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Kia EV9: Green Car Reports Best Car To Buy 2024

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That plus leadership in all aspects of charging make it Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. The EV9 is also the only electric three-row SUV built on an 800-volt architecture, permitting super-quick road-trip fast-charging of 10-80% in less than 25 minutes, according to Kia. The EV9 can also tow up to 5,000 pounds.

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Fuel-cell Honda CR-V review, Genesis GV60 test, Fisker Ocean price cut: The Week in Reverse

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Good thing Honda, among other automakers, has moved on to prioritize other uses for hydrogen first—and put a charge port on the e:FCEV. And that’s for China-built versions; those assembled in South Korea will arrive a bit later. In many places, daytime EV charging is cleaner as utilities load up on renewables like solar.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Kia EV9

Clean Fleet Report

Bluetooth connection for up-to two devices, wireless phone charging and a Wi-Fi Hotspot complete the technology. The front occupants get a 12V power outlet and USB-C data ports, while the rear rows get charge ports and air conditioning and heater vents. The charge door is on the right rear fender. Charging The 10.9

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Can Alt-Fuel Credits Accelerate EV Adoption?

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Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the program could be expanded to provide power for charging electric vehicles. The changes might bolster the RFS with a new type of credit, an “e-RIN,” which would mark an amount of energy used for charging electric vehicles. It’s a program with decidedly mixed results.

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The EV Transition Explained: Local Policies Shape Global Competition

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Where is the charging infrastructure? The state also wants 15,000 public charging stations by 2025 and 75,000 by 2030; it currently has about 4,600. China, the European Union, Japan as well as the UK and South Korea all have announced the same intention. Where is the charging infrastructure? Volkswagen’s ID.4

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GM taps LG for Volt Battery

Revenge of the Electric Car

The coveted Chevy Volt battery contract appears to be going to a unit of South Korea’s biggest battery maker. It has been designed to run for up to 40 miles on a single charge of its lithium-ion batteries and then to keep running on juice provided by a 1.4iter, four-cylinder gas engine that serves as a power generator.

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