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Tesla Model S Plaid’s 8.94-sec quarter-mile pass at 156 mph earns praise from Musk

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It’s an incredible feat, and one that Tesla CEO Elon Musk personally acknowledged on Twitter. . The Tesla Model S Plaid is already an amazingly quick car. Equipped with three electric motors, the vehicle is listed on Tesla’s online configurator with a 0-60 mph time of 1.99 seconds with a trap speed of 155 mph.

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Flying a Personal Electric Aircraft, FLO EV chargers in Alaska, Electrifying Efficiency Rating, Pure Watercraft

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The post Flying a Personal Electric Aircraft, FLO EV chargers in Alaska, Electrifying Efficiency Rating, Pure Watercraft appeared first on EV Obsession.

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Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned!

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I kept up a speed around 75 mph, and all was good. Road Trip: 2021 Volkswagen ID4 The post Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned! After the drop-off, I repeated the charging back to about 80% because I was hungry and there was a KFC next to the AM/PM. The drive back on 101 was uneventful. Feature: The 3 Best EVs for Road Tripping.

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Kia E-Niro electric car review

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The Kia e-Niro 64 kWh is a practical, family-friendly crossover with a 282-mile electric range and it’s one of the more affordable longer-range electric cars. Charging costs: Full charge costs £8.69 (calculated using UK average energy cost of 14p per kW) find out more about how much it costs to charge an electric car.

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Kia E-Niro electric car review

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The Kia e-Niro 64 kWh is a practical, family-friendly crossover with a 282-mile electric range and it’s one of the more affordable longer-range electric cars. The multi award-winning electric vehicle won ‘Car of the year’ back in 2019, as well as Best Electric Car 2020. Max speed: 124 mph.

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TU/e students win Bridgestone World Solar Challenge Cruiser Class with solar-powered family car

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To move one person 100 kilometers the solar-powered car uses 0.4 By comparison, a modern electric car requires about 8.5 persons per kilometer, using 48 kWh and gained a maximum score of 20 out of 20 for practicality on Saturday. The Eindhoven team drove the first 1,500 km (932 miles) with five occupants aboard.

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Northern Lights Energy and Reva Electric Car Company Sign Agreement to Develop the Electric Vehicle Market in Iceland

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Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland.

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