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Ford Looks to Extended-Range EVs to Juice Demand

The Truth About Cars

EREVs arent really a new thing, as the Chevy Volt debuted around a decade ago with the tech, but there hasnt been much movement with the configuration in the last few years. The Blue Oval will look to extended-range EVs (EREVs) as a way to electrify future SUVs and pickups, including the Super Duty brand.

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First mobile fast-charging service for electric vehicles in Singapore

Setec Powerr

Unless one has a dedicated wall box at home, getting an electric vehicle (EV) juiced up is pretty much left to utilizing chargers in the public domain. With an energy capacity of 52 kWh, the system can – depending on the type of vehicle – juice up to two EVs before recharging. Aside from CCS2 charging, the P.

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Report: Nissan GT-R Will Return With Hybrid Powertrain

The Truth About Cars

Pandikuthira said that would likely hinge on charging technologies and whether or not solid-state battery tech would migrate to automobiles before development on the next GT-R wrapped up. Think about a plug-in hybrid (with todays technology) and you do two or three laps of the Nrburgring and youre running out of juice.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

Cars That Think

now taking place in suburban homes, using outside wall-mounted chargers metered to give credit to vehicle owners on their utility bills in exchange for uploading battery juice during peak hours. In the UK, experiments are. These pilot programs have remained just that, though—pilots.

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Andrew Leland on Assistive Tech for the Blind

Cars That Think

and it’ll say “ You have three-quarters of a 250 milliliter jug of orange juice that expires in two days; you have six bananas and two of them look rotten.” The eponymous company that produced the app has partnered with Open AI, so now a blind person can hold their phone up to their refrigerator and say “What’s in this fridge?”

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Tesla Temporarily Allows FSD Transfer to New Vehicles

The Truth About Cars

In an effort to juice sales this quarter, the automaker is letting existing FSD customers transfer their services to a new model, but only in the next couple of months.& If you want to add what Tesla calls full self-driving capability (FSD) to one of its new vehicles, you’re looking at up to $15,000 on top of the price of a new model.

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Velotric Discover 1 Plus e-bike $1,199, EcoFlow power stations $169, Juiced/Rad Power e-bikes, more

Baua Electric

We have the latest sales from Juiced Bikes and Rad Power Bikes – the former offering 10% off sitewide, while the latter has switched around models and added some of its new lineup to the savings. Juiced Sitewide sale discounts (use code BIKES at checkout): RipRacer Fun-Sized Fat-Tire e-bike: $1,349 (Reg. Summer e-bike deals!

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