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Jeep partnering with Electrify America to install chargers at select trailheads

Green Car Congress

Jeep-branded EV charging stations will be installed at or near the trailheads of Jeep Badge of Honor off-road trails over the next year, allowing owners to take full-advantage of their electrified Jeep SUV. The Jeep 4xe Charging Network trailhead chargers will deliver Level 2 (240-volt) charging.

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Jeep sidesteps EVs with ICE off-road concepts, points to PHEVs

Baua Electric

At its annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah, Stellantis’ Jeep brand has presented four new concept off-roaders. It combines the modern 4xe plug-in hybrid’s powertrain with “a throwback design theme that honors early post-war civilian Jeep SUVs,” according to Jeep.

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News: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The gasoline-powered GV70 is the best-selling Genesis model, so the addition of an all-electric version of this popular SUV will find a place in many garages as GV70 owners make the transition to electric propulsion. Charging on the 800-volt system should enable a 10% to 80% battery charge in 18 minutes on a 350 kW DC Fast Charger.

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Flash Drive: 2023 Genesis GV70 EV AWD

Clean Fleet Report

The introduction of the all-new 2023 GV70 EV (or Electrified GV70 in Genesis talk to distinguish it from the gas-powered GV70) follows stablemates G80 EV and GV60 EV , giving the seven-year-old company a compact and midsize EV SUV, along with a midsize sedan powered only by electricity. kWh lithium-ion polymer battery.

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Behind the Wheel, Under the Hood of Rivian's R1T

Cars That Think

That all-around capability lets Rivian’s all-wheel-drive “adventure truck” venture through hellscapes like Moab, Utah, where only the hardiest off-road vehicles—your Hummers, Jeeps or Rover Defenders—dare to tread. A 1,000-lumen flashlight tucks into the driver’s door, where an umbrella goes in Rolls-Royces.

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Road Test: 2023 Genesis GV60 EV

Clean Fleet Report

Each of these are excellent all-electric SUVs (check out review links at the end of this story. Genesis began as a stand-alone company in 2015 and is just now hitting its stride with a line-up of sedans and SUVs that get rave reviews. Rising to the top of the EV pack. Clean Fleet Report has been impressed with all Genesis models.

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Abandoned History: The 2014 VIA VTRUX Pickup, a Forgotten Silverado

The Truth About Cars

The story begins with a company in Utah called Raser Technologies. Lutz was a staunch supporter of GM’s plug-in hybrid of the time, the Cruze-based Volt. The trucks could power tools on a job site with standard 120- and 240-volt outlets. VIA had plans for a third VTRUX model too, the so-called “Presidential SUV.”&