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Seven-day test: Living with the Porsche Taycan RWD

EV Central

A panoramic glass roof ($3370), Bose audio ($2840), heated front seats ($910), ambient lighting ($890) and Porsche logo puddle light ($600) substantially add to the bill and are hardly imperatives. That’ll see off any hot hatch at the lights anyway. Wet roof on the 2022 Porsche Taycan RWD brings out a light show.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

So while my car is powering the great city during the day how will I have juice to drive home at the end of the day? Does it, in essence, come down to the fact that V2G takes advantage of battery storage that would exist anyway , as opposed to requiring batteries specifically for the purpose of storing night-time electricity? SZ (1) 6753.T

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Charge at home solves fully 95% of average charge need. not an issue. Follow us on Twitter!