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Cheap, Easy, and Underutilized Online Communication for Nonprofits

Green Car Congress

In addition, the electrical energy consumption of the automatic climate control unit and its blower can be called up in the multifunction display. In the D3 stage, or B for braking, on the other hand, the maximum amount of kinetic energy is recovered and fed to the battery.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. As utilities shifted to more reliable alternating-current systems, they phased out these costly backup batteries. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 AWD Techniq review

EV Central

We don’t know if the Ioniq 6 will introduce remote connectivity – allowing activating climate control or checking the charge status from your phone – as found in Teslas, for example. They’re a big improvement on the Ioniq 5’s slightly cheap looking and feeling doors. DC charging : 230kW, CCS combo plug.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

Green Car Congress

Five of the 28 innovations will help protect the grid from wildfires/PSPSs, four of these five will provide climate and weather risk prediction to electric infrastructure and services, and one is a hard tech innovation to reinforce transmission lines. Leap Photovoltaics Inc.

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Is this Kia’s Tesla and BYD beater at last? New Kia EV3 electric SUV to cost from $50,000 and deliver 600km in range in Australia

EV Central

2024 Kia EV3 Base/Air – near 30-inch widescreen includes driver display, climate and infotainment. Charging speed wasn’t revealed, but quoted time to go from 10-80 per cent battery using a public DC fast charger was 31 minutes. Kia confirmed a dual motor GT version would be available in future, but gave no specific timing.

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Benz’s $155k EQV electric people mover arrives

EV Central

Benz says the people mover’s 110kW DC charging capacity allows top-ups from 10 to 80 percent in approximately 45 minutes when using a rapid charger. The EQV’s not cheap, but lately every new car price announcement – prestige brand; EV or combustion – has us thinking the same thing. Value versus its rivals?

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Genesis GV70 Electrified review

EV Central

Straight up, at $127,800, the GV70 Electrified does not sound cheap, but it is packed with gear and doesn’t charge you umpteen thousands in optional extras. The GV70 Electrified can accept up to about 240kW of DC charge, delivered through a charge port in the grille. DC charging : 240kW, CCS plug. inch infotainment screen, 12.3-inch

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