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Intel claims it can simplify EVs, boost range—with help from Karma

Baua Electric

Could consolidate 50+ ECUs typical in new EVs to just a few Nets a 3-5% gain in efficiency and range, faster charging Simplifies assembly, cuts weight, extends reach of OTA updates Karma Kaveya EV arriving in 2026 is built on Intel architecture The idea of the software-defined vehicle is, it seems, a billion-dollar buzzword in todays auto industry.

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Nissan Leaf – Taking Reservations

Revenge of the Electric Car

Others include the Fisker Karma, the Aptera 2e, the Coda sedan, Chevy’s Volt and Tesla’s Model S. A top concern is “range anxiety&# because electric vehicles can travel a limited number of miles before needing to be recharged. The Leaf has a range of 100 miles. By Dana Hull for the San Jose Mercury News.

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Bright’s Plug-In Car: Aerodynamics Are Key

Revenge of the Electric Car

Bright Automotive says it soon release an electric car with a 100 mile per gallon plus plug-in – and the company says it will keep the car economically priced. Bright Automotive, which spun out of the Rocky Mountain Institute in January, is building a plug-in hybrid vehicle that will get 100 miles a gallon (see Green Lightpost).

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As EV Sales Stall, Plug-In Hybrids Get a Reboot

Cars That Think

Its almost been a religion that its EVs or bust, so lets not fool around with hybrids or hydrogen, says Michael Dunne , CEO of Dunne Insights , a leading analyst of Chinas auto industry. The short-lived 2012 Fisker Karma took a similar approach. None of these vehicles made much impact on the market. markets longest-range PHEVs.

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News: 2023 Fisker Ocean Introduced

Clean Fleet Report

350-mile driving range (est.). 250-mile driving range. 340-mile driving range. 350-mile driving range. The top trim levels of Ocean Extreme and Ocean One will be equipped with the SolarSky roof, which Fisker estimates could supply annually up-to 2,000 miles of driving range through solar charging that feeds the battery.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Fisker $80,000 Karma series luxury 50-mile range series PHEV, S Sunset convertible version.Partnering with Quantum Technologies. Volvo Ford-owned company exploring PHEVs "ReCharge" flex-fuel series 60-mile concept PHEV w/wheel motors. Showed BlueZERO E-CELL PLUS series PHEV concept in December 08. Detroit Free Press ).

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The four-door sedan will deliver 40 miles on a charge; a small gasoline engine will recharge the battery as it approaches depletion, extending its range by as much as 200 miles. Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. Thats right.

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