that 83% of employees feel that their company is not making enough effort to fight climate change. Think again!

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What the Nissan Leaf Has Taught Us About Natural Disaster Recovery

Blink Charging

The Leaf models were used as portable power stations , with enough juice to power the average Japanese home for four days, power 6,200 smartphones, or run 100 elevator round trips in a 48-story building. . With no exhaust fumes and completely silent, a LEAF can be parked inside a building.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In the 1990s, batteries had far less capacity than they do today, and for the small community of EV users, the prospect of running out of juice and becoming stranded was very real. Over time, however, the research focus in bidirectional EV applications shifted from the grid to homes and commercial buildings.

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Jaguar I-PACE : Impressions | DC Fast Charging

Plug In India

This should be able to juice up the battery overnight. (90 We landed back home at 2230 hrs and got stopped by our own building watchman. Took some time convincing him that we were not imbibers of alcohol - and that we were genuine residents of the building. Fast chargers are a must in bigger EVs. 90 kWH / 7 kW = 13 hours).

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. SZ (1) 6753.T

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