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Texas-made Tesla Model Y with 4680 battery charges 0-97% in under 1 hour

Teslarati

A Texas-made Tesla Model Y with 4680 battery cells has been able to complete a charging session from 0% to 97% in 52 minutes. Tesla advocate Ryan Levenson of The Kilowatts , who maintains several electric vehicles that he rents out on Turo, recently took delivery of a Texas-made Dual Motor Model Y. mph to deplete the entire 4680 pack.

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Visio.M partners present new lightweight EV; 13.5 kWh pack delivers ~100 mile range

Green Car Congress

has a range of around 160 kilometers (99 miles) and can accommodate two people with luggage. The battery weighs approximately 85 kg (187 lbs) and can be recharged in only three to four hours on a 230 V connection. miles) for a single battery charge. miles) in extended range. million (US$13.7 The electric motor in Visio.M

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Ford begins production of 2012 Focus Electric at Michigan Assembly, C-MAX models on deck

Green Car Congress

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;

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When (and How) Should You Use a DC EV Charger?

EV Connect

Based on Department of Transport figures, your Level 1 charger at home will be able to deliver enough charge for 2 to 5 miles of driving. An hour of Level 2 charging will give you 10 to 20 miles. But an hour of DC charging can give you 180 to 240 miles of driving, and you could be ready to go again with as little as a 20-minute charge.

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3 Challenges to Solve Before We Can Commute by Air Taxi

Cars That Think

As part of a program to develop the needed flight rules and communications systems, we are leading a consortium of a dozen companies and universities, called the North Texas Cohort , that is operating an experimental air corridor north of Dallas, Texas. Air Force, and the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

Charged EVs

We drove several F-150 Lightnings, in various trims, with and without payloads or trailers, out of San Antonio and through the winding roads of Texas hill country during the first week of May. Certainly the week-long Texas power outage of February 2021 can’t have hurt, in a pickup-crazy state. miles/kWh over 1,300 miles.

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Houston-Galveston area to deploy 30 battery-electric delivery trucks

Green Car Congress

Fully recharging the vehicle will take approximately 6 to 10 hours per night, depending on the size of the battery pack and the state of charge when the vehicle returns to the fleet depot. The Houston-Galveston Area Council is the region-wide voluntary association of local governments in the 13-county Gulf Coast Planning region of Texas.

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