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$6,250 Squad solar EV coming to US—wherever 25 mph is enough

Green Car Reports

It will soon be possible to get a solar-charging EV in the U.S. Unveiled last May, it uses sunlight to recharge its battery pack. for just $6,250—with a catch. The Squad Solar City Car is the product of Dutch firm Squad Mobility, which was founded in 2019.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Road Test: 2023 Volvo XC60 Recharge Ultimate Surprising Performance in a Compact Plug-In Hybrid SUV Okay, a show of hands if “quick or fast” come to mind when Volvo SUV is mentioned. New for the 2022 model year, the 2023 XC60 Recharge continues to deliver performance and all-electric and hybrid efficiency in a premium compact SUV.

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LiveWire readies production version of S2 Del Mar electric motorcycle; reservations open

Green Car Congress

kW), 184 ft-lb of torque, 75 minute 20%-80% recharge time using L2, and 431 pounds of weight, delivering projected 0-to-60 mph times of 3.1 LiveWire’s scalable ARROW architecture with proprietary battery, motor, charging, and control systems debuts on the Del Mar model and was designed at LiveWire Labs in Mountain View, California.

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Delfast’s e-bike offers 200-mile range and 50 MPH top speed at $200 off, more in New Green Deals

Electrek

Are you tired of e-bikes that need to be recharged all the time? electric dirt bike takes range to the next level with up to 200 miles per charge. On top of that, it can reach speeds of up to 50 MPH offroad and 20 MPH on the street, making it a great choice to travel around town. Well, the Delfast Top 3.0

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Green Deals: Hover-1 Gambit electric scooter travels up to 15 MPH for nine miles at $170, more

Electrek

You’ll find that the scooter delivers some great features for its price range, including the ability to travel at up to 15 MPH and ride for 9-miles before it’s time to recharge. This means you can use the Hover-1 Gambit to ride around for fun, or traverse back and forth to work with a charge during the day.

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Renault, Qualcomm show off electric-car road charging at 60 mph

Green Car Reports

It's long been an inspiring futuristic concept: electric cars that can recharge continuously at speed, driving along roadways with built-in inductive charging. Now French automaker Renault has demonstrated a prototype of just such a system, briefly recharging one of its electric cars at 60.

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Maryland city deploys BYD electric Class 6 refuse truck

Green Car Congress

The BYD 6R is capable of working an entire shift without recharging. The truck has 211 KWh of initial battery capacity and is capable of 120 kW DC CCS1 charging. A 390 kW motor delivers 3,152 N·m (2,325 lb-ft) of torque, with a top speed of 70 mph (113 km/h) with maximum gradeabilityi of 25%.

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