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HKG and Pininfarina introduce two more microturbine range extended EVs; graphene-enhanced LTO batteries

Green Car Congress

At Auto Shanghai 2017, China-based Hybrid Kinetic Group (HK), with its partner Pininfarina, introduced two more microturbine range-extended electric vehicles: the five-seat K550 and 7-seat K750 SUVs. These join the luxury sedan H600, introduced earlier this year at the Geneva show ( earlier post ), making a family of three.

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Hybrid Kinetic H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle concept runs 0-100 km/h in 2.9 seconds

Green Car Congress

At the Geneva Auto Show, the China-based Hybrid Kinetic group unveiled the H600 microturbine range-extended electric vehicle sedan concept, produced together with its vehicle design and engineering partner, Pininfarina. Pininfarina and Cambiano project. Range is more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles).

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VinFast Enters Europe, Austrian Post Ditches Fossil Fuels — EV News Today

CleanTechnica EVs

Electric Cars, Vans, and Aircraft VinFast and Pininfarina detail VF 8 and VF 9 designs VinFast signs memorandum of understanding with LeasePlan for customer leasing options in Europe Opel […]. The EV news hose keeps flowing. Below are some hot EV news stories — and a few opinion pieces — from the past few days.

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Battista Electric Hyper GT Bespoke Program Announced

CleanTechnica EVs

Electric vehicles are better for the environment and they have no direct toxic emissions like gas-powered and diesel-powered vehicles do. This fact is readily observable by anyone who is paying attention to the rise of EVs. Additionally, as the world moves toward more and more clean, renewable […].

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

Designed by Pininfarina VinFast VF 8 gave the designers at the famed Pininfarina studio a blank sheet. We also feature those efficient gas-powered vehicles that are among the top mpg vehicles in their class. This resulted in the VF 8 having an individual look that will stand out among the crowded SUV field.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A visit to the gas station takes minutes not seconds and so the California Air Resource board, when it established fast charging standards, set the goal of charging the batteries to 80% in 10 minutes. One of the biggest reasons is that we don’t need to charge batteries in 2 seconds, as useful as that would be.