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Report: Nissan GT-R Will Return With Hybrid Powertrain

The Truth About Cars

basically its like it would complete one lap at the Nrburgring, and then you have to recharge the car, he told The Drive. You want to drive your kids to school, you go to the grocery store, whatever your local driving, you actually got an EV. Standard hybridization makes for a decent compromise. That needs to hold good."

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Is the Volvo ES90 a sedan, fastback or SUV? Swedish shape-shifter is out to beat the BMW i5 and Audi A6 e-tron with 700km range

EV Central

At least the second row can be dropped to boost that figure to 733 litres and there’s a further 22-litre frunk to store charging cables. A 360-degree camera is standard. Now capable of a 350kW top-up, Volvo says a 10-minute recharge of the 106kWh battery can add as much as 300km of range. 2025 Volvo ES90.

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Electric-car charging: The basics

Baua Electric

So automakers have been switching toward 120V/240V mobile connectors, which are instead often optional on new EVs (and standard on a few premium-brand models) but do at an L2 rate add a very useful amount of range if you have access to a spare 240V outlet. But those really werent used very frequently. In the U.S., CCS arrived in late 2013.

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Road Test: 2025 Polestar 3 Single Motor

Clean Fleet Report

Battery and Charging When slowing or stopping, regenerative braking converts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. The level of regeneration can be set on the touchscreen, opting between Light, Standard and Firm. Standard is a vegan upholstery created from renewable vinyl and recycled polyester textile.

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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars, in cooperation with Starbucks Corporation, announced the first Starbucks stores where new electric vehicle (EV) chargers, powered by ChargePoint, will be available to customers and members of the public. ChargePoint’s DC fast chargers can bring the Volvo C40 Recharge, for example, from a 20% to a 90% charge in about 40 minutes.

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Volvo XC40 Recharge EV to start at $53,990 in US before qualifying tax incentives

Green Car Congress

The Volvo XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric vehicle, will carry an MSRP of $53,990 when it arrives in US showrooms later this year. The purchase of an XC40 Recharge may qualify for a federal tax credit of up to $7,500. When they become available, over-the-air updates will keep the XC40 Recharge evolving over time.

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Hybrid biomass flow battery stores electricity and produces valuable chemicals at the same time

Green Car Congress

Rechargeable batteries store electricity in their electrode materials, while redox flow batteries use chemicals stored in tanks attached to the electrodes. Researchers have now developed a battery system based on a hybrid cell, which not only stores and provides electricity but also produces valuable chemicals in a flow system.