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Your Electric Car Out Of Juice? AAA Tests Roadside Recharging

Green Car Reports

But as the saying goes, it's hard to carry a gallon of electricity back to your plug-in car if the battery is completely out of charge. Which is why AAA is now testing roadside assistance for rapid charging of electric.

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Illegal parking in charging spots: The culprit? Electric cars

Green Car Reports

A whole Hatfields and McCoys culture has grown up around parking in electric-car charging spaces, with electric-car drivers who need juice facing off against conventional cars—and sometimes other electrics who park there and don't plug in or stay longer than they need to.

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Nickel-Mining Plants To Juice EV Battery Supply Chain

CleanTechnica EVs

The post Nickel-Mining Plants To Juice EV Battery Supply Chain appeared first on CleanTechnica. A new, plant-based source of nickel could help spare the EV battery supply chain from the burden of environmental impacts related to mining.

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Shell acquisition of charging network Greenlots points to juice as the new gas

Green Car Reports

Electric cars are getting the attention of oil companies. On Wednesday, one of the largest fast-charging networks in the U.S., Greenlots, announced that it had been bought by oil giant Royal Dutch Shell—via the subsidiary Shell New Energies US LLC. Greenlots includes more than 350 mainly DC fast charge stations across the U.S.,

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Does Public Charging Network Confusion Hurt Electric-Car Use?

Green Car Reports

Ask most non-electric car drivers why they haven’t even considered an electric car, and the reason they give will undoubtedly involve some form of range anxiety: the idea that an electric car will run out of juice before it reaches its destination.

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Porsche will build network of 500 fast chargers for its Mission E electric cars

Green Car Reports

Porsche is getting its dealerships on board with selling electric cars, in preparation for its upcoming Mission E electric sedan, by insisting that each of the company's 189 U.S dealerships install fast charger with enough juice to charge the car's big, 300-mile battery to substantially full in just over 20 minutes.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 robotaxi, why leaded gas, Mercedes AMG plug-in hybrid: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Mercedes’ AMG shows a plug-in hybrid that uses its juice for performance more than range. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Hyundai on Tuesday revealed an autonomous “robotaxi” version of its Ioniq 5 electric car. Leaded gas is gone. And are you eager to see the Subaru EV? Made in.

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