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Stuff We Use: Add-On In-Car Tech

The Truth About Cars

After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories. & Like so many others of its type, the charger didn’t stick out from the dash beyond an extra fraction of an inch, beating the tar out of ones which protrude like a sore thumb. & But there’s a good reason for it.

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Stellantis Patents Fake Engine Vibrations for EVs

The Truth About Cars

When Dodge previewed its Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust for the all-electric Charger Daytona SRT concept (pictured), enthusiasts were divided. Some thought the idea of a faux exhaust system, designed to help EVs mimic the howl of a V8, was a cringe-worthy gimmick. Electric vehicles are interesting from a performance perspective.

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Why Your Auto Dealership Needs EV Charging Stations

EV Connect

Putting them front and center and showing off how charging works is a great way for you to educate customers about how charging works, alleviate their fears about driving range and show them all the bells and whistles to get them excited about buying. The writing is on the wall for gas-powered cars. In the U.S. and Canada.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

A coalition of car makers, battery suppliers and electricity providers has come together to ask for federal help for EVs. More details at: Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. UPDATE:Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. by Judith Burns for Dow Jones. November 16, 2009: 06:01 PM ET.

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Road Test: 2021 Polestar 2

Clean Fleet Report

You will notice that it’s a handsome, premium-grade midsize car that looks like a tall sedan (it’s actually a hatchback). The car is a “2” because it was preceded by the “1,” which is an electric performance plug-in hybrid GT, with a six-figure price tag and a limited output of 500 units per year over the next three years.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

Ended up buying some harbaara , carrot, cucumber and oranges. Thanks to the Tigor’s great suspension, I was overtaking other cars on the rumbler strips at almost double the crawling speed that other cars had slowed down to. I realised the wisdom of the local cars’ slow speeds after the third rumbler.

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Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again?

Cars That Think

I mean, for sure, I think the global common problem or pain point is for sure battery anxiety in different ways, ranging from your mobile phone to your other portable devices, and of course, even EV like cars and all that. We’re saving the end user, the contractor, the guy who uses them a lot of hassle to buy this battery, store them.