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Tech: Vibration Testing’s Role in Improving EV Component Longevity

Clean Fleet Report

When operating, EVs experience various vibrations, from road conditions to overall motor functioning, which may cause significant wear, breakdowns and potential safety risks before their time. Safety Regulations and Compliance The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No.

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: electric Microbus finally arrives

Charged EVs

All but one use a white upper body over a choice of orange, yellow, green, blue, “blue charcoal,” silver, or grey. It’s now provided by an electric motor, not an air-cooled flat-4 combustion engine, but still. The standard model has a 210-kilowatt (282-horsepower) motor powering the rear wheels, rated at 413 lb-ft of torque.

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Diesel Doom! 2026 Kia PV5 means the end is in sight for traditional turbo-diesel delivery vans

EV Central

At that money in Australia, the new Kia PV5 would match the default Toyota on price, but also deliver ultra-low running costs and reasonable recharging times that should encourage many fleet operators to make the switch to EV. 2026 Kia PV5.

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We’re Charging Our Cars Wrong

Cars That Think

If equipment costs were lower, they say, they would install more recharging stations. It could be a virtuous circle: The recharge businesses would do better, EV owners would benefit, and more people would consider buying an EV. In an electric car thats charging, the green ground wire in the charging cable becomes the path to ground.

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Electric-car charging: The basics

Baua Electric

But to make the transition easy, Green Car Reports has rounded up some tips on how, where, and when how to charge up that new plug-in vehicle. General Motors has expanded bidirectional charging capability to the entire GM EV lineup and its readied a GM Energy ecosystem including energy storage. Dont overstay your welcome.

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Road Test: 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz RWD

Clean Fleet Report

Available in three solid colors—Candy White, Metro Silver or Deep Black Pearl or eight two-tone paint options—Candy White over either Energetic Orange, Pomelo Yellow, Cabana Blue, Blue Charcoal; Metro Silver and Indium Grey; Metro Silver over Cherry Red or Candy White over Mahi Green, the combination we drove.

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Mercedes-Benz CLA Shooting Brake revealed: The Benz wagon reinvented as an EV, but will SUV-mad Aussie care?

EV Central

litre petrol engine with an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission and a 20kW e-motor. Meanwhile, an all-wheel-drive CLA 350 4MATIC bolts on a small front e-motor and combined they produce 260kW and 515Nm of torque for a brisker 0-100km/h sprint of just 5.0 A 10-80 per cent recharge takes around 22 minutes. Look out Tesla Model 3!