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Road Test: 2021 Volvo XC90 Recharge T8 PHEV

Clean Fleet Report

Local Electric Driving, No Range Anxiety. The company plans to do it with a mixture of all-electric vehicles, like the new XC40 Recharge, and plug-in hybrid versions of its SUVs and sedans. The XC90 Recharge is an example of the second group. Moving towards more juice. Out on the road where the XC90 Loves to Live.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

Cars That Think

Faster pit stops could also help unlock sales for electric two-wheelers, which have been slow to catch on due to dawdling charge times and limited riding range. Lightning Motorcycles “Costs are becoming competitive, so the last big issues are range and charge time,” Hatfield says. That’s really the direction we need to go with this.”

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

Clean Fleet Report

Range anxiety has been the bugaboo of EVs. Fortunately it’s becoming less of an issue now the newest EVs have a range of up to 300 miles on a full battery charge. Consequently, range anxiety and charging locations are of little concern. Since it was not a Level 2 charger, I knew it would not gain much juice overnight.

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Keepin' it simple

Plugs and Cars

All plug-in cars these days come with a 120-volt charge cord. This will actually be sufficient for many if not most Volt drivers, and quite a few LEAF drivers. An empty Volt pack will take 10 hours to fully recharge; an empty LEAF about 20 hours. And where are you going next? Not because I always charge at 120V mind you.

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GM taps LG for Volt Battery

Revenge of the Electric Car

GM has been saying for a while now that they had picked their supplier for the LiIon battery in the Volt, but they weren’t prepared to announce who it was. GM Reported Ready To Give Volt Battery Nod to Unit of LG Chem. Lots going on with batteries now, as John O’Dell’s piece below illustrates. that got the nod.

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2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe: The legendary SUV brand’s first plug-in hybrid

Charged EVs

The plug-in hybrid version of the Jeep Wrangler offers useful all-electric range and great electric torque—if drivers plug it in. The e-motor also provides regenerative braking to recharge the battery, and there’s an integrated 33 kW (44 hp) starter-generator as well. The two couldn’t be more different. It’s sandwiched between a 2.0-liter

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Seven-day test: Living with the Porsche Taycan RWD

EV Central

We’re showing 100 percent charge and a range of 475km. Our Taycan RWD rides on steel coil springs, not the air suspension of every other in the range. I’ve still got 200km range remaining so have seen no reason to plug the Taycan in yet. I start with 54 percent charge and 250km range. 2022 Porsche Taycan RWD.

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