Cars That Think
MARCH 30, 2023
Lightning Motorcycles “Costs are becoming competitive, so the last big issues are range and charge time,” Hatfield says. When it’s time to stop, the Strike can absorb Level 3 juice at up to 120 kilowatts. Yet the bike still slurps juice nearly four times faster than the Harley’s 3.3-kilowatt
Cars That Think
APRIL 4, 2022
The 800-volt architecture doubles Tesla’s 400 V, matches the six-figure Porsche Taycan, and is within sight of the Lucid’s industry-leading 900 V. Between bitter ambient temperatures and some snafus, that charger was pushing juice at a sharply reduced, roughly 45-kW rate—exactly one-sixth the Hyundai’s maximum 270-kW rate.
EV Central
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
Porsche’s entry-level Taycan EV has less power, performance and equipment, but could the single motor rear-drive option be all you really need? And Porsche – being Porsche – couldn’t resist dropping another $40K or so on our tester. 2022 Porsche Taycan RWD with almost $40k of added options.
The Truth About Cars
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
The cars are to be cheaper dupes of the very expensive “rally spec” production cars from the likes of Lamborghini (Huracan Sterrato), Porsche (911 Dakar), and Morgan (CXT). Each of the cars cost around £25,000 ($34,542 USD). This special is now half over, but already long out of juice.
Clean Fleet Report
MARCH 11, 2023
Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. Fortunately the guy next to me was finishing charging his Mustang Mach-E and he “gave” me his cable to use (the cost was being charged to his company card). Currently the only other cars with an 800-volt systems are the Porsche Taycan and Audi E-Tron GT.
EV Central
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
Value The Audi RS e-tron GT costs $248,200 plus on-road costs. The key competitor for the RS e-tron GT is the Porsche Taycan, of which the GTS model is closest on price at $240,300 (plus ORCs). As it fills, speeds drop, but it was still sucking up juice at a rate of 119kW when 78 per cent full when we stopped for quick boost.
Push EVs
JANUARY 5, 2023
So a relatively lightweight 1,700 kg BEV faces an additional cost of 15,000 NOK (about €1,410) from 1st January 2023. Adding together the new weight tax, and the new VAT tax, from 1st of January, a Tesla Model Y Performance faces additional cost of around €1,850 (for weight) plus €2,350 (for VAT). The first is a weight tax of 12.5
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