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Diesel Jeep MPG, BMW iX3 electric SUV, more places for Teslas to charge: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

with a new generation of electric-drive kit. This and more, today at Green Car Reports. Tesla owners finally have fast-charging options outside of Tesla’s own Supercharger network. The Jeep Wrangler goes diesel now and plug-in soon. And the BMW iX3 is still eventually headed to the U.S.,

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Electric Cop Cars, Tesla Body Kit, Renewable Diesel: Today's Car News

Green Car Reports

We look at what an edgy body kit might do to your Tesla Model S, cops who drive electric cars, and why "renewable diesel" isn''t what you probably think of as "biodiesel." All this and more today on Green Car Reports. Today in Car News'

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Toyota “hydrogen headquarters” will develop US fuel-cell products

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Kenworth and Peterbilt trucks with Toyota hydrogen fuel-cell modules Toyota’s fuel-cell development team helped develop the Toyota Mirai, which in its latest iteration Green Car Reports has called Toyota’s best-driving sedan. That kit and the fuel-cell modules themselves are coming from Toyota’s Kentucky plant.

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Volkswagen CrossBlue Coupé plug-in makes its European debut; showcasing the MQB

Green Car Congress

The CrossBlue Coupé—based off the Volkswagen Group’s MQB architecture (the Group’s modular assembly kit for vehicles with transverse-mounted engines)—features a transverse-mounted turbocharged direct-injection (TSI) 220 kW (295 hp) 3.0L The electric motors contribute 180 N·m (133 lb-ft) (front) and 270 N·m (199 lb-ft) (rear).

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New kit-car style EV due to launch next year

Green Cars News

The British spirit for kit-car building is inspiring a new generation of small electric vehicles which are expected to go on sale in the Far East and Europe in less than a year’s time. Electric cars Editor Pick'

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Does EV home-backup capability outmode the Tesla Powerwall?

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in future updates,” said spokesperson Sanaz Marbley to Green Car Reports. The other necessary piece, the V2H Enablement Kit, costs $5,600 and includes an inverter, a grid disconnect switch, and the 12-volt dark-start battery necessary to move the contactors in the case of a power outage. It’s good for charging at 19.2

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Creative Greenius is EV Driven

Creative Greenius

We are an on-line community of people who are passionate about Electric Vehicles and we’re not shy about it. "Revenge of the Electric Car" director, Chris Payne, in his new Tesla. There’s also a page that shows the Best Content from Revenge of the Electric Car based on social signals.

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