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Pedego Moto puts the ‘fun’ in functional transportation

Baua Electric

With their excellent brick-and-mortar stores, many, if not most, Americans’ first e-bike experience is renting or trying an e-bike at a Pedego store. And because Pedego stores and e-bikes are top-notch, those experiences are almost entirely good first impressions. And just look at those burley tires. It is $3995.

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

Cars That Think

These handsome crossover SUVs might not be able to cruise for 7 hours on the highway, like the 500-mile-range Lucid Air. Hyundai For an Ioniq5 on these Frankenstein plugs, a 5-minute charging stop can add 109 kilometers (68 miles)—not on par with a gasoline fill-up, but eye-blink fast compared with EVs of just a few years ago.

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2023 Toyota BZ4X Review – Falling Short

The Truth About Cars

I didn’t hate life while just heading to the grocery store. The juice comes from a lithium-ion battery pack with a 71.4-kWh Toyota promises a range of up to 252 miles for this configuration. Upper bZ4X trims also struggle with range – a top-trim bZ4X has only 222 miles of range. kWh capacity.

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SDG&E to Test Mobile Smart Charging Device for Plug-ins

Green Car Congress

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA.

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Maserati launches new tri-motor GranCabrio Folgore convertible that goes 0-100 km/h in 2.8 sec

Baua Electric

kWh battery pack (83 kWh usable) that can reach charge rates up to 270 kW on a DC fast charger, recouping 100km (62 miles) in 5 minutes and replenishing from a 20-80% state of charge in 18 minutes. seconds but loses some juice down the straightaway, going 0-200 km/h in 9.1 It houses a 92.5 It could go faster if the engineers allow it.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid

Clean Fleet Report

Battery and Brakes The lithium-ion battery is charged when applying the brakes or coasting by the regenerative charging system that converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. The driving range in pure electric mode is short, so best save that battery juice for parking garages or sneaking in late at night.

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5 Electric Car Checks for a Hassle-Free Holiday

Clean Fleet Report

Hundreds of DC chargers and thousands of Level 2 charging units dot the interstate, usually spaced out by 25 to 50 miles. For the most part, EVs can travel between 90 and 400 miles (though the upper range belongs to prohibitively expensive vehicles). Make Sure You Have Your Travel Documents.