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Stuff We Use: Bluetooth Speakers

The Truth About Cars

It can also provide juice to devices via a USB port, which is handy. Less portable but no equally external is a Kicker systems offered by GM baked into the multifunction tailgates of Silverado and Sierra pickup trucks. This one costs $895 but the required Multi-Flex tailgate pushes the total to $1,340.

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Stuff We Use: External Speakers

The Truth About Cars

We’ve used this speaker and it is decently robust with good sound, clearly designed to weather a few knocks and scrapes in typical Jeep environments whilst also able to provide a bit of juice to devices via its USB port. The battery is more than enough for an evening’s party.

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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. GM produces the Chevy Volt and GMC Hummer EV and is preparing its 2023 launch of the Silverado EV.) No word yet on which EVs will take part. (GM

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New electric cars coming in 2025-2026

Baua Electric

An SQ6 E-Tron drinks more battery juice to send up to 510 hp to all four wheels—for a 0-60 mph run of 4.2 Towing should check in at up to 14,000 pounds—versus the 10,000-pound ratings of rivals Ford F-150 Lightning and Chevrolet Silverado EV. A “boost” mode delivers up to 456 hp. An RS Q6 E-Tron is in the works.

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Four Electric Pickup Trucks Were Driven Until They Died. Only One Met Its Advertised Range

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The Tesla Cybertruck, Rivian R1T, Ford F-150 Lightning, and Chevrolet Silverado EV were driven at 70 MPH until they ran out of juice.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Battery Booster Pack?

The Truth About Cars

This 20-pound honker is heavy as lead thanks to its acid-based battery composition but has never failed to spin the engine of everything from a John Deere lawn tractor to a Duramax-equipped Silverado. Even if the pack was fully charged, it would not awaken to provide juice to the car in question. &

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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A simple, clean, efficient EV that wont run out of juice because of its on-board gas generator. Haul or tow -- buy a Silverado. Hybrids are a proven winner, but a series-hybrid (range extended EV), such as the Volt takes things to a much higher level with existing and "mostly" affordable tech.