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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. Occupational.

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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. In such an emergency, a bidirectional EV with charge to spare could come to the rescue. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

Toyota Hilux hybrid Toyota Pickup EV is concept that shows Toyota’s idea of a battery electric ute Toyota has long been hinting at an EV version of the top-selling Hilux for years – with promises of at least 15 battery electric Toyotas due by 2030 – but it appears a hybrid version is more likely, at least initially.

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Inventing Postscript, the Tech That Took the Pain out of Printing

Cars That Think

Back then, Warnock already had a rough idea how to “Print Anything.” Laser printer A device that, like a xerographic copier, draws an image on a drum, but with a laser beam instead of lenses; applies toner to the charged image area; and transfers the toner to a sheet of paper, melting it into the paper to set the image.

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Cash for Volts?

Revenge of the Electric Car

However, “we’re talking about heavy investment&# in cars, batteries and supporting technology, said Nissan Motor Co. lawmakers are supportive of the idea. Despite a high upfront cost, operating an electric vehicle is cheap, costing 2.5 “There’s no pie-in-the-sky here,&# said FedEx Corp.

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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. It’s crazy how much has changed but most owners have no idea.

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The ultimate guide to buying an EV in Australia: This is everything you need to know

EV Central

EV range is optimistic The brochure of an EV typically spruiks how far it will go on a charge. READ MORE: How far will be EV drive on a charge? Many EVs recommend you don’t use the whole battery capacity Many electric cars allow you to set the maximum charge rate at 80 or 90 percent. Don’t ever expect it to go that far.

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