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, an internal combustion engine. Yes, the Ramcharger is basically an extended-range electric. Sound familiar?

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EV Central

MARCH 30, 2024

READ MORE: 2024 GWM Ora Extended Range review: One of Australia’s cheapest electric cars tested READ MORE: New EV electric car calendar READ MORE: It’s got the Poer! litre four-cylinder turbo-petrol engine tuned to run on the more efficient Miller cycle. The petrol engine can run on 91 RON unleaded, claims an 8.5L/100km

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Revenge of the Electric Car

OCTOBER 23, 2008

The Volt, which GM prefers to call an extended-range electric vehicle, doesn’t use its internal combustion engine for propulsion, relying entirely on an electric drive system.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

For on-the-go juice ups, the idea is to exchange your dead battery for a fresh one owned by Better Place. Extended-range electric vehicles — such as the Chevy Volt, which GM says will recharge in three hours — offer another route, adding a small gas engine to keep drivers from feeling stranded without access to fuel.

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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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