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2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid EX Review – Urban Crossover, Right Price

The Truth About Cars

The juice is supplied by a 1.49 Some materials felt a bit cheap, though. kWh lithium-ion battery. On the disappointing side, my mid-trim EX tester is saddled with dummy buttons for a function that’s not there – I am guessing cooled seats. If it looks like I am struggling to pick nits, well, I am.

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How To Survive the Winter Driving an EV

Clean Fleet Report

But unlike traditional gas-powered cars, electric vehicle batteries do not last as long in extremely cold weather. Even a policy with cheap rates can provide some coverage in case of an emergency. This will help make sure you don’t run out of juice and have to worry about being stranded on the side of the road.

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Electric bikes vs electric scooters vs electric mopeds vs electric motorcycles: What’s the difference?

Green Authority

These electric vehicles can help you save money when you think of maintenance, gas, tolls, parking, insurance, and other costs of vehicle ownership. The range of electric scooters available on the market today can go 35 to 40 miles (56 to 64 km) before running out of juice. Read more: The best cheap electric kick-scooters of 2021.

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

Cars That Think

Then, as electricity entrepreneurs expanded power generation and transmission capacity, they faced the new problem of what to do with all the cheap off-peak, nighttime electricity they could now produce. Then market speculators got into the act, sending wholesale prices up 800 percent and bankrupting Pacific Gas & Electric.

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Test drive: 2024 Lexus RX 450h+ half-steps into future

Baua Electric

But it’s not cheap; it’s not elegant; and Lexus’ tech foibles carry over from the standard RX and other models. Volvo’s system will automatically kick in the gas engine when the accelerator is mashed to the floor, but Lexus doesn’t engage the gas engine in EV only mode unless the juice runs out. When the gas 2.5-liter

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Review: 2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG E 53 Hybrid blends luxury into sporty PHEV

Baua Electric

That should be enough for many people to never need the gas engine during their daily commute. Mercedes said the E 53 Hybrid can stay in electric-only mode until the juice is out with exceptions that range from environmental conditions such as battery or ambient temperature, or depending how much power is being called upon.

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I bought an electric chainsaw. Here’s what showed up (and how it worked)

Baua Electric

For those who need even more juice, you can, of course, just keep a spare battery around. Sure, it’s not cheap, and it will still be a few years before electrics can rival gas-powered tools on price, but it definitely wins in a number of other categories and handles everything I (or my dad) could need for general-purpose tasks.