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Pininfarina/Bolloré BLUECAR EV Shown at Geneva

Green Car Congress

Pininfarina and Bolloré, which set up a 50-50 joint venture at the beginning of 2008 with the purpose of designing, developing, manufacturing and distributing an electric car, displayed the latest version of the Pininfarina BLUECAR at the Geneva Motor Show on the Véhicules Électriques Pininfarina-Bolloré stand. The BLUECAR.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XX)

The Truth About Cars

For our 20th installment in the Cadillac Eldorado series, we turn the page to 1959 and a new generation of Cadillacs. Larger in all dimensions than before, Eldorado Brougham was hand-built by the artisans at Pininfarina in Italy. Change was in the air at GM, and it was overdue.

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Flash Drive: 2023 VinFast VF 8

Clean Fleet Report

Details are on the VinFast website with easy steps to order the charger and arrange for installation and how to download the app and use the public chargers. Designed by Pininfarina VinFast VF 8 gave the designers at the famed Pininfarina studio a blank sheet. Beginning by downloading the VinFast app. SiriusXM is not available.

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The Reality of Fast Charging for Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

When GM installed chargers for the EV1 they used a 50amp 220V circuit that could pump over 6KW into the batteries. In reality you would pull less than 20A and the charging circuit is not 100% efficient so you would be lucky to add 2KW to the batteries Most houses also have 220V service which is used for high power devices.