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Should you rent an EV for a family holiday?

EV Central

Rent a petrol or diesel car for your holidays. In many places, electric cars are cheaper to rent than equivalent petrol cars. And as Europcar says on its website: Save on Petrol! Imagine having to register with a Shell servo before it let you pump petrol. We drive out of our way to reach a fast DC charger.

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Audi RS e-tron GT review: Driving the most powerful production Audi ever

EV Central

seconds of overboost that pumps the total up to 475kW, making this the most powerful production Audi ever – petrol or electric. Charging An 800v electric architecture allows the RS to DC fast charge at a claimed rate up to 270kW when the battery is low. Combined, they produce 440kW and 830Nm. Performance claims are extraordinary.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

With two Electric cars, at the time a Nissan Lean and Mitsubishi Outlander, we use a considerable amount of electricity but not much petrol, so already we were a reasonable way down the less CO2 road. The panels generate DC current that varies with the solar power. Help with reducing our carbon footprint.

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Upcoming electric vehicles in India

Electric Vehicles India

It supports both dc fast charging and ac slow charging. Suzuki Burgman electric is a high-performance electric scooter that offers the power of a 125 cc petrol scooter. kWh and the charging time is 3 hr 20 min with slow charger and 1 hr with DC fast charger. It supports both DC fast charging and AC slow charging.

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

EV Central

Day 4: Juicing Up Despite all my driving fun, I’m still returning just under Kia’s official consumption figure. That said, I stand by my belief I’d be happier with a comfier, rangier EV6 Air and then buy a fun petrol toy with the money saved. Opportunities galore. I mustn’t be trying hard enough.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Go to petrol pump owners and find out who are people who are big time consumers. Jay’s first EV was the DC motor Reva, which he bought way back in the early 2000s. We realised that most Zeon customers are long distance road warriors. The minimum monthly fuel bill that they run up is Rs. 5,000 upwards. So was his wife.

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Polestar 2 AWD or 2WD: Which one should you buy?

EV Central

The bigger battery brings no extra power or performance, but its DC charging capacity is up to 150kW rather than the Standard Range’s up to 130kW. Rarely if ever for most, but that 551km range does a great job of placating those prone to range anxiety. But it won’t blow your mind like a Tesla Model 3 Performance manages.

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