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Why is maintaining 80% battery power the best choice for EVs? | EV Basics

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Electric vehicles (EVs) have become increasingly popular in recent years, offering a cleaner and more sustainable mode of transportation. If your EV has 300 miles of range when fully juiced up, it can go about 240 miles with an 80% state of charge. Doing so maximizes your use of time.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. Cleaner power—and energy sourcing—is a more pressing concern. On 16 March there was another earthquake near Fukushima—luckily a much milder one, though still knocking out power to two million.

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Toyota Hot and Cold on Plug-in Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

As if to confirm that notion, recently a Toyota spokesman in DC was denigrating plug-in hybrids as Hymotion/A123 and Rob Lowe were making a plug-in splash in Congressman Ed Markey's global warming committee. However, the cars can run only short distances before they run out of juice.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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like i said in the first place, for me, this makes me think of one step in the right direction and makes me think of a greener cleaner future. Featured stories Feed mophie Juice Pack Air hands-on and impressions How would you change HPs Mini 1000 Mi? excluding coal power in china. lol BUT everyone is entitled to their own opinion.