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2022 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin Ultimate – Not Quite Fully Charged

The Truth About Cars

I couldn’t think of a use case where needing to be in the driver’s seat with the key on your person would inconvenience you except for a scenario where a driver runs into a store and leaves passengers to play with the radio. On the other hand, that may have also been a car-reviewer problem. Just not quite enough.

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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. . This new tech can help supply a community with electricity when needed. Electricity can also flow from car to home.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

If you think about the blind person, you know having a mouse isn’t very useful because they can’t see where the pointer is. Everything that a sighted person can see visually, you can hear aurally with a screen reader. But I’ve listened to a couple of demos that they posted on podcast, and to a person. Leland: Yes and no.

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How does leasing an electric car work?

Drive Electric

Leasing an electric car. But even if you’ve been leasing cars for years, you may not be as familiar with leasing an electric vehicle (EV). In the interests of getting you up to speed, we’re taking a closer look at what leasing is, while also explaining how to lease an electric car. How does leasing work? Contract Hire.

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Electric Car Watch #1: Electric Car Disruption will destroy ICE Car Market | ? ?

Plug In India

By Abhishek & Kamlesh Welcome to the new weekly series -- Electric Car Watch. We will talk about EV plans of major car brands, take a look at their EV vision, and go over their technology platforms. This week’s episode is mostly an introduction to this series and some of our thoughts on the global electric car scene.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

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. The car was back in action. No screwdriver required. It did not.

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Jaguar I-PACE : Impressions | DC Fast Charging

Plug In India

By Atul Gopal The PluginIndia team got an opportunity to check out the Jaguar I-PACE electric car. The first impression of the car was comforting. The car is imported as a CBU, so it attracts 100% duty. Was relieved to see the car's width. For a car that weighs 2.13 The fob alone is enough.

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