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Drive Notes: 2024 Ford Mustang GT Premium

The Truth About Cars

Mustangs, especially GTs, are no longer cheap, and that might get worse with the Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger waving bye-bye. Yeah, passing and merging aren't just easy, they're fun. Cons Ford still uses some cheap-looking and chintzy-feeling interior materials. Let's get into the pros and cons.

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Drive Notes: 2024 Volvo S90 Recharge AWD Ultimate

The Truth About Cars

Some of Volvo's newer EVs are a bit strange, design-wise, so it was nice to pilot a Volvo PHEV that remind me of the company I grew up with. Charging time for the battery is listed at 13 hours on a 110V, and 5-7 hours (it was unclear which) on a 220V. It's not cheap, with a $71,200 base price. kWh battery.

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Special 2024 MG 4 XPower review: Brand’s first homegrown hero scores local upgrades that deliver China’s most scorching electric hot hatch

EV Central

PRICE AND FEATURES How much is this go-fast (or go-faster) MG4 XPower? We reckon the improvements made would add about $5k to that sticker price, and you can option most of them up on your regular MG4 already. When it comes time to charge, the XPower will take 140kW DC charging. Now it’s yours for $60k on the road.

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Wildcat Discovery Technologies is building a US plant for LFP cathode and next-gen battery materials

Charged EVs

Now the company is building a US plant to produce nickel-free and cobalt-free cathode materials. It offers similar performance, but manganese is very cheap, and it operates at a higher voltage, which enables a significant increase in energy density. LMFP is a version of LFP in which some of the iron is replaced by manganese.

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How to Navigate EV Charging Rebates and Successfully Fund Your Home Charging Station

EV Match

The convenience of charging your electric vehicle (EV) at home paired with numerous EV charging rebates and incentives makes right now an ideal time to go electric. According to the United States Department of Energy, 80% of EV charging occurs overnight at drivers’ homes, which isn’t all that surprising.

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EV ute overload: The electric pickups coming soon

EV Central

That’s perhaps not such a bad thing given the undercooked Hilux REVO BEV concept the company recently wheeled out in Australia. It has now re-established it as an electrified sub-brand of GMC. But it’s the EV we’re most interested because it will likely use the 800V electrical architecture from the Kia EV6 and EV9.

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

Cars That Think

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The company’s president, Tom Gage , dubbed the system “vehicle to grid” or V2G. Some observers thought V2G could prevent the kinds of price spikes and rolling blackouts then plaguing the Golden State.

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