Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. A side benefit could be plugging in appliances to the car while camping rough. feet) of torque.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 31, 2011

The Audi A1 e-tron extended range electric vehicle is at the heart of a new fleet trial in Munich. Run by Audi, E.ON, Stadtwerke Munchen and Technische Universitat Munchen, the project will see 20 Audi A1 e-tron vehicles used to test charging infrastructure installed within the Munich city limits and outlying areas.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

The BlueZero E-CELL with battery-electric drive featured a range of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles) using electric drive alone. With a charging capacity of 15 kW, the lithium-ion batteries in the BlueZERO E-CELL and the extended range E-Cell PLUS could store enough energy for a range of 50 kilometers (31 miles) within 30 minutes.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2014

Use of SABIC’s LEXAN resin compared to conventional glass for the car’s windows reduces weight by more than 13 kilograms (29 lbs) and also extends the vehicle’s driving range by up to 2 km (1.2 miles) for a single battery charge. miles) in extended range. TU_Muenchen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. Today youd do it to be one of the first to drive the worlds cleanest extended range vehicle; in the future, youll do it because its an obvious and affordable win!

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The A3 e-tron BEV pilot program will run in the San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, and Denver markets throughout the year and provide actionable feedback and telematics data to Audi engineering teams in the US and Germany. On a single battery charge, this compact car can cover around 140 km (86.99 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

Better Place announced it is working with Continental of Germany, Flextronics, Intel, Microsoft, and TÜV Rheinland on different aspects of its EV services platform and infrastructure: Flextronics for charge points; Continental, Microsoft and Intel for the in-car computing platform AutOS; and TÜV Rheinland for safety certification.

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EV Adoption

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

5, will start production in Germany in the second half of 2021. Karma also teased a GX-1 Series, an SUV to be built on a new global platform, in both battery electric and extended-range EV versions and with deliveries expected in 2022. – Batteries/Charging. 17, via Ford press release. VW’s next electric SUV, the ID.5

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

MIT spinoff A123 was a personal favorite, also Germany’s Continental was in the running, but it was LG Chem subsidiary and Detroit based Compact Power, Inc. The Volt, which GM prefers to call an extended-range electric vehicle, doesn’t use its internal combustion engine for propulsion, relying entirely on an electric drive system.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The aim of Better Place is as straightforward as it is admirable – it wants to help the industry overcome the obstacles of extended range, price and impact on the grid. Cars will use an on-board computing system code-named AutOS that creates a personalised energy plan for each driver.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The three leading new options to re-supply our autos with energy are charging at home, battery swap stations and fast charge stations. The method that should seem most natural is charging at home. If cost is an important consideration, than charging your EV at home is a no-brainer as it cuts out any profit-hungry middlemen.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. GM insists the battery provide 40 miles of pure electric power, charge and recharge 4,000 times, have a 10-year life and is ready for GMs plan to have the Volt on the road by year-end 2010.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 22, 2009

The head of Chryslers ENVI division, Lou Rhodes, told AutoblogGreen this morning that Chrysler is marketing this battery-only version of the van to commercial fleet customers who typically have shorter range requirements. The extended-range version will be focused on retail customers.

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