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Aston Martin reveals production-ready Rapide E EV at Shanghai

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Rapide E is powered by an 800V electrical architecture battery—encased in carbon fibre and Kevlar casing—with a 65 kWh installed capacity using more than 5600 lithium-ion 18650 format cylindrical cells. miles of range per hour using a typical 400V 50kW charger. This bespoke battery pack lies where the original 6.0-liter

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Euro Parliament Transport Committee backs draft directive mandating expansion of alternative fuel stations; grandfathering CHAdeMO

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Minimum number of publicly-accessible recharging points for electric vehicles in each member state. For heavy duty vehicles, refueling points for LNG along the roads on the TEN-T Core Network should be established at intervals not exceeding 400 km (249 miles); and. Draft report on alternative fuel recharging infrastructure.

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Electric Car Charging: An Easy Step-by-Step Guide To Ditching Gasoline Forever

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Electric Car Charging. One of the biggest shifts from driving a gas car to an electric car is how the vehicle is refueled through electric car charging. Think about charging an electric car as similar to charging your smartphone, which like an electric car, is powered by lithium ion batteries. DC Fast Charge.

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Volkswagen Group’s MQB plug-in hybrid powertrain; foundation for Golf GTE, A3 e-tron, and more

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All-electric range is projected to be up to 50 km (31 miles); on a 2/3 all-electric and 1/3 hybrid route, the Audi and Golf are expected to deliver an average NEDC fuel consumption of 1.5 Voltage is between 250 and 400 V depending on state of charge. The system is also being developed for application in non-hybrid applications.).

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Expert panel report finds achieving 1M plug-in vehicles in US by 2015 would require concentrated action to overcome barriers

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Because [Ford] can provide the hardware, but ultimately, our country has to decide is this where we really want to go and if so, how are we going to really develop the smart grid in a way that works and allows the utilities to actually speak to each other and trade power, ubiquity of charging and all those things.

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Nissan’s Killer EV App, the Plug-In Car That Puts the Nail in GM’s Coffin

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Everyone’s all excited that Ford just turned a profit, but they’re doing it with a fleet of uninspired crappy cars that they practically have to give away. You might as well call most of the cars they’re selling “future clunkers.&# When’s your affordable EV that gets 1oo mile range on a quick charge Ford?

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Tesla Megapack-powered prefab Superchargers sighted near Pepsi facility

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The prefabricated Superchargers were loaded on trailers that held Megapack batteries and a rather impressive number of charging stalls. . Tesla has installed Megachargers for the Semi at Frito Lay and PepsiCo’s facility in Modesto, located about 440 miles from Indio, California—enough for a single Semi trip. .

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