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Geländewagen, Electrified: Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology

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A 116-kWh lithium-ion battery provides the juice but Merc isn’t yet spilling any tea about expected driving range on a full charge. In terms of charging, it can hoover up electricity at 200 kW from a sufficiently robust DC fast charger. This is in contrast to a 2024 gasoline-powered G which is 189.7 inches long on a 113.8-inch

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. And part of the change involves extending the city’s EV-charging network. “We We want to predict where we need to build the next electric charging station.”. This is good for the grid.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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That series unexpectedly swore off gasoline and staged its first all-electric race on 13-14 August in Hell, Norway. In Formula E’s early years beginning in 2014, drivers actually had to jump into a second car in the pits around the event’s midpoint, because a single car couldn’t complete a full race on a single charge.

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