The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

A 92-kilowatt-hour battery and a 130-kilowatt generator combine to bring the juice. Ram is touting a total system horsepower of 663 with 615 lb-ft of torque and a range of 690 miles. Yes, the Ramcharger is basically an extended-range electric. Sound familiar? A power inverter module connects to a junction box.

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Charging Juice DC Gas-Electric 88

Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

According to Ford , a driver can roll this beast into a garage mounted with the $1310 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro, where its AC pins can deliver a full overnight charge at 19 kW output to the truck’s 98 kWh (131 kWh if you have the extended extra-big-range) lithium-ion battery. No word yet on which EVs will take part. (GM

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 18, 2010

It's official, the Cadillac Converj is to be the second extended-range electric vehicle after the Volt. I may be most interested affordable electric cars, but this makes sense to me. The first Level III chargers deployed by Etec will offer free juice.

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Charging Cadillac EV1 Volvo 100

Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem. Lots going on with batteries now, as John O’Dell’s piece below illustrates. that got the nod.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Earlier this month, researchers from MIT said they had developed a process that within three years could lead to electric car batteries able to recharge in as little as five minutes. How quickly can we really expect the early generations of electric vehicles to recharge — and what does it mean for the practicality of EVs?

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Therefore, until we get quick-charge batteries -- based on new breakthroughs, Ill take a WAG and estimate that we will have real 5-minute quick-charge batteries in perhaps 10 years -- we are likely to get our juice mostly from our home chargers. Vancouvers trolley bus fleet operates at 600 volts and god knows how many amps.

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