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Junkyard Find: 1980 Fiat X1/9

The Truth About Cars

When an American car shopper walked into a Fiat showroom in 1980, the available models on the floor were the X1/9 , the Brava (aka 131) sedan , the 124 Sport Spider convertible and the Strada (aka Ritmo) hatchback (the final year for the 128 here was 1979 ). Here's one of those cars, found in a car graveyard near Denver recently.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XX)

The Truth About Cars

For our 20th installment in the Cadillac Eldorado series, we turn the page to 1959 and a new generation of Cadillacs. That name applied to two- and four-door models, as well as the convertible. 6200 was available as a two-door hardtop and convertible, as well as two new four-door configurations.&

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

Details are on the VinFast website with easy steps to order the charger and arrange for installation and how to download the app and use the public chargers. Additional charging is through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting. Beginning by downloading the VinFast app.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Going back to our formula we will first need to convert our kilowatt value to watts so we have 10,800 * 1000 = 10,800,000 watts needed from the source. When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries. Some industrial sites are even set up with 440V 3 phase service.