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Put an Old-School BBS on Meshtastic Radio

Cars That Think

Todays BBSs are typically accessed over the Internet, rather than dial-up connections. LoRa first appeared on Hands Ons radar in 2020 , when enthusiasts realized that the long-range, low-bandwidth protocol had a lot of potential beyond just machine-to-machine Internet of Things connections, such as building person-to-person text messagers.

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Report: Nissan GT-R Will Return With Hybrid Powertrain

The Truth About Cars

Nissan says it doesnt yet know for certain if it will be a plug-in hybrid or not. Think about a plug-in hybrid (with todays technology) and you do two or three laps of the Nrburgring and youre running out of juice. According to the discussion, Nissan does not feel that the R36 would benefit from being an EV.

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Kia EV5 Earth Long Range Review: To the top of Australia and down the other side in an EV

EV Central

The EV5 has easily swallowed our luggage and its plug and play parcel boards in the 513 litre boot help secure them. It sounded like a good idea at the time. Drive a Kia EV5 Earth Long Range from Sydney to Melbourne via the Snowy Mountains. You know electric car in the hydro-electric heart of Australia and all that. Kia EV5 Snowy Drive.

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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

Green Car Congress

Arriving in spring 2022, F-150 Lightning will be available in four series and two battery options at more than 2,300 EV-certified Ford dealers across the country, with the option for fleet customers to access Ford’s complete ecosystem of connected data and telematics services via Ford Commercial Solutions. Standard on base trims is 2.4

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The accelerating pace of electric vehicle launches has brought us to this: The first Jeep in the US to get a plug-in hybrid version is the legendary Wrangler. Plug-in planned from Day One.

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More SF Bay Area Charge Stations.some work

Plugs and Cars

Jay Friedland, Plug In America Legislative Director, followed in a RAV4 EV with some more profs, who had come to learn about California's EV efforts. Lo and behold, we spy two Coulomb J-plug/120V units, one with a plug-in Prius conversion plugged in. The other unit however, was in working order and I plugged the LEAF in.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

But one shouldn't have to know Bob to plug in your new car. I'd hoped the City would find a way to open up the opportunity for the people beginning to obtain plug-in cars to more freely use these rare, public charge stations. Publicly plugging in is an act of coming out, of civic responsibility.