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

Cars That Think

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.

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Seven-day test: Living with the Porsche Taycan RWD

EV Central

Porsche’s entry-level Taycan EV has less power, performance and equipment, but could the single motor rear-drive option be all you really need? And Porsche – being Porsche – couldn’t resist dropping another $40K or so on our tester. 2022 Porsche Taycan RWD with almost $40k of added options.

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EV sales in Norway explode ahead of policy changes

Push EVs

Furthermore, from 1st of January, VAT is being applied for the portion of a BEV’s price that exceeds a 500,000 NOK (~ €47,000) threshold. Most of Norway’s top 10 bestselling BEVs are priced above this threshold (though a few have base prices that start just below it). For a BEV priced around 700,000 NOK (e.g.

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Audi RS e-tron GT review: Driving the most powerful production Audi ever

EV Central

The key competitor for the RS e-tron GT is the Porsche Taycan, of which the GTS model is closest on price at $240,300 (plus ORCs). As it fills, speeds drop, but it was still sucking up juice at a rate of 119kW when 78 per cent full when we stopped for quick boost. Cars in this exorbitant price range rarely do.

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

Clean Fleet Report

Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight. Your price may vary The next problem was when I tried to download apps as my iPhone, despite having a one-month local SIM card, would not allow me to download the official Kia app or apps for charging networks.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in March 2024

Baua Electric

Below are some of the top e-bikes we’ve hand-tested for every price range, current as of March 2024. Most of the options in this price category make too many sacrifices in quality or longevity to earn a spot on this list as one of “the best”. This is the only e-bike in this price range that I know of with a 48V electrical system.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in January 2024

Baua Electric

Below are some of the top e-bikes we’ve hand-tested for every price range, current as of January 2024. Most of the options in this price category make too many sacrifices in quality or longevity to earn a spot on this list as one of “the best”. This is the only e-bike in this price range that I know of with a 48V electrical system.

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