The Truth About Cars
JUNE 2, 2023
V8 engine has been the F-150’s volume seller, but that hasn’t stopped some gearheads deep within the skunkworks of Ford Performance from coming up with a relatively affordable supercharger kit for the mill – one which cranks the wick to 700 horsepower. It’s been ages since the venerable 5.0L to 700 horsepower and 590 lb.-ft ft of torque.
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Taxes always come around. And any article I write about electric trikes invariably draws out all the armchair automotive engineers who chime in with the well-practiced “they should just put the two wheels in the front because it’s more stable!” Some things are constant in the universe. Entropy always tends towards disorder.
Push EVs
JANUARY 5, 2023
The freak volume in December 2022 resulted from one-off pull-forward effects ahead of new policies and auto taxes applying from 2023 onwards. their previous monthly record, ahead of new weight taxes, and VAT taxes. Petrol vehicles also saw a relative sales surge ahead of increased emissions taxes.
Cars That Think
APRIL 4, 2022
Between bitter ambient temperatures and some snafus, that charger was pushing juice at a sharply reduced, roughly 45-kW rate—exactly one-sixth the Hyundai’s maximum 270-kW rate. For my own recent test, a mere 150-kW EA charger at a Target in New Jersey had to suffice. Still, the Hyundai added 161 km (100 miles) of range in 42 minutes.
The Truth About Cars
MAY 18, 2023
Juice is supplied via 77.4 Yes, EVs tend to be a bit more costly than similarly sized internal-combustion engine cars because the tech is relatively new and costs a bit more to build. It certainly didn’t hurt that my Limited-trim all-wheel drive tester came with the most-powerful available setup. kWh lithium-ion battery.
EV Central
FEBRUARY 3, 2023
As it fills, speeds drop, but it was still sucking up juice at a rate of 119kW when 78 per cent full when we stopped for quick boost. The lack of traditional performance car signals like engine and exhaust sounds and gear changes can be a bit misleading. Thank the slightly adjusted luxury car tax threshold for the extra loose change.
Plug In India
NOVEMBER 23, 2022
We did not go in for mix mode because we wanted to find out what is the maximum juice that can be extracted out of the pack. Even petrol vehicles are prone to fires, even after a hundred years of engineering. 1,46,340 plus insurance plus road tax. (We use sum of actual km run and DTE displayed to get to the end value.)
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