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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

Founder Richard Hatfield claims that the company’s Lightning Strike motorcycle can fill its battery from 20 percent to 80 percent in a little over 10 minutes on a Level 3 DC fast charger. When it’s time to stop, the Strike can absorb Level 3 juice at up to 120 kilowatts. But 300 amps at 800 volts, and now you’re at 240 kilowatts.

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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Best of all, I’d rented a Hyundai Kona Electric : an EV I like very much. I note my booking said: Hyundai Kona Electric or similar compact SUV. Europcar provided a Shell Recharge card: you create an account, link your payment method and bingo! Marseille Provence airport, Europcar, $441 for the week, or just $63 per day.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. That meant looking for a decent public DC charging station in a nearby town. On the last day I knew I would have to get a full charge to make it back to Heathrow and leave it with enough juice for the driver who would collect it. In summary.

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Clean Fleet Report

Juicing up. kW onboard charger has three plug-in charging options which be controlled by an app to can set the day and time of recharging. 480V DC Fast Charging – 1 hour, 15 minutes to 80% with a 50 kW charger. 480V DC Fast Charging – 1 hour to 80% with a 100 kW charger. Road Test: 2020 Hyundai Kona Electric.

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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

EV Central

That equates to $59,990 plus on-road costs for the single specification currently slated for Australia and a claimed ADR-certified range of 511km between recharges. Electric cars the compact Born is priced close to include the Polestar 2 (from $63,900), Tesla Model 3 (from $65,500), Hyundai Ioniq 5 ($69,900) and Kia Niro (from $64,450).

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Here's all the new electric cars or EVs coming to Australia in 2021

EVolution

Charge times will also be equivalent to the Taycan, with a maximum DC charging capacity of 270kW, for a 100km of driving range in five minutes. A 50kW DC charger boosts the battery from five to 80 per cent in around 1.5 BMW states the iX is capable of up to a 200W DC fast charge which will charge up to 80% in around 40mins.