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Personal: Range Anxiety Be Damned!

Clean Fleet Report

Taking an Extended EV Trip & Tempting Fate. Climbing up the hills the hairs on the back of my neck started to stand straight up as the range dropped like a stone as our elevation increased. I don’t think it even estimated enough range to get home! I think there were 60 miles of range left when we pulled into her driveway.

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Opel Monza Concept at Frankfurt features CNG extended range electric vehicle powertrain with new 1.0L 3-cylinder engine

Green Car Congress

For the Monza Concept displayed at the Frankfurt show, engineers conceived an electric drive with a CNG (compressed natural gas) range extender—a further development of the Ampera’s technology. The Monza Concept is based on increasing electrification of the automobile in everyday driving, from range-extender to fuel cell.

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Former Chrysler Execs Join Board of Extended Range Electric Vehicle Conversion Company ALTe

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The system’s “plug-and-play” modularity enables the powertrain to expand or contract depending on the vehicle type, and can be applied to vehicles using any type of fuel. When I reviewed the business plan and conducted the due diligence personally it was obvious ALTe had tremendous potential. Earlier post.). Tom LaSorda. Steven Landry.

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GM Unveils Chevrolet Volt MPV5 Electric Crossover Concept at Auto China 2010; Showing Cadillac Converj, XTS Platinum Plug-in Hybrid

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GM’s Chevrolet unveiled the Volt MPV5 extended range electric vehicle concept at Auto China 2010. The five-passenger multi-purpose crossover concept demonstrates the potential of the Voltec propulsion system by utilizing the same extended range electric drive foundation as the Volt. The Volt MPV5. Click to enlarge.

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Cadillac boosts performance of ELR plug-in hybrid for MY2016, cuts MSRP by $9K; $58,495 net after Fed credits

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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). 2016 Cadillac ELR. seconds, a 1.5

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GWM Ora review: Quick spin of Australia’s cheapest EV

EV Central

There’s no need to press a start button, with the Ora following the Tesla lead by detecting when a person is in the driver’s seat and making itself ready for action. It’s priced from about $45,000-$46,000 drive-away, depending on which state or territory you buy it in. GWM Ora But the GWM Ora is not cramped in the cabin.

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Fisker Issues Recall And Personal Apology For Software Glitch

Green Car Reports

Such is the case with the Fisker Karma plug-in hybrid, which is the second extended-range electric vehicle to come to market, following on the heels of the Chevy Volt. As cars become increasingly complex, with more and more systems controlling their operation, recalls for first-year models are all but inevitable.

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