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An Extreme Real World EV Driving (Charging) Test

Clean Fleet Report

Range and Charging Our Mustang Mach-E Premium AWD was equipped with the 91 kWh of usable charge extended range battery. In our case it was as, traveling through four states, California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah, having the extended battery made the trip worry-free. Approximate Cost: $20.64 Efficiency: 3.1 Efficiency: 3.1

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VIDEO: Driving a Tesla-powered Smart

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Competition is going to force them to produce a comfortable, usable, extended range EV for that price, and I will just have to wait. Zytek (a UK based company) make the motor and drivetrain for it. ↓ ↑ report 7 jharlan 2:20PM (4/25/2009) You know, I still just have no use for a toy car at a real car price.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The head of Chryslers ENVI division, Lou Rhodes, told AutoblogGreen this morning that Chrysler is marketing this battery-only version of the van to commercial fleet customers who typically have shorter range requirements. The extended-range version will be focused on retail customers. New York 2009: The Scion iQ goes Big Wheels!

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Weve kept the summary table below generally up-to-date for passenger PHEVs, but not for BEVs, motorcycles or larger vehicles like buses and trucks. This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. No announced plans.

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Greenlings: Benefits of charging stations vs. battery swaps vs. home charging

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Gallery: Plugging in at home Battery swap stations are a concept often associated with Better Place , an EV infrastructure company. They offer the opportunity of adding range to your vehicle while you are working, eating or shopping. Forcing companies to conform to standardized batteries prevents them from designing better cars.