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Kia has its first customer for its funky Duplo-like EV: Uber

Baua Electric

Kia’s new modular electric vehicle concept – that goes from micro-car to minivan to small truck to full-sized van – introduced at CES has its first customer: Uber. The PV5 can be transformed to a passenger vehicle to van to a pickup with interchangeable modules, and even can be converted into a robotaxi.

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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. Chrysler used this for their EPIC Minivan and could charge at a rate of about one mile per minute. I like to use the example of someone driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.