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An Update On Upcoming Fast Charging Stations in Southeast New Mexico

CleanTechnica EVs

Why I Spend Time On This One of the things I like to cover here at CleanTechnica is upcoming DC fast charge stations. If you’re on the fence about buying an electric […]. While in reality, the average EV driver will rarely use one, it’s still a big factor in whether someone will buy an EV.

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Volvo adopts Tesla’s NACS Connector for EVs

Teslarati

Volvo said today that it would adopt Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), opting to use the connector for its electric vehicles. The announcement makes Volvo the latest major automaker to adopt Tesla’s charging connector.

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Tesla’s cobalt-free battery strategy is making Elon Musk an actual “iron man”

Teslarati

While LFP cells use cheaper materials, and while they could be consistently charged fully without much degradation, they tend to be larger, heavier, and generally hold less energy than nickel-cobalt-manganese (NCM) cells. Thus, electric cars that use LFP batteries tend to have shorter range. . Quotes courtesy of Reuters.

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Volkswagen’s Pablo Di Si: Generation to get ‘again to fundamentals’

Baua Electric

and believes that its electrical cars will backup the corporate build up its marketplace proportion in what’s turning into one of the crucial German automaker’s maximum notable markets. So I mentioned, “Listen, we’re going to increase production significantly.” What did you listen from them?

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First look at all-new Voltec propulsion system for 2G Volt; “the only thing in common is a shipping cap”

Green Car Congress

Based on a GM study of more than 300 model year 2011 and 2012 Volts in service in California for more than 30 months, many owners are exceeding the EPA-rated label of 35 miles (56 km) of EV range per full charge, with about 15% surpassing 40 miles (64 km) of range. They want the feel of an electric car even when they get into range extension.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

Teslarati

A question about bidirectional charging was also asked. Elon Musk noted that bidirectional charging is not that useful since Powerwall is better. Musk noted that Tesla does not plan too many models to reach 20 million cars. But the team is back, and Elon comes out and shows a render of Giga Mexico.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

The PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle), a subset of the electric car, combines a primary electric motor with a much smaller back-up engine fueled with a hydrocarbon/biofuel mix. (In In this paper PHEV refers solely to the long-range PHEV of 60 miles (100 km) electric-only range.) slow charge. References.

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