Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2021

Bluetooth module plugged into the ESC. My first test ride convinced me that I needed some quantitative feedback about what the motor was doing. It would have been possible to have such information displayed on a smartphone, using a.

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InsideEVs

APRIL 6, 2023

It's a plug-and-play affair, but it's not cheap.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 21, 2018

Last week, we asked our Twitter followers which plug-in car they might choose to send their kids back to school. Options ranged from the relatively affordable Nissan Leaf that offers great lease deals, to a plug-in hybrid Chevy Volt, to a not-so-cheap used Tesla Model S. What plug-in.

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Discover EV

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Electric, hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle servicing and maintenance isn’t well reported. Even owners may not be aware of what an EV service entails. We talk to aftersales training specialists, Pro-Moto, to find out what’s really going on within the industry to cater for these cars.

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2014

DON''T MISS: Green Car People: Who Buys Electric And Plug-In.' In this case, it''s the notion that electric car sales will plummet with the arrival of vastly lower gasoline prices. We''d suggest that perhaps this is not quite as much of a foregone conclusion as many pundits think.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2019

Researchers at the University of Waterloo (Canada), with a colleague in Sweden, have used a power management strategy greatly to extend the durability of onboard fuel cells in a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle: an increase of 1.8, times, respectively, for an urban, highway and a combined urban-highway driving cycle. 2019.02.040.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Now an eight-year veteran on the Australian scene, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV was the world’s first plug-in hybrid SUV. For a plug-in hybrid it is, but those prices are some $15,000 more than the equivalent Outlander petrol versions. But it’s had a chunky price rise over the old model. Is it good value?

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EV Central

MARCH 21, 2024

Super-cheap Dacia Spring electric SUV is going right-hand drive, but will it come to Australia as a Renault? While Renault globally has its eyes on plug-in hybrids, locally Sealey isn’t rushing to adopt the technology. Will this reborn icon make Europe relevant in the electric car era? READ MORE: Spring has Sprung!

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

In the month of February, plug-in vehicles took 92.1% Auto buyers in China and India (and increasingly, smaller emerging auto markets ) have more cheap entry-level models to choose from. However, the super-cheap BYD Dolphin made its Norwegian debut last month, and others are on the way, so følg med ! of the market, up from 90.1%

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 15, 2014

While battery-electric and plug-in hybrid cars have had much of the spotlight to themselves for the past four years, we''re going to be hearing a lot more about hydrogen fuel-cell cars over the next few.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2009

As one of the speakers put it to the attendees, the bulk of which came from Southeast Michigan, plug-in vehicles will a major career path for most of the people in the room. “I’m very encouraged that carmakers now see as allies the utilities, plug-in advocates, community and regional efforts like ProjectGetReady.”

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Plug in America

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Many of us had our first electric vehicle experience with cheap radio-controlled toys that ran on a couple of D batteries before quickly growing wobbly and unresponsive. The post An Unsung EV Benefit: Longevity and the Battery Warranty appeared first on Plug In America.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 22, 2024

It alleviates the need to plug in your car, which is not a super difficult or time-consuming task. If the cars could drive themselves, it would make sense for them to be able to charge themselves without a human needing to plug them in. Like I said, it doesn’t solve a major problem, and it’s likely not going to be cheap.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Chrysler recalls Pacifica Hybrid plug-in minivans—again. Faster charging is coming—but it won't come cheap. Infiniti bumps turbo fuel efficiency with a new variable-compression engine. And we detail why the Hyundai Kona Electric is one of our three finalists for Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2019.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 28, 2016

The continuing tepid sales of the Nissan Leaf electric car, despite a range upgrade to 107 miles, remains one of the puzzles in the plug-in car market. Sure, it's an aging model now in its sixth year with a polarizing design; it lost a huge swath of buyers in Georgia when that state canceled its electric-car tax credit; and gas is cheap.

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Electricity is abundant, relatively cheap, and can be easily delivered to any place with a plug. Especially in the process of hydrogen fuel cell power generation, the scarce and expensive precious metal platinum is required as a catalyst. In contrast, electricity has a significant cost advantage.

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EV Central

MARCH 9, 2024

But good luck finding a plug out here! Yep, it’s not cheap and lags the impossible-to-ignore Model Y in key areas, including space, value and range. The more relevant WLTP figure is nowhere to be seen, but wearing a Toyota badge the same car (they drive identically) has 411km of range. Think something like 360km in the real world.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 1, 2016

liter TDI diesel cars, Tesla extends cheaper leases on its electric cars through September, and the Mitsubishi Outlander Plug-In Hybrid's U.S. Today, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) says it will test proposed modifications for Volkswagen 2.0-liter launch is delayed again. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

For vehicles, the methanol fuel cell systems would be applied in a plug-in battery hybrid configuration to balance the need for power/acceleration and energy/range. This would enable a ~3-minute refueling time with a +1000 km range using a cheap, simple fuel with reuse of existing infrastructure and logistics.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 5, 2009

Plug-In insiders know exactly what BMW is trying to pull with all this and many have lost respect for BMW as a result. Your Creative Greenius will be covering the 2009 Plug-In Conference coming up next week from August 10-13 and I’ll see the Leaf up close and personal and talk to the Nissan people.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

The Pb-acid SLI battery will still continue to be in demand for the many small and cheap ICE vehicles where cost of the battery replacement will always be the deciding factor. That will see an uptake of more hybrid-, plug-in hybrids and BEVs in the EU.

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China EV

OCTOBER 2, 2019

New energy vehicle sales – and right now we are only talking about battery-electric and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles – in China have slowed a lot. Meanwhile, I have some thoughts on the electric vehicle sector, which I wrote about my first report for Wards Intelligence, China’s New Energy Vehicle Future. Why would it do this?

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 31, 2008

Once again, a conference on plug-in cars. Plug-in 2008 in San Jose, California witnessed a noon-time address by new heavy-weight convert, Andy Grove, former CEO of Intel. I wish I knew what’s holding Gore back from full-throated support for plug-in cars. Coming on the heels of the Google/Brookings event in Washington, D.C.,

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Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

With gasoline cheap and buyers continuing to shun passenger cars for crossovers and trucks, there are bargains to be had in fuel-efficient and electrified vehicles. This month's deals, courtesy of CarsDirect, includes cheap leases, low financing rates, and money off sticker prices.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Plug-in hybrids were even worse with 146 percent more issues. Plug-in hybrids shared similar troubles, with Fisher stating that their usage of two entirely separate powertrains adds complexity that can undermine reliability. For 2023, CR reported that EVs had 79 percent more problems than automobiles that use internal combustion.

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My Energi

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

A quick search on Auto Trader brings up more than 8,500 results for used BEVs and nearly 7,000 results for used plug-in hybrids, spanning 33 manufacturers and hundreds of models – from hatchbacks and hybrids to coupes and convertibles. 40 i (40 kWh) – Cheap to run, cheap to buy, the Renault Zoe is the perfect all-rounder.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

Adding up sales for all so-called new energy vehicles, including battery-only vehicles and plug-in hybrids, BYD sold a whooping 3 million vehicles in 2023. Still, the German legacy brand has long held a lot of clout in China, but this new data shows that Chinese consumers are happy to buy cheap, high-tech homegrown EVs these days.

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Plugs and Cars

JUNE 11, 2007

per 100 miles Prius: Fill up at multi-national corporate outpost RAV4 EV: Fill up at home with solar electricity or cheap, abundant, night-time power Prius: Hang around toxic fumes while filling up RAV4 EV: Margaritas all around Hat tip to Darell at evnut.com. Tags: plug-in prius gasoline electricity RAV4 EV.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 30, 2023

For ages, this writer used a gasoline-powered pressure washer, firm in the belief it ran better and more reliably than any cheap electric plug-in unit ever would. It is estimated recharging takes about twice as long as discharging, though I tend to just simply plug the thing in overnight; it’s always full the next time it is needed.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 4, 2023

Yes, you get a plug-in hybrid setup. Now you can run it solely on electric power for up to 21 miles and plug it in to charge. Speaking of warning, we can’t say we didn’t warn you that this Jeep doesn’t come cheap. In other words, if for some reason the idea of a PHEV Wrangler bothers you, relax. So it all comes down to use case.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 8, 2024

With now Ford vehicles being accepted on the Supercharger network in North America , Tesla is literally recommending them to park halfway onto the next stall to plug in. Although Tesla says it will be available for sale, this means EV owners with problematic charge port locations would have to buy it, and it probably won’t be cheap.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

But now they are back on the fence, holding off on getting a plug-in car. For six months Bill was allowed to plug in at the station house, and his LEAF became very “cash positive.” Perhaps he’d heard that the President and the Governor and the Mayor want to see more people drive EVs and figured why not let Bill plug in?

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EV Central

AUGUST 7, 2023

While the Model Y dropped back from the incredible high of 5560 sales and second outright in June , it was still only beaten in the sales race by the Ford Ranger and Toyota HiLux utes and the cheap and cheerful MG ZS SUV. Add in hybrids and plug-ins and the combined electrified share of the market was 17.9 per cent market share.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

But it won’t be cheap. Including plug-in hybrids, or “new energy vehicles,” as BYD calls them, the company sold over 3 million vehicles. On Wednesday, the automaker’s luxury Yangwang brand unveiled its first sedan, the U7. BYD’s new flagship sedan will be a powerhouse with over 1,000 hp. BYD sold nearly 1.6

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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Any 2011 through 2016 electric car not made by Tesla is likely to be cheap on a used-car lot due to worries about battery degradation and its effect on range. It's well known by now that the used-car prices of low-range electric cars are low.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 16, 2023

All the modern safety or efficiency gear in the world is useless if an owner has cheaped out with off-brand rubber or simply runs the wrong set. But what plug type will be the dominant style in 2025? Those four black circles at each corner of yer car are technically the only parts of the machine that literally touch the pavement.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

In a new study published in the journal Applied Energy , Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers found that controlled charging of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) reduces the costs of integrating the vehicles into an electricity system by 54–73% depending on the scenario. Weis et al. Click to enlarge. —Allison Weis.

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