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Stuff We Use: Under Pressure (Washers)

The Truth About Cars

For ages, this writer used a gasoline-powered pressure washer, firm in the belief it ran better and more reliably than any cheap electric plug-in unit ever would. kWh and is paired with a brushless electric motor which the manufacturer claims is very similar in construction to units found on road-going EVs.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs. If a defect robs a vehicle of motive power and/or results in a giant repair bill, it’s deemed as more important than the windows failing to work or the paint being cheap.

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. General Motors’ Impact debuted at the 1990 Los Angeles Auto Show. And with the revival of the EV, the V2G concept was reborn.

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2024 Mini Countryman Review

Baua Electric

With price tags in the high $70K the Countryman duo tested doesn’t come cheap, but certainly offers much in the way of equipment, technology, safety – and space. Standing water and sodden tarmac was the order of the day, Mini’s wiper motors put to good use alongside the heater and demister – and of course the All4 all-wheel drive system.

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Toyota Prius T Spirit 2009 road test

Green Cars News

The world’s first mass market hybrid car first went on sale in Europe in 2000. That’s still far from cheap, but a plethora of innovative gadgetry and conveniences plus the prospect of owning the world’s most fuel-efficient family car, as well as one of the better looking, is tempting indeed. Are you ready for over 70mpg?

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2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz: Electric Microbus for North America appears, at last

Charged EVs

Iconic design, two-tone paint, three rows, AWD; whatever you call it, the Buzz won’t be cheap. It’s longer than the one sold in Europe, has a genuine third row of seats, a larger battery and a more powerful motor, and available all-wheel drive. Whatever it is, it won’t be cheap Defining the ID.Buzz as a vehicle is difficult.

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2024 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N: road and track review of a Kia EV6 GT and Tesla Model 3 Performance killer

EV Central

Only options are a Vision Roof (panoramic glass) costing $2000, and matte paint for $1000. Its twin motors offer 166kW/350Nm up front and 282kW/390Nm at rear, combining for a mighty 448kW/740Nm: it has almost twice the kW of a normal (and not exactly slow) AWD Ioniq 5. What is powering the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N ? Really quick.

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