EV Central

JULY 3, 2025

Mercedes-Benz has introduced a new City Edition version of its 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQA and Mercedes-Benz EQB that adds more kit and lowers the price of entry models by up to $4000. The most basic EQA and EQB don’t skimp on kit as they ride on 19-inch AMG alloy wheels, include an AMG Line body kit and get free metallic paint as standard.

Mercedes

The Truth About Cars

JULY 22, 2025

Using Jan's feasibility checklist for mods, Wes shows how the steering wheel button swap is mechanically plug-and-play, electrically compatible (with small modifications), and mostly works out-of-the-box. Electrical fit: Plug-and-play. Unplug the old ones, plug in the new. Volkswagen’s ID.4 4, what would it be? Wes: Exactly.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 17, 2025

Safety kit includes features like lane keep assist and adaptive cruise control. Kia also noted that the Nightfall will come standard with a charging plug for Teslas North American Charging Standard (NACS) but said that owners will be able to utilize other charging stations with an adapter. cubic feet behind the seats and up to 59.3

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 3, 2025

The Merriam-Webster Thesaurus says lightning is synonymous with rapid, brisk, hot, dizzy, breakneck, quick, speedy, rush, ultrafast (the list goes on) and breathtaking. With no hyperbole even in the slightest, there is no argument with any of these descriptions for this luxury grand tourer. seconds, their smile will be the tell for what they think.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 18, 2025

Its a great piece of kit, one used more often than Id like to admit. Most cars have the proprietary port into which these readers are plugged located somewhere under the dash near the drivers knees. Nearly all TTAC readers and writers have wrenched on a vehicle equipped with the OBD-II diagnostic system.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 20, 2025

How a DIY radio kit launched Henry Samuelis career Samuelis path toward becoming one of todays key players in digital communications started 33 years ago, when he was a seventh grader. During the term, each student was expected to build a crystal radio from a kit, using a single crystal and an antenna wound on a toilet paper tube.

Atlanta

EV Central

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

inch touchscreen Smart #3 Brabus instrument cluster Smart #3 Brabus Smart #3 Brabus boot Smart #3 Brabus boot Smart #3 Brabus frunk Theres also a unique body kit and a vent on the bonnet. The #3 marks the return of the Smart small car brand. Its even sold through selected Mercedes-Benz dealerships (one each in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane).

Mercedes

EV Central

JULY 11, 2025

As the Chinese flood our market with cheap small SUVs, it’s clear legacy brands like Kia simply can’t match them on price. That puts the brand’s new EV3 – it’s smallest electric car yet – in a tricky spot from the get-go. How can it compete? Today’s a transport stage, getting the car back home, 120km along the highway. That’s mighty. Wifey likes it.

Kia

EV Central

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Australia is one of the first markets to benefit from that expansion and the C10 is the first of many BEV and plug-in hybrid models that have been scheduled to head our way. Plug-in hybrid just as important for Leapmotor in Australia as BEVs; C10 and B10 PHEV SUVs on the way! READ MORE: Each-way bet! READ MORE: T arget BYD Shark 6!

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Baua Electric

JUNE 11, 2025

Overview IF IT looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck… It’s that kind of abductive reasoning we can just as easily apply to Ford’s new Ranger plug-in hybrid electric vehicle , or PHEV for short. Gross Combined Mass (GCM) for Ranger PHEV is listed at 6580kg.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

My husband (and fellow TTAC contributor), Andy Lilienthal , and I are avid off-road enthusiasts and have been for over 15 years. We love exploring remote areas to see what there is in the back 40. When the snow flies, we dont let it stop us. We drove our 1994 Mitsubishi Delica Space Gear 4x4 van and were one of 12 vehicles. Dont be those people.

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InsideEVs

JULY 30, 2025

EV Sportline aluminum bumper for the Rivian R1T and R1S Photo by: EV Sportline Thankfully, the aftermarket parts supplier has a ready-to-go kit that fits inside the front trunk of the R1S and R1T. The standard kit, which only includes the bumper and skid plate, is $1,995. Moreover, the product is compatible with Gen1 and Gen2 vehicles.

Ferrari

EV Central

MARCH 21, 2025

From April 1 2025, it, like every other plug-in hybrid (PHEV), will no longer be considered a zero or low emissions vehicle under fringe benefits tax (FBT) law. Its driven Aussies into plug-in hybrids if theyre not prepared to go full EV. Theres no underfloor storage or a spare wheel, just a repair kit.

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EV Central

JUNE 13, 2025

Standard kit includes 15-inch alloy wheels, wireless phone charging, smart key entry, cloth trim made of recycled plastic bottles, satellite navigation and a 10.25-inch 2025 Hyundai Staria going electric as zero-emissions rival for Ford E-Transit, Volkswagen ID. That Standard Range gets a 42kWh battery for 327km of WLTP EV range.

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DIY Electric Car

JULY 30, 2025

I have the 10kW kit from thunderstruck EV, which includes all but batteries and a charger. I am also not sure where I should be looking for a charger that uses both a standard household plug and doesn't charge via some proprietary golf cart battery socket. Any insight into either a BMS or. 48v BMS and charger

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2023

British EV technology company Electrogenic, known for its classic car EV conversions, has expanded its range of drop-in conversion kits with a cost-effective plug and play solution to electrify the classic Mini.Electrogenic’s kit converts the automotive icon to electric drive from just £15,000 (US$18,800) plus VAT.

Kits

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2012

A prototype plug-in hybrid retrofit kit is applied to a research vehicle’s rear wheels. Charles Perry, who holds the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence, has developed and demonstrated a proof-of-concept for a wheel motor plug-in hybrid retrofit kit for almost any car. Click to enlarge. —Charles Perry.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

2014 Accord plug-in hybrid. Set to go on sale in early 2013, Honda’s 2014 Accord Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) Sedan ( earlier post ) will offer the ability to run in an all-electric mode for 10 to 15 miles and a calculated total driving range of more than 500 miles. Click to enlarge. Electric driving is supported by a 6.7

2014

Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

Engine compartment of the CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid shows the transverse-mounted 3.0L Volkswagen brought the new CrossBlue Coupé plug-in hybrid sporty mid-size SUV show car, introduced in April at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), to a media event in Berlin for its European premiere. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

Renault is launching electric retrofit kits in France in partnership with R-FIT. These kits can be installed on the popular Renault 4, Renault 5 and first generation Twingo. The Renault 5 electric retrofit kit will go on sale in France in September 2023 while the kit for the Twingo will be made available at a later date.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. XL1s ready to roll. Click to enlarge. two-cylinder diesel, 20 kW electric motor and 5.5 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2014

Dr. Winterkorn said that a plug-in hybrid version of the Volkswagen Passat would join the Group’s range of low-CO 2 vehicles “soon.”. He said that the plug-in hybrids Golf GTE (1.5 Further high-efficiency models such as the Audi A8, A6 and Q7 or the plug-in hybrid version of the Volkswagen Passat are to follow soon.

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EV Central

AUGUST 1, 2025

MG Australia pushed its Chinese headquarters to kit it out with those basic features that make it so much easier to perform commonly used tasks. Priced from $40,990 drive-away, the entry-level Excite comes generously appointed with a 10.25-inch inch digital instrument cluster, 12.8-inch No shortage of standard gear in the MG S5.

SUV

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Golf GTE plug-in hybrid. Volkswagen will formally unveil the Golf GTE—a new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) version of the Golf hatchback combining electric mobility with the dynamics of a Golf GTI—at the Geneva Motor Show next month. Click to enlarge. Golf GTE will arrive at dealers in the first markets world-wide in autumn 2014.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 30, 2021

Like its gasoline and diesel counterparts, the 2021 Jeep Wrangler 4xe will get a number of accessories under the Jeep Performance Parts banner, including a lift kit.

Kits

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2019

To shorten the charging time of e-bikes—in particular during daily use in the city—Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Coboc GmbH & Co. KG, a company specialized in electric mobility, plan to make the batteries of pedelecs capable of rapid charging. Presently, charging of an e-bike battery takes about two to four hours.

Kits

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

The A3 e-tron plug-in hybrid. Audi of America officially announced plans today for the arrival in the US of the new A3 family of premium compact cars, with three body styles, five new engines and seven variants including its plug-in hybrid model. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). TFSI, 220 hp (162 kW) 2.0 TFSI, 150 hp (110 kW) 2.0

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

WiTricity, the MIT spin-off commercializing strongly coupled magnetic resonance wireless charging technology for EVs as well as consumer devices, industrial, medical and military applications ( earlier post ), has work underway to deliver wireless charging systems capable of delivering 10s of kilowatts for plug-ins, compared to the current 3.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

million Series A financing round led by prominent Silicon Valley venture fund, Playground Global, with the investor syndicate comprising Fortescue Future Industries, Coatue, Global Founders Capital, Plug Power, Airbus Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Sojitz Corporation, and Future Shape.

Hydrogen

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Source: KIT. At the upcoming IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will present a modular battery concept for the efficient operation of an electric bus; an electric city bus demonstrator will illustrate the concept. Source: KIT. Design of the modular batteries. Click to enlarge.

Kits

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2016

Porsche unveiled the new Panamera 4 E-Hybrid plug-in hybrid ( earlier post )—the fourth model in the Panamera line—at the Paris Motor Show. l/100 km (94 mpg US) in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) for plug-in hybrid models, with up to 50 km (31 miles) all-electric range. Energy consumption is 15.9 kWh/100 km.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and their Canadian partners have designed a low-cost photoreactor design for solar-driven synthesis. The optimization is based on a 3D optical model that employs Monte Carlo ray tracing coupled to a plug flow reactor model that maps the chemical conversion.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

In an open-access paper published in Scientific Reports , a team from Fraunhofer ISI and KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) has presented the first systematic overview of empirical findings on the electrification of vehicle mileage based on on actual PHEV (plug-in hybrid) and BEV (battery-electric vehicle) usage for the US and Germany.

PHEV

Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

The E-200’s plug-and-play solution requires no road compressor or drive kit to function. Ideal for last mile delivery of foods, medicines, vaccines and other perishables, this solution was first launched in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Thermo King’s E-200 operates in fresh and frozen set points down to 0 ?F,

Li-ion

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Hyundai has begun the US sales rollout of its Ioniq line of electrified vehicles, which come in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric variants. The Ioniq Hybrid boasts the highest fuel economy in the US (up to 58 mpg) for a non-plug-in vehicle and the Ioniq Electric is the industry’s most efficient EV (136 mpge). Earlier post.)

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 31, 2023

British EV technology company Electrogenic, known for its market-leading classic car EV conversions, has fitted the first of its revolutionary ‘drop-in’ conversion kits to a customer’s classic Porsche 911.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 8, 2023

For example, Norway increased its plug-in electric vehicle market share to 91.1% The transition to electric mobility is well underway, with record market shares of EVs now a constant feature in new vehicle sales updates from a lot of markets around the world. in April 2023, up from 84.2% year-over-year.

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