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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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Welcome to Fusion City, USA At Helion Energy, workers build a section of the company’s Polaris fusion reactor. EnerVenue If you don’t discharge and then recharge them all the way, lithium-ion batteries can last for thousands of charge-discharge cycles. meters long, weigh 62 kilograms, and store 3 kilowatt-hours.

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Lucid Motors says Lucid Air to be the fastest charging EV yet; 900V+ architecture, up to 20 miles/minute charging

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Lucid Motors announced the Lucid Air will be the fastest charging electric vehicle yet offered with the capability to charge at rates of up to 20 miles per minute. For owners charging their Lucid Air in real-world conditions on the road, that can translate into 300 miles of range in just 20 minutes of charging.

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Car “charging treasure”: the third option besides charging piles and battery replacement

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What if you do accidentally run out of battery while you’re out and about and can’t find a place to recharge it? Well, there is now a “takeaway” charging service that just provides a power bank-style power supply. The need for public charging stations in much of the U.S.

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AI Plays Key Role in EV Charger Deployment and More

Blink Charging

AI and EV are working together to help the USA. The state of Michigan, for example, is using AI to help transportation planners decide where to put EV charging stations. The state of Michigan, for example, is using AI to help transportation planners decide where to put EV charging stations. In many ways, actually.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

It has now re-established it as an electrified sub-brand of GMC. On-sale in the USA from late 2021, the Hummer lobs with super-expensive launch pricing and immense capability courtesy of a 745kW tri-motor powertrain. A sizeable 142kWh battery pack was claimed to cover about 320km between charges.

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Driven: Fiat 500e La Prima EV

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With Fiat planning to launch the 500e in the USA from January next year annual production numbers will continue to rise. This means tall occupants will feel they’re sitting uncomfortably high in the Fiat. A row of pushbutton switches in the lower edge of the instrument panel below the phone-charging tray are used to select gears.

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New Gen4 smart electric drive; electrification of all smart models

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The smart is equipped with a lithium-ion battery from the Daimler subsidiary Deutsche ACCUMOTIVE. With the onboard charger, in the USA and the UK the charging time is 2.5 This enables the smart electric drive to be charged in less than 45 minutes (0-80%) when local conditions allow three-phase charging.