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Stellantis Patents Fake Engine Vibrations for EVs

The Truth About Cars

But others felt it broke new ground in terms of vehicular sound design and would ensure electric cars could retain some of the magic of combustion vehicles. The patent was actually published with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in May of last year.

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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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Tesla gets first place in inaugural Industrial Digital Transformation Report

Teslarati

Founded in 2003, the company’s message from day one was not that an electric car could be good but that it could be better. Prior to Tesla, the market perception of electric vehicles was a slow, ugly juiced up car with little range.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. On the last day I knew I would have to get a full charge to make it back to Heathrow and leave it with enough juice for the driver who would collect it. At that time the only car that came close was the Wankel-powered NSU Ro80.

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It’s 2010 – Are YOU Ready for The Greenius Decade?

Creative Greenius

County make their AB 811 program a success – I’ll be working with Howard Choy at the County and using my marketing, communications and community organizing skills to help this essential program succeed as it should. We need more juice than that to get things done in the Greenius Decade and I know precisely where to get it.

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The Bright Future of EV Charging

EV Match

Researchers at Cornell University are working on a similar road for the US, but instead of coils, they are utilizing metal plates under a specified “charging lane” for drivers to switch into when they need some juice. Most electric cars are currently limited to around 400-550 kilometers (250-350 miles) per full charge.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

With superpowered cars like the Model S Plaid , Tesla upended the stereotype of electric cars as being slow, frumpy and boring. Now electric cars are making scorching inroads on the racing scene, faster than many folks dared to believe. If you’re attracted by lap time, you have to go for an electric car.”.

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