Cars That Think

APRIL 4, 2022

Some automakers keep trying to soothe it with ever-larger and heavier battery packs, so that consumers can go farther between charges. But their ability to charge to 80 percent capacity in as little as 18 minutes shows how EVs might circumvent the problem of battery overkill and still be fully viable as interstate cruisers.

Volt 110

Volt Range Charging Hummer 110

Cars That Think

MARCH 30, 2023

The Southern California company is looking to speed things up again—this time with record-setting charging stops. Founder Richard Hatfield claims that the company’s Lightning Strike motorcycle can fill its battery from 20 percent to 80 percent in a little over 10 minutes on a Level 3 DC fast charger.

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Motorcycles Charging Juice Volt 81

EV Central

JULY 4, 2023

Sure, it’d be a gamble fraught with charging uncertainty. But Europe’s embraced EVs faster and more enthusiastically than we Aussies, so surely the charging infrastructure is more commonplace, reliable, cheaper and efficient? A stuck charging cable. Holiday days planned around EV charging. Charging is Easy!

DC 95

DC Re-Charge Petrol France 95

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 11, 2023

My desire was to learn how to live with an EV away from one’s familiar territory and also to find out what one has to do to overcome charging station issues and learn how to live with it. Fortunately it’s becoming less of an issue now the newest EVs have a range of up to 300 miles on a full battery charge.

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Miles Kia Charging All-Electric 77

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 20, 2022

Juicing up. The liquid-cooled 64-kilowatt-hour (kWh) lithium-ion polymer battery pack is replenished through plug-in charging and regenerative braking. The regenerative charging system converts kinetic energy into electric energy, when applying the brakes or coasting, and stores it in the battery. 120V (Level 1) – 2.5

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Kia Clean Cleaning SUV 102

EV Central

AUGUST 9, 2023

READ MORE: 2023 Kia EV9 review READ MORE: The electric year ahead: Every EV coming to Australia in 2023 READ MORE: The five best family EVs under $100K: From Tesla and Hyundai to Kia and Mercedes-Benz Day 1: Look at Me EV Extrovert: 2023 Kia EV6 GT Moonscape. Importantly, I’m back to 100% charge and 376km range. Hyundai i30N.

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Kia Electric Vehicles Vehicles Re-Charge 91

EVolution

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Charge times will also be equivalent to the Taycan, with a maximum DC charging capacity of 270kW, for a 100km of driving range in five minutes. A 50kW DC charger boosts the battery from five to 80 per cent in around 1.5 With the 100kWh battery pack, the iX offers a drive range of around 630km on one charge.

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Australia All-Electric Electric Cars Lithium Ion 52