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Save extra $100 on Juiced e-bikes, Jackery flash sale, 1-day Greenworks pressure washer sale, and more

Baua Electric

Headlining today’s Green Deals is Juiced Bikes’ Mother’s Day sale that is taking $100 off purchases over $500, including most e-bikes, like the RipRacer Fun-Sized Fat-Tire e-bike for $1,049. Juiced Mother’s Day discounts: RipCurrent S Fat-Tire e-bike: $1,799 (Reg. 3,695) Juiced JetCurrent Pro Foldable e-bike (pre-order): $2,499 (Reg.

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Geländewagen, Electrified: Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology

The Truth About Cars

A 116-kWh lithium-ion battery provides the juice but Merc isn’t yet spilling any tea about expected driving range on a full charge. The electric G features a ladder frame design, selectable low range off-road gear reduction, an independent front suspension, and solid rear axle. A sprint from 0–60 mph is said to take 4.7

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UCL, UI researchers devise method to optimize magnesium chromium oxide cathode materials; disordered materials

Green Car Congress

Lithium-ion technology is reaching the boundary of its capability, so it’s important to look for other chemistries that will allow us to build batteries with a bigger storage capacity and a slimmer design. One factor limiting lithium-ion batteries is the anode. —co-lead author, Dr Ian Johnson (UCL Chemistry).

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Vanderbilt battery management device reconfigures modules to extend EV pack range

Green Car Congress

The two used the open-source Tesla high-density, lithium-ion battery to model their method of improving durability and increasing range, adding a controller to each of the battery’s cells. We know there are some battery cells that run out of juice earlier than others, and when they do, the others run less efficiently.

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Stuff We Use: Under Pressure (Washers)

The Truth About Cars

In my garage now resides, of all things, a pressure washer powered by a lithium-ion battery from a company called DK2 , belting out 2,200 psi and blasting away dirt from my Challenger and house siding alike. It’s no trouble to wash two or three cars at a time and not run out of juice, even at my notoriously leisurely pace.

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BMW Unleashes New 5 Series

The Truth About Cars

The lithium-ion battery is the same across both the 40 and 60, with a usable energy content of 84.3 The latter means it will be able to hoover up fresh electrons from suitably burly fast chargers to the tune of juicing itself from 10 – 80 percent in about half an hour. kWh and a maximum charging rate of 205 kW.

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Tank 500 Ultra Review: Is this the electrified 4×4 wagon that signals the end for Toyota’s dirty diesels?

EV Central

The e-motor relies on a 1.76kWh lithium-ion battery for juice. 5 2024 GWM Tank 500 Ultra specifications Price: $73,990 (drive-away) Basics: Petrol-electric hybrid, 7 seats, 5 doors, large off-road wagon, 4×4 Range: 900km (approx) Battery capacity: 1.76kWh lithium-ion Powertrain: 2.0-litre SCORE: 3.5/5

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