The Truth About Cars
OCTOBER 30, 2023
We’ve mused before on these digital pages that a clean car seems to run better – a missive that apparently holds true for sports cars and hot hatchbacks, though burly off-road pickup trucks and SUVs may take umbrage with that assessment.
Charged EVs
SEPTEMBER 27, 2021
In Europe, it was smaller Jeeps—the subcompact Renegade and compact Compass family SUV—that got their plugs first. One’s the best of the dwindling segment of 7- and 8-seat vehicles that aren’t hulking SUVs. The other is the SUV that started it all, an iconic vehicle known the world over for ruggedness and go-anywhere capability.
EV Central
DECEMBER 20, 2022
And yep, it’s not an SUV, there’s no black cladding or raised ride heights here. The 77kWh battery pack is claimed to consume juice at an average 15.7-17.5kWh/100km Nor does MEB provide vehicle to load or vehicle to grid charging. Despite those modest dimensions the Cupra is impressively spacious inside. 2023 Cupra Born.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Vehicle to Grid (V2G) technology is a bi-directional electric grid interface that allows a plug-in to take energy from the grid or put it back on the grid. The current electrical grid is poorly designed for distributed generation of power.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Also, besides giving you the ability to charge at night when most utility rates are lower, future vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology may allow you to sell some of your stored energy back to the utilities. The demands on the grid would require a lot of infrastructure work without some sort of "energy reservoir" in place.
Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven
APRIL 16, 2009
Blending the MPG of SUVs and small cars understates the real consumption and rewards automakers for building gas hogs and unsafe micro cars which makes people want to buy "safe" gas hogs. A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Many others are not so careful.
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