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EV Radar: December 2021

Noodoe

New buildings will be required to include EV charging stations, as will renovated structures that have 10 or more parking spaces. The creation of this coalition means a big step toward getting a built-out charging infrastructure in the US. The EV definitely serves best-in-design for Mattel! Cheap New Method Reuses EV Batteries.

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Feature: Going Green on Car Care, Repair and Insurance

Clean Fleet Report

If you’re working on increasing fuel efficiency or you already have an alternative fuel vehicle, you can lessen your carbon footprint by taking advantage of green car care, repair and insurance. You may be wondering if electric and hybrid cars are cheap to insure. Hybrid Cars. Repairs are another area to get greener.

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Nissan X-Trail e-Power review: Is it better than a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid?

EV Central

And that means it’s not cheap. Inside, there’s tri-zone climate, leather-trimmed seats, a digital rear-view mirror, wireless phone charging and four USB ports (two up front, two at the rear). How big is the Nissan X-Trail e-Power’s battery, what is the driving range, and how long will it take to charge? inch head-up display.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

It has now re-established it as an electrified sub-brand of GMC. But it’s the EV we’re most interested because it will likely use the 800V electrical architecture from the Kia EV6 and EV9. A sizeable 142kWh battery pack was claimed to cover about 320km between charges. Australian sales are a definite possibility.

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Ride1Up 700 series review: A classy Class-3 e-bike that doesn’t break the bank

Green Authority

However, that doesn’t mean it’s made cheap. But for anything longer, you might want to consider bringing a second charged battery to swap in on your journey. If you’re an experienced cyclist who wants a quality e-bike for less than two grand, Ride1up’s 700 series is right up your alley.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

Teslarati

A question about bidirectional charging was also asked. Elon Musk noted that bidirectional charging is not that useful since Powerwall is better. The service’s rollout in Texas will include $30 charging at night for customers who sign up for Tesla Electric. He estimates 10 models or so should be enough.

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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. Our goal was to measure how much people liked the images produced by our reconstruction scheme, without constraining "likeability" by definitions.

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