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We buy a used Porsche Taycan! Bargain price, 1000km road trip and charging dramas

EV Central

A Taycan’s DC charge port is behind the front left wheel, and Tesla chargers are designed for Teslas to back into position and recharge at their rear-mount ports. Arse-hole parking engaged: charging a Porsche Taycan RWD with a Tesla Supercharger. Road trip and charging challenges We leave Sydney at 2pm having done the deal.

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Tips: 4 Warning Signs to Watch for in Your Hybrid Car

Clean Fleet Report

Whether You Own a Hybrid or Are Thinking to Buy One, Check These Out. If you’re thinking of buying a used hybrid car, there are a few things you should keep in mind. Second, hybrids tend to be more expensive to insure than traditional gas-powered cars. Hybrid cars are becoming more and more popular each year.

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Seven-day test: 2024 Audi RS e-tron GT, now with $100,000 price cut?

EV Central

Cheapest is at a Tasmanian Audi dealer showing just 495km – it may have only been charged once in its short life. So very fat, so low, and the giant full-length light bar and segmented rear clusters play a merry jig when I unlock it. But as I’ve said before with these ballistic EVs, you’re asking for licence trouble.

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Time to unplug phoney PHEV fuel ratings: Australia’s “electrified” automotive future isn’t all its cracked up to be | Opinion

EV Central

READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Audi boss Jeff Mannering recently told me that he thinks the tipping point for this country will come as soon as 2028 or 2029, that being the point at which we buy “more EVs and plug-ins than ICE cars”. per cent of the 19,039 cars Audi sold in Australia were powered by electricity.

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Chrysler and EPA to partner on hydraulic series hybrid powertrain for light duty vehicles

Green Car Congress

Chrysler Group LLC and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are working together to determine the possibility of adapting a hydraulic series hybrid system for application in large passenger cars and light-duty vehicles. The gas engine will remain off if the accumulator charge is sufficient to drive the motor.

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Road Test: 2023 Lexus UX 250h Premium FWD

Clean Fleet Report

The target customer may be someone buying their first Lexus and their first luxury car, a combination Lexus wants to take the lead in reaching. The entrypoint to the Lexus world Hybrid Efficiency The 2023 Lexus UX 250h is powered by the Lexus Hybrid Drive system of a 2.0-liter Your numbers may differ.

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How To Choose the Right EV Charging Equipment for Your Dealership

Blink Charging

of all light-duty vehicles registered were all-electric, “a 74 percent increase year-over-year and a noticeable change, compared to a 4.3 Chances are that your customers are already asking about test driving and buying EVs from your dealership. Why install EV charging stations at dealerships? In January 2023, 7.1%