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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

That lets the Hyundai and Kia slurp electrons at up to a 270-kilowatt rate, when plugged into a 350-kW DC charger. 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.

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Fiat unveils 5 new boxy ‘Panda-inspired’ concept cars

Baua Electric

It starts at a reasonable $32,500 plus a $1,595 destination fee, although it’s not eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit. The battery comes with DC charging at up to 85 kW, which adds enough juice for 31 extra miles of range in just five minutes, according to Fiat.

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Can Fiat win over the hearts of Americans with its new, better 500e?

Baua Electric

It starts at a reasonable $32,500 plus a $1,595 destination fee, although it’s not eligible for the $7,500 federal tax credit. The battery comes with DC charging at up to 85 kW, which adds enough juice for 31 extra miles of range in just five minutes, according to Fiat.

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We experience the 2022 Kia EV6 : ADAS | Sensors | Regen | 150 kW Fast Charging

Plug In India

Most of his cars also do service as tax saving tools – so his P and L requires him to change them every two or three years. It has an interesting gizmo where the 800 V DC gets converted to 230 V AC – and can be accessed via a normal 15 A plug. kWh of juice. I am told that it can do a DC charge at 240 kW!

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

EV Central

Charging An 800v electric architecture allows the RS to DC fast charge at a claimed rate up to 270kW when the battery is low. 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. When cruising it got within a couple of kWH of that. 2023 Audi e-tron GT RS.

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

I am pleased to participate in the EV Project, which came late to the San Francisco Bay Area, and happy to get my tax-payer funded charger and DC Fast port. They’ve kept my LEAF juiced, after all. Quite likely not beyond the current programs. However, for the last month my Blink has been on the blink. (For

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Road Test: 2022 Kia Niro EV

Clean Fleet Report

Juicing up. 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. The Niro EV has an EPA estimated driving range of 239 miles, but in our real-world driving delivered 273 miles. 120V (Level 1) – 2.5 days to 100%.

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