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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

So driving around town, stuck in stop-and-go rush hour freeway traffic or coasting down hills will recharge the battery. Designed by Pininfarina VinFast VF 8 gave the designers at the famed Pininfarina studio a blank sheet. The battery charge and mileage range are metered in realtime by a readout on the center touchscreen.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Alfa Romeo Tonale – the Italian brand finally has a rechargeable car in its ranks in the form of the Tonale PHEV compact SUV. Audi RS models – performance flagships set to pick up plug-in hybrid tech as early as 2021. BMW M cars – they’re coming with hybrid drivetrains. Cupra Formentor e-Hybrid PHEV.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

If we wanted to recharge this from 110V domestic service we would need to pull 10,800,000/110 = 96,000 amps. A vehicle with a 200 mile range like the Tesla Roadster would easily be able to do the trip with one recharge. Note this value is in KW not KWHrs since it represents an amount of power delivered in a 2 second burst.