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How One Bad Manny Can P**s Away Your Brand

Creative Greenius

I’ve also been considered a subject matter expert on electric cars for over a decade. When we bought our first electric car in January of 2013, the Toyota Rav4 EV with the Tesla battery and powertrain, we followed Toyota’s advice on the right home charger to buy. But the number was no longer in service.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

The main reasons were: Reduce our monthly electricity. 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. Help with reducing our carbon footprint.

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Test Reports : Ather 450X Gen 3 vs Ola Electric S1 Pro | Electric Scooter Comparison

Plug In India

We did not go in for mix mode because we wanted to find out what is the maximum juice that can be extracted out of the pack. Most sensors are fitted on the valve – and send info to the user via blue tooth. (We use sum of actual km run and DTE displayed to get to the end value.) The average wh per km reported was 27.4.

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Mumbai - Kalaburagi - Mumbai : 1200 km trip in the MG ZS EV

Plug In India

Guest Post By Priyans​ 2022 MG ZS EV electric car owner Mumbai, MH It has been a crazy ride. I just got the car delivered a couple of days ago, and coincidentally I had some work in Kalaburagi, Karnataka. The car that I am taking on this trip is 2022 MG ZS EV. Let’s go plan! I thought it was worth the try.

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Cupra Born review: High five for Spanish compact hatch

EV Central

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). A small digital instrument panel containing key info like speed, range and consumption sits atop the steering column. So not only cheaper but faster too.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

German energy firm RWE has stated that a cadre of respected automakers and energy firms have all come together in agreement on a three-point, 400-volt plug that will enable electric cars the world over to be recharged anywhere, regardless of which recharging station they stop at. There are clean ways to generate electricity.

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. Lutz, who retired earlier this year, called the car Detroits "moon shot" and an attempt to wrest the mantle of innovation back from the Japanese. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year.

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