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Iain Curry’s best electric car of 2023: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

EV Central

It’s time for our editors to vent about their electric car experiences and expectations! With sensible hat on we can appreciate EVs with efficiency, long range, fast charging and silky silent smoothness. Rapid charging, V2L and liveable 448km range seal the deal. It shouldn’t be this hard.

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Groupe Renault creating first European factory dedicated to the circular economy of mobility in Flins

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To support this approach, the ReFactory will also include an incubator, open to start-ups, academic partners, large groups, local authorities and intrapreneurship, as well as a training center, backed by a university center, to promote know-how and accelerate research in the circular economy.

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When Do Electric Cars Really Charge? All At The Same Time

Green Car Reports

If you’re not an electric car driver, the chances are that how and when electric cars recharge is one of the lesser mysteries of the universe. After all, if every electric car in town charged at the same time, wouldn’t it bring down the electrical grid?

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Tesla urged by German Minister to unlock Supercharging for all EVs

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The move would give every EV on the road access to the broadest, well-rounded, and most efficient EV charging network in the world. He suggested a uniform Smartphone application that will work universally with EV chargers from all manufacturers. And we’re getting closer to that with great strides.” That is the goal.

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Revel COO explains how Tesla Model Y fleet can help familiarize commuters to EVs

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Paired with our universal EV fast-charging Superhub network, we're electrifying cities and fighting the #ClimateCrisis. As shared by the driver behind New York’s Tesla Model 3 yellow taxi, many passengers are still unfamiliar with Tesla vehicles or electric cars in general. Our goal is broad electrification.

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Electric Car Charging: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide To Ditching Gasoline Forever

EV Life

Electric Car Charging. One of the biggest shifts from driving a gas car to an electric car is how the vehicle is refueled through electric car charging. You give it a full charge overnight at home and top it up during the day as needed. DC Fast Charge. Types of Chargers.

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Sandia team develops GaN diode that is significant step toward protecting grid from EMPs

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EMPs are unlikely, said Bob Kaplar, manager of a semiconductor device research group at Sandia, but if one were to occur and damage the huge transformers that form the backbone of the electric grid, it could take months to replace them and re-establish power to the affected portion of the nation. Resources. Yates et al.

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