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

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Range anxiety” has been a headline concern for electric vehicles. These handsome crossover SUVs might not be able to cruise for 7 hours on the highway, like the 500-mile-range Lucid Air. The 800-volt architecture doubles Tesla’s 400 V, matches the six-figure Porsche Taycan, and is within sight of the Lucid’s industry-leading 900 V.

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2025 Ram 1500 Ramcharger: Charge It Up

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A 92-kilowatt-hour battery and a 130-kilowatt generator combine to bring the juice. Ram is touting a total system horsepower of 663 with 615 lb-ft of torque and a range of 690 miles. Yes, the Ramcharger is basically an extended-range electric. The towing capacity is 14,000 pounds, with a payload of up to 2,625 pounds.

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Lightning Eyes 10-Minute Charging for its Motorbikes

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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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Tata Tigor EV Zipron : Range Test

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Tata Motors claims that the Tigor EV comes with an ARAI-certified range of 306 kms (under standard testing conditions). Video: Tata Tigor EV Ziptron | Range Test We started off with Vinod ji in his Innova, at 0455 hours. At 0600 hrs, gobbled down 3 sandwiches, a cake, a brownie and some pineapple juice. ​Read on!

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2022 Hyundai Ioniq5 Review – Whatever It Is, It’s Good

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Juice is supplied via 77.4 The maximum range on an Ioniq5 equipped as my tester is a claimed 256 miles. It certainly didn’t hurt that my Limited-trim all-wheel drive tester came with the most-powerful available setup. Dual electric motors (74kW and 165kW) combine for 320 horsepower and 446 lb-ft of torque in an all-wheel-drive setup.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

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And plenty of technology remains left to be worked out: including the complex supporting infrastructure, business models, and various forms of electric plugs and chargers, alongside their sometimes confounding range of pin configurations. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.)

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

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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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