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

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The Hyundai Ioniq5 and Kia EV6 that I recently tested—a pair of wildly impressive, high-design EVs—take a different approach to solving range anxiety: an 800-volt battery architecture that delivers some of the fastest charging in the EV game, and unheard of at these price levels. second rips to 60 mph. With their modest size and 77.4-kWh

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

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips A Two-Country Kia EV6 Experience Last year I set out to see what it would be like to take a couple of long road trips in a Kia EV6–one in the UK and the other in the U.S. I took delivery of an EV6 that Kia UK kindly loaned me. I duly plugged it into an exterior household outlet.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

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When it’s time to stop, the Strike can absorb Level 3 juice at up to 120 kilowatts. Yet the bike still slurps juice nearly four times faster than the Harley’s 3.3-kilowatt The Strike’s electrical architecture operates in the 300-to-400 volt range, depending on the application. That’s really the direction we need to go with this.”

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 Review – Whatever It Is, It’s Good

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Juice is supplied via 77.4 Meanwhile, the similar Kia EV6 manages to take the same overall shape and use angles much better – the Kia is sexier. It certainly didn’t hurt that my Limited-trim all-wheel drive tester came with the most-powerful available setup. kWh lithium-ion battery. That gives the Ioniq5 a bit of gusto.

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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

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Volvo also supplies a dual-mode charging cable, allowing you to charge slowly overnight with regular 120-volt household current or plug into your dryer’s or other 240-volt outlet to fill the battery in 2.5 Moving towards more juice. Road Test: 2020 Kia Niro PHEV. Charging is easy–with public stations or your home charger.

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Fast Food, Fast Charge

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And since even the speediest DC chargers take roughly 30 minutes to juice up an EV, drivers and passengers have time to kill, including enough time for a bite. Aside from balky chargers, or stations that dispense juice at lower-than-expected rates, other notorious issues include cords that are too short to easily reach EV charging ports.

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Review: 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N enthusiast EV shows it’s worth the wait

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I used 16% of my battery juice in my one sprint session ending with a battery temperature of 93 degrees. 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N When it comes to charging, the Ioniq 5 N can fast-charge at a peak of about 235 kw thanks to its 800-volt architecture. kWh battery in the Kia EV6 GT can eke out 206 miles. Meanwhile the 77.4

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