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Does Public Charging Network Confusion Hurt Electric-Car Use?

Green Car Reports

Ask most non-electric car drivers why they haven’t even considered an electric car, and the reason they give will undoubtedly involve some form of range anxiety: the idea that an electric car will run out of juice before it reaches its destination.

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Leveraging Parking Lot Solar Panels for EV Charging

Clean Fleet Report

Parking lots seem logical places for solar farms, blocking the sun’s rays from baking vehicle interiors and converting that energy to usable power to make the cars run. Parking lots covered with solar panels is an idea whose time has come. Can Solar Panels Produce Enough Juice? Why aren’t such facilities multiplying everywhere?

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

Baua Electric

The brand sold only a few hundred cars in the US last year. But Fiat hopes to – finally – charm the US with the “immersive Italian experience” of its upcoming Fiat 500e – Stellantis’s first all-electric car in the US. To set la dolce vita vibes, the car even comes with its own theme music.

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Stellantis Patents Fake Engine Vibrations for EVs

The Truth About Cars

When Dodge previewed its Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust for the all-electric Charger Daytona SRT concept (pictured), enthusiasts were divided. Some thought the idea of a faux exhaust system, designed to help EVs mimic the howl of a V8, was a cringe-worthy gimmick.

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

Cars That Think

The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars. For the utilities, it promised an economical way of meeting rising demand for electricity. Electric Car tzero 0-60 3.6

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Opinion: Top Ways Volkswagen ID4 is a Game-Changer in 2023

Clean Fleet Report

Electric vehicles aren’t merely the future, they are already here, and there is no company outside of Tesla that demonstrates its commitment to the idea of EVs more than Volkswagen. It’s Built with Practicality in Mind With power and range Volkswagen’s electric car for the masses is the 2023 ID4 SUV.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

I wrote back in December about my unhappy experience attempting to charge my loaner LEAF at San Francisco City Hall's electric car charging stations. Parking in these Coulomb charge stations is restricted to city-owned vehicles and Car Share companies under threat of towing. Juice flows. You see the credit card symbols.