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Not just Porsche: Honda wants 15-minute fast charges for electric cars too

Green Car Reports

With Porsche promising ultra-fast charging for its Mission E electric car, Honda isn’t going to let the German automaker keeps its 15 minutes of charging fame. Honda aims to develop cars that can grab enough juice from the grid for 240 kilometers (150 miles) of range in 15 minutes flat.

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VW Adds Basecamp Accessories to Atlas Cross Sport

The Truth About Cars

Several automakers have decided to ‘offroadify’ some of their crossovers – Mazda with the CX-50, Honda with their Trailsport trim, and Subaru’s new Wilderness packages to name a few. Volkswagen is taking a different tack, choosing to offer a raft of accessories instead of installing items on the assembly line.

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Junkyard Find: 1987 Chevrolet Sprint ER

The Truth About Cars

No, not the Toyota Starlet or Corolla Tercel , not the Honda CRX HF , not the Subaru Justy. The 1987 Sprint ER came in second place, due to its insatiable thirst for go-go juice on the highway (51 miles per gallon). It was the Chevrolet Sprint ER , and I've found a nicely intact example in a car graveyard just east of Sacramento.

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Opinion: Tesla Needs to Behave Better

The Truth About Cars

I could write a screed like this just about every week -- it seems like we're constantly hearing about Tesla or one of Elon Musk's other companies cutting corners when it comes to safety, presumably in order to keep the stock price juiced. Indeed, the Reuters piece references safety problems at SpaceX.

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

Cars That Think

Between bitter ambient temperatures and some snafus, that charger was pushing juice at a sharply reduced, roughly 45-kW rate—exactly one-sixth the Hyundai’s maximum 270-kW rate. The 1,315-kg (2,900-pound) battery aboard has a lot to do with that, saddling the Hummer with more weight than an entire base-model Honda Civic.

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Opinion: Hey VW, Electric Vehicles Are Not a Joke

Clean Fleet Report

One or two or sometimes more companies let their PR folks’ creative juices loose on a gag press release sent on April 1. Honda confirmed it will sell two electric SUVs based on GM’s Ultium platform by 2024. Taking Volkswagen to Task for Its April Fools Prank. It happens every year. Some get a chuckle; many more a groan.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. On the last day I knew I would have to get a full charge to make it back to Heathrow and leave it with enough juice for the driver who would collect it. I duly plugged it into an exterior household outlet.

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