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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. The Hyundai Ioniq5.

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The trials of public charging, part 2 (of many to come)

Plugs and Cars

Plugging in to public charge stations is part of the process of introducing Americans to electric cars. Only half the story about public charging is providing juice: enabling drivers to extend the range of their vehicles beyond their night-time "fill-up" at home when necessary and overcoming newbie "range anxiety." Juice flows.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

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In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on. For its part General Motors—the power behind Chevrolet and GMC—is now set to work with San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric to test forthcoming GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes.

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

Clean Fleet Report

Charging the British way Around the UK In the UK my goal was to drive from Heathrow on a mammoth loop around the very northern parts of the Scottish Highlands on the NC 500 route, which traverses one of the most remote and sparsely populated parts of Europe. I took delivery of an EV6 that Kia UK kindly loaned me.

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2023 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Rubicon Review – Charged-Up Jeep

The Truth About Cars

liter turbocharged four-cylinder that works in concert with two electric motors and a 400-volt battery pack, plus an eight-speed automatic transmission. So while other SUVs might get dinged for these things, we chalk it up to part of the experience. Unlike the 392, this Jeep uses a 2.0-liter Total system horsepower: 375.

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The Top 7 EV Home Chargers That You Should Consider Buying

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These chargers remove the inconvenience of having to wait at a public station by juicing up your car at home while you are asleep. Public and commercial charging infrastructure companies are struggling to keep up as plug-in electric vehicles become a larger part of the automobile industry. 4 Enel X JuiceBox.

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A DIY E-bike Conversion on the Cheap

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The only part I needed to fabricate was an aluminum mounting bracket for the motor [shown in outline]. Here I took advantage of already owning an electric lawnmower, figuring that the 40-volt, 4-ampere-hour battery I had for it would serve well. The most challenging part of this project was figuring out how to configure the ESC.

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