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Stuff We Use: Under Pressure (Washers)

The Truth About Cars

For ages, this writer used a gasoline-powered pressure washer, firm in the belief it ran better and more reliably than any cheap electric plug-in unit ever would. The battery is a large cube and sits where the gasoline engine resided on my old pressure washer, consuming about the same amount of space.

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Your Electric Car Out Of Juice? AAA Tests Roadside Recharging

Green Car Reports

Everyone makes mistakes once in a while, and we’re sure most drivers have run out of gasoline at least once in their life. But as the saying goes, it's hard to carry a gallon of electricity back to your plug-in car if the battery is completely out of charge.

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Toyota Hot and Cold on Plug-in Hybrids

Plugs and Cars

That seemed to be a hint that Toyota wasn't moving too quickly on plug-ins. As if to confirm that notion, recently a Toyota spokesman in DC was denigrating plug-in hybrids as Hymotion/A123 and Rob Lowe were making a plug-in splash in Congressman Ed Markey's global warming committee.

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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

That lets the Hyundai and Kia slurp electrons at up to a 270-kilowatt rate, when plugged into a 350-kW DC charger. Hyundai For an Ioniq5 on these Frankenstein plugs, a 5-minute charging stop can add 109 kilometers (68 miles)—not on par with a gasoline fill-up, but eye-blink fast compared with EVs of just a few years ago.

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Investors Daily: Pull the Plug on Ethanol

Plugs and Cars

Ethanol has less power per gallon than gasoline. But IBD believes that the political juice of ethanol is distorting policy decisions. Advocacy for plug-in cars is much less organized and underfunded. Tags: ethanol charles grassley plug-in hybrid electric industry electric utilities. and politicians such as Grassley.

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Buyer’s Guide: Hybrid vs. Electric: Which is better?

Clean Fleet Report

Do you need a plug? In an electric vehicle, no gasoline is used. In a hybrid, you have a combination of both electric power and gasoline. Some hybrid cars can be charged; those will run on electricity for a short while, then it will switch to gasoline. The car relies solely on electricity for power.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

The company plans to do it with a mixture of all-electric vehicles, like the new XC40 Recharge, and plug-in hybrid versions of its SUVs and sedans. While Volvo offers a T5 turbocharged model and T6 turbocharged and supercharged model of the gasoline-only XC90, it’s the T8 that’s the focus here. The Plug-in Hybrid Option.