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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. First up is the all-important longer-range Performance Battery Plus ($12,020).

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Shopping For An EV? How To Be Sure It Will Get You There On Trips

CleanTechnica EVs

If you’re considering buying an EV, or you’ve recently purchased one, things can look a little intimidating. For local driving, you’ve probably figured out that the EV has plenty of extra range and that you can charge it while you sleep.

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Tesla Model 3 gets high praises from Chris Harris’ Top Gear EV buying guide

Teslarati

In its recent “Fast Electric Car Buying Guide,” the Tesla Model 3 received some high praise from Top Gear , as explained by presenter and veteran motoring journalist Chris Harris. . The Tesla Model 3—this is the Long Range version. Watch Chris Harris’ Top Gear EV buying guide in the video below. .

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Your EV range anxiety is making the world ugly – just ask the Tesla Model Y | Opinion

EV Central

Until that happens, it seems, we’ve really all got to find some kind of universal drug to treat our range anxiety – Va Va Valium, Mercedes-Benzos perhaps – so that car companies can make EVs look less ugly and boring, or at least that’s what the experts are saying. So are current EVs offering enough range?

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Metakoo Cybertrack 100 e-bike with 37 mile range falls to $550, more in New Green Deals

Electrek

If you’re like me, then you’re likely chomping at the bit for warmer weather to come and stay. That’s right, for just $550 you can pick up an e-bike deal that will ride for up to 37 miles per charge at speeds of up to 20 MPH. Don’t have your own yet? It’s time to change that.

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RingGo survey: only two-fifths of UK drivers likely to consider an EV for next vehicle

Green Car Congress

However, a recent survey by RingGo, the UK’s leading cashless parking provider, found that only two-fifths of UK drivers say that they are planning on buying an electric vehicle for their next car. Price appears to be the main limiting factor. RingGo survey.

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Tesla revamps Referral Program rewards including money off and FSD bonuses

Teslarati

Tesla is offering three months of free Full Self-Driving and $1,000 off of a Model S and Model X sale that comes from a referral, giving the person who referred someone to buy one of the flagship EVs a sizeable offer. Referral bonuses have changed if you’re the referrer/buyer/loyalty buyer. Loot box updates now showing up in app!

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