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Kia Niro EV review: All-electric SUV arrives to sit below the EV6

EV Central

Instead, it was more about dipping a toe in the electrified water and getting the Kia dealer network ready or the EV onslaught. Whereas the original Niro was available as a regular hybrid , a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) and a battery electric vehicle (EV), the new model does without the PHEV option.

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

Audi Q4 e-Tron – as with the e-Tron, the Q4 will be available as a regular SUV (with more boot space) and a sleeker Sportback. BMW 5-Series EV – to be available with a BEV drivetrain (to complement the existing PHEV models) from around 2022. BMW M cars – they’re coming with hybrid drivetrains.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. Establishing dealer network. We believe such production models could be available for sale in three years."Furia Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

He envisioned “hundreds of thousands” of charging spots, as well as a number of stations where drained batteries could be exchanged for fresh ones. Charge, drain, repeat is extremely inefficient. Analysts are sanguine about this kind of thing becoming more common — someday. “You guys own the cars.&# — J Connors 4.

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