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Meet the cute, capable and affordable Renault 5 E-Tech. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era?

EV Central

The 2025 Renault 5 E-Tech Electric has been unwrapped at the Geneva motor show and from our first look at the reborn French icon this could be one of the most desirable EVs not a lot of money can buy. As far as recharging goes, cars with the smaller battery get 80kW DC charging while the 52kWh R5s can be topped up at up to 100kW.

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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. If it wasn’t so stupidly expensive (around $100K, at least), I’d buy one.

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Electric Car Watch #4: Toyota is the new Kodak

Plug In India

You can do a google search to check the facts on energy creation. The BZ4X version resembles Toyota’s popular RAV4, and features a distinctive “yoke” in place of a traditional steering wheel, as well as a solar recharging system, which “cleverly recharges the battery while stationary.”

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How Do EVs Compare To Gas Cars?

Wallbox

However, EVs are now much cheaper to buy and usually more affordable in the long-run. Moreover, you can save up to €6.000 on the purchase price thanks to several electric vehicle incentives available across Europe. You can see these clearly in EV charging maps like Open Charge Map , PlugShare , Chargemap or even Google Maps.

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Solar-powered off-grid EV charging stations offer surprisingly attractive cost advantages

Charged EVs

They have what certainly was at the time, and probably still is, the world’s only production electric aircraft, meaning you could buy one. We do that both municipalities and the federal and state governments, but also for corporations like Google, Johnson and Johnson and many others. They have to run home to recharge.

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

Cars That Think

Udo Hänle, BMW's Head of production strategy is quoted in Automotive News Europe story as saying, "In our view, market forecasts are too uncertain to warrant inflexible, electro-only platforms." It's not relevant for a buying decision," argues BMW Group CEO Oliver Zipse.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If youre a stickler for electric vehicles, there is an electric scooter that will travel up to 60 miles and can be recharged in 3 hours. You can buy it now. How many millions have they spent to develop a vehicle that you cant buy, that no one is prepared to service and that most Americans wouldnt want if you gave it to them?

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