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An e-scooter, a PHEV and an angry man

EV Central

It means you can travel, should you wish, a substantial distance between charges. Basically, if your electric car or plug-in (PHEV) vehicle has V2L tech, it has built-in bi-directional charging and an AC power outlet. Its charging time is 3-4 hours, there’s a top speed of 32km/h and it weighs 12.5kg.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

A Test of Vehicle-to-Grid Tech By the turn of the millennium, however, selling EV propulsion systems had become a hard way to make a living. Major utilities were compelled to purchase high-cost peaking power, and because retail prices were capped, they could not pass their costs on to consumers.

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Visit to Cellestial E-Mobility : Electric Tractor startup

Plug In India

The flywheel is downsized to give a continuum between shift of gears, else unlike a ICE engine, when you take your leg off the pedal, the motor goes zero torque when you are re-engaging gears. I can understand the need for maintaining capital cost parity with an equivalent diesel tractor. My biggest concern is battery capacity.

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Seven-day test: Living with the Porsche Taycan RWD

EV Central

Despite being the cheapest Taycan the tech still feels otherworldy. We’re showing 100 percent charge and a range of 475km. Except there’s no wireless phone charging, annoyingly. I forget to remind them we’re not on solar so the emissions have just moved from the tailpipe to the polluting power station.

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2023 Kia EV6 GT review: Mega-popular electric vehicle put to the seven-day test

EV Central

Then its stylishly integrated door handles, giant 21-inch five-spoke alloys, clamshell bonnet and strikingly detailed LED lights everywhere (I don’t want to think about their replacement cost). It’s mind-blowing, if not quite in the re-wire brain territory of the Porsche Taycan Turbo S. That’s daft acceleration. The ton is up in 3.5

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Nissan Qashqai e-Power review: Is it really an almost-EV?

EV Central

Time spent driving the small crossover on motorways, country roads and city streets means we’re now able to judge whether Nissan is over-hyping or under-selling e-Power. The only thing its petrol-burning ICE does is power a generator that supplies most of the juice that goes to the electric motor. There are increases.

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World Earth Day & The Green Reset

My Energi

As part of raising awareness, we’re hosting a competition to win a selection of eco-friendly smart home tech gadgets. Over a third of the money spent on energy bills is goes towards heating and hot water costs. Step away from them screens for a few hours and get your creative juices flowing! Don’t know where to begin?

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