InsideEVs

AUGUST 13, 2025

kilometers) before needing to be recharged. At the end of the very long trip, the car had an average energy efficiency of 5.1 The battery, supplied by China’s CATL, has a usable energy content of 107 kWh and can be fast-charged at up to 250 kW, making for a 10% to 80% top-up in 30 minutes. miles (925.4 The team left at 2 a.m.

Range

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 9, 2025

There are three charging options through a plug-in port with these approximate charge times. hours 480V DC Fast Charging – 10-80% in 30 minutes or less Additional charging will be through regenerative braking that converts kinetic energy into electricity when braking or coasting.

Re-Charge

EV Central

JULY 30, 2025

I, plus a whole lot of other people, and the senior executive team, were … in the car park of Airport West Shopping Centre, talking to customers who were recharging their cars. It just gives this energy to get things done. 2025 BYD Shark 6 Premium. “So, So, to me, that’s really unique. It delivers speed to making decisions.

BYD

EV Central

JULY 17, 2025

If you suffer from range anxiety, choose the rear-wheel-drive CLA 250+ that can cover the headline 761km before it needs plugging in. Fresh brake-by-wire tech, meanwhile, ensures the motors’ regenerative function is prioritised over the mechanical brake discs and pads, with up to 200kW of energy recovered. 2026 Mercedes-Benz CLA.

Mercedes

Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 22, 2025

Polestar’s First Dedicated EV Platform Delivers Polestar has released three models in America, with variants, beginning with the company’s last gasoline engine propelled car, the limited production sublime 2021 Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid. We consider 3.5 The 111 kWh, liquid cooled lithium-ion battery is charged through an 11.0

Motors

InsideEVs

AUGUST 10, 2025

I backed into the spot, plugged in, tapped my credit card and 15 minutes later, I had more than enough range to get back on the road. Ionna is aiming for a mix of 40% Tesla-type North American Charging Standard (NACS) and 60% Charging System (CCS) plugs, for now. I didn’t expect it to be this easy. Its no wonder thats the case.

BMW

EV Central

MARCH 21, 2025

From April 1 2025, it, like every other plug-in hybrid (PHEV), will no longer be considered a zero or low emissions vehicle under fringe benefits tax (FBT) law. Its driven Aussies into plug-in hybrids if theyre not prepared to go full EV. Even mild hybrid Mazda SUVs have domestic sockets, so I curse the omission from our Cupra plug-in.

PHEV

EV Central

MARCH 8, 2025

LFP is less energy dense than NMC (Nickel Manganese Cobalt/lithium-ion) but it is much happier being DC fast-charged to 100 per cent than NMC. The EV5 has easily swallowed our luggage and its plug and play parcel boards in the 513 litre boot help secure them. Its powertrain is a case of swings and roundabouts. Kia EV5 Snowy Drive.

Kia

EV Central

JULY 12, 2025

I’ll check back when you’ve finished it Where the C10 BEV runs solely on electricity, the REEV (range extender electricity vehicle) adds a petrol engine to help recharge the battery. Like the BEV the battery can use brake regeneration to recharge and also be plugged. Recharging rates aren’t quick at a max 65kW DC.

Australia

EV Central

JULY 26, 2025

You are really going to struggle to get to 400km between recharges and that’s because in the real world the average consumption is going to be in the 22-25kWh/100km region depending how often you want to bite on your tongue. AC charging: 22kW, Type 2 plug DC charging: 205kW, CCS combo plug 0-100km/h: 3.9

BMW

InsideEVs

JULY 30, 2025

Now, we have a whole market of EVs that can travel hundreds of miles at a time and recharge within a few minutes. And that announcement was made at an Indiana heavy truck dealership, no less. Remember, just about 15 years ago, electric cars were a one-off science experiment that cost a lot of money and couldn’t go very far at all.

EPA

EV Central

JUNE 6, 2025

That’s a big claim in a market segment not only brimming with regular hybrid options – Toyota RAV4, Kia Sportage, Nissan X-Trail among them – but a new breed of plug-in hybrids that allow owners to sample some EV running without walking away from the bowser. The MG HS Super Hybrid is certainly an impressive plug-in hybrid.

Chery

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2014

Ford’s C-MAX Solar Energi concept combines a rooftop solar panel with an off-board solar concentrator—essentially an inexpensive Fresnel lens canopy. Ford C-MAX Energi gets a combined EPA-estimated 108 MPGe city and 92 MPGe highway, for a combined 100 MPGe. Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept. Click to enlarge.

Solar

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Volvo Bus’ plug-in hybrid. Field tests being conducted in Gothenburg show that Volvo Buses’ plug-in hybrid reduces fuel consumption by 81% and total energy consumption (diesel plus electricity) by 61% compared to a comparable Euro 5 diesel bus. A number of European cities are showing an interest in the plug-in hybrids.

Plug-in

EV Central

AUGUST 1, 2025

Both batteries are the LFP chemistry, which is typically cheaper to manufacture but doesn’t have the energy density of NMC batteries. Unlike NMC, LFP batteries are also OK to be regularly recharged to 100 per cent. It’s the top-of-the-range Essence with a 62kWh battery we’ve tested here, making it the most you can spend on an S5.

SUV

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

Toshiba Corporation expanded its SCiB product offering with the launch of a 20Ah-HP rechargeable lithium-ion battery cell that delivers high energy and high power at the same time. Toshiba drew on its knowhow in current high-energy and high-power products to develop a new cell that combines the advantages of both. Product name.

Recharge

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Hubject, an e-mobility specialist founded in 2012 by leading companies in the energy, technology, and automotive industries ( earlier post ), has published the Open Plug&Charge Protocol (OPCP) , the first independent protocol to standardize the Plug&Charge EV ecosystem.

Plug

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Starting June 2016 a prototype for a new Scania plug-in hybrid bus (based on Scania Citywide Low Entry) will go into daily operation in Södertälje. Inductive charging is among the options the company is exploring and would enable vehicles wirelessly to recharge their batteries via electrified roads. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

Volvo Car USA is bringing a new, improved Recharge plug-in hybrid powertrain is coming to the US in its 90 and 60 Series models, significantly extending electric range while lowering carbon dioxide emissions, increasing performance, and improving drivability. By 2030, it plans to become a fully electric car company.

Recharge

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2014

BMW 3 Series Plug-in hybrid prototype. BMW has unveiled a 3 Series plug-in hybrid prototype. The plug-in hybrid drive system has a combined output of approximately 245 hp (183 kW) and maximum combined torque of approximately 400 N·m (295 lb-ft). Drivetrain of the 3 Series plug-in hybrid concept. Click to enlarge.

Plug-in

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JANUARY 14, 2023

The Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV, a plug-in series hybrid model that uses a rotary engine as a generator, made its world premiere at the Brussels Motor Show. kWh lithium-ion battery and a 50-liter gas tank to create a series plug-in hybrid system with very competitive total driving range. Earlier post.) Drive modes.

Mazda

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2018

Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE are partnered in a project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office building. Moreover, it is possible to connect solar panels and external storage directly to the recharger, allowing a more efficient electricity supply to buildings. Hitachi Europe Ltd.,

Energy Storage

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2020

Each vehicle will be fitted with Solaris High Energy batteries. Throughout the day the Urbino electric buses will recharge their batteries by means of 4 pantograph chargers, whereas at night the recharging will be conducted using sixteen plug connectors. They will also feature passenger counting gates.

Romania

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2014

The TT concept features a plug-in hybrid drive with two electric motors and a system output of 300 kW (408 hp) and 650 N·m (479 lb?ft) Powered by the engine, it recharges the battery and thus extends the electric range. China Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins' ft) of system torque.

Audi

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2018

An influx of plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) charging without coordination could prove challenging to the nation’s electric grid, according to research conducted by the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). His paper is published in Nature Energy.

Grid

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

New work by a team at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in Canada has found that more than one-third of Canadian buyers want a plug-in vehicle (PEV), with the majority of those (89—93%) wanting a plug-in hybrid rather than a pure electric vehicle. The latter report was published in Energy Economics. PEVs look “strange”). Axsen, J.,

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

A composite blend of carbon fibers and polymer resin is being developed that can store and charge more energy faster than conventional batteries can. This material can then be used around the vehicle, replacing existing components, to store and charge energy. Click to enlarge. Close up of the trunk lid carbon fiber composite.

Energy Storage

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

Energy storage will be adapted to fast and frequent recharging using high charging power. The electric buses will be suited for recharging by means of a roof-mounted pantograph and a classic plug-in device. will be recharged at three sites. The models supplied to Pozna? The Urbino electric buses heading to Pozna?

Poland

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

The electric buses will be fitted with Solaris High Energy batteries with a total capacity of 240 kWh. Throughout the day they will be recharged using fast pantograph chargers that are to be set up at the bus termini in Piaski and at the municipal cemetery in Malbork. Malbork has opted for inverted pantographs, i.

Poland

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2014

The study, which provides a joint industry analysis of how different types of batteries are used in different automotive applications, concludes that lead-based batteries will by necessity remain the most wide-spread energy storage system in automotive applications for the foreseeable future.

Lead Acid

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

kWh/100 km) features both fuel cells and a battery drive which can be charged externally using plug-in technology. There are four operating modes: HYBRID: the vehicle draws power from both energy sources. F-CELL: the state of charge of the high-voltage battery is kept constant by the energy from the fuel cell.

Mercedes

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2015

Cadillac has greatly enhanced the performance of its ELR extended range electric vehicle (plug-in hybrid) ( earlier post ) for the 2016 model year, and is also cutting the MSRP by $9,005, bringing the starting price down to $58,495 net after the $7,500 US federal tax credit (MSRP = $65,995). Electric (Battery) Hybrids Plug-ins'

Cadillac

Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2014

Daimler and BMW have agreed on jointly developing and implementing one common technology for wireless recharging high-voltage batteries of electric drive and plug-in hybrid vehicles. Electrical energy is transmitted contact-free without the need for a cable, at a power rate of 3.6 Wireless charging of the S 500 Plug In HYBRID.

BMW

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Volkswagen’s plug-in hybrid version of its Tiguan SUV—the Tiguan eHybrid. In this mode, the Tiguan eHybrid will temporarily also cover stretches fully electrically and thus without generating any local emissions, as recuperation during braking recharges the battery. In Hybrid mode, the electric motor supports the 1.4-liter

Europe

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2021

According to a new study by researchers from Delft University of Technology, in the context of current recharging time, Dutch EV drivers in general prefer not to participate in “vehicle-to-grid” (V2G) contracts, while the opposite is true in the context of fast recharging. fast recharging) on the preferences for V2G contracts.

Recharge

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

unveiled PowerDrive, a suite of plug-in hybrid electric powertrain solutions spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty applications, at the 2018 IAA Commercial Vehicle Show. The third mode of electric plus comes online when higher energy is required when the system senses gradient climbing or acceleration for overtaking. Cummins Inc.

Plug-in

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2013

At the depot station, the bus plugs into a multi-bus supply station connected to the 50 kVA network. sbaar ultra-fast bus charging stations used to recharge the Volvo plug-in hybrid buses undergoing trials by Göteborg Energi in Sweden ( earlier post )—i.e., In concept, the system is similar to the Oprid B?sbaar

Charging