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Volkswagen presents all-electric ID. XTREME off-road concept car

Green Car Congress

The fully electric concept car with all-wheel drive system is based on the ID.4 The roof carrier with additional LED lights and the completely closed aluminum underbody also equip the fully electric all-wheel drive vehicle for excursions away from paved roads. Drivers Club, the ID. At the international ID.

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Media Release: Plug’n Drive welcomes proposed discount electricity rate for EV chargers in Ontario

Plug N Drive

In December of 2023, the federal government introduced a sales mandate for 100% zero emission light duty vehicles by 2035 (ZEVs – passenger cars, SUVs, light trucks) with an incremental target of 20% by 2026. With over 83 percent of Canada’s electricity coming from non-emitting sources (e.g., Join Plug’n Drive’s EV Owners Club.

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2024 Electric Vehicle Awards Program Call for Nominations

Plug N Drive

Online Nomination Form. • Mike Brigham Used Electric Vehicle Dealership Award – for car dealerships excelling in the sale and promotion of used fully electric or plug-in hybrid electric cars. Join Plug’n Drive’s EV Owners Club. Visit www.electricity.ca. and sign up for our newsletter.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Plug’n Drive Appoints Tracy Walden as Vice President of Communications

Plug N Drive

” Background In December of 2023, the federal government introduced a sales mandate for 100% zero emission light duty vehicles by 2035 (ZEVs – passenger cars, SUVs, light trucks) with an incremental target of 20% by 2026. With over 83 percent of Canada’s electricity coming from non-emitting sources (e.g.,

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The $1 million Rolls-Royce Spectre reviewed: Is this the best electric vehicle ever made?

EV Central

But if they’re in the mood for a bit of green-tinged luxury, swanning around in the world’s first fully electric super coupe, they’ll be happy to find a Rolls Spectre, or two, parked in their mega garages, which will no doubt be fitted with their own bespoke DC fast chargers.

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Grist Writer Gets the URGE2 Electrify

Plugs and Cars

Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. The logic is inexorable: We need to shift almost all power use to electricity. In California, I and over 50% of the drivers of electric cars have rooftop residential solar electricity.

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Road Test: Ford 2023 Escape PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

LED tail lights and a very small “PLUG-IN HYBRID” badge on the lower right corner make up the details of the rear, foot-activated power lift gate. But the big picture tells a simple story – Ford expects 40% to 50% of its global vehicle volume to be fully electric by 2030.

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