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VW electric convertible, Volvo C40 Recharge debut, Nissan e-Hybrid efficiency: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Volvo reveals the first EV for its lineup that won’t get a gasoline equivalent. And VW teases the idea of an electric Cabriolet. Nissan hits a 50% thermal efficiency with an engine set for hybrid duty. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. There aren’t any mass-market convertible electric cars.

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Cross-County Electric-Car Trips: Reality For A Few, Getting Closer For Many

Green Car Reports

The idea of traveling long distances in electric cars that have to be recharged after only 70 or 80 miles--or even 250 miles--may seem absurd to some. DON''T.'

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Why you might be charging your EV wrong – and what to do instead

Baua Electric

Tesla Supercharger (Source: Tesla) Many EV drivers carry over habits from driving gasoline cars when they charge EVs, but that leads to wasted time, inconvenience, and range anxiety, according to a new study. They interviewed EV users in both Sweden and the US and found unanticipated and previously unreported EV charging habits and ideas.

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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning First Drive: Ford’s most valued model is now electric

Charged EVs

Lower-line Lightnings use the 12-inch horizontal display from high-end gasoline F-150s. We surmise Ford was startled at the degree to which this idea propelled the truck’s popularity. Still, it’s a use for EVs that gasoline trucks can’t duplicate, one that justifiably seized public attention. Photos by John Voelcker.

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RIKEN team develops high-performance lithium-iodine battery system with higher energy density than conventional Li-ion

Green Car Congress

The reversible redox reaction without the formation of resistive solid products promotes rechargeability, demonstrating 100 cycles with negligible capacity fading. kWh l -1 cell ) by 2030 to enable electric vehicles to extend the driving range to a comparable level with gasoline-powered internal combustion engine vehicles (ca.

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Flash Drive: 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV RST

Clean Fleet Report

And since you can travel 440 miles without recharging, why wouldn’t you take a Silverado EV on that family road trip? They understand the challenges of converting current diesel and gasoline-powered truck owners to buy an electric pickup. inch driver configurable LCD infotainment screen – 17.0-inch Look ma, no hands!

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BMW provides initial look at X5 eDrive plug-in hybrid prototype

Green Car Congress

liter unit would serve as the engine component in a future production X5 eDrive PHEV—as well as ideas for future solutions in the field of lightweight design, aerodynamics and thermal management. The electric motor provides a boost effect that assists the gasoline engine when extra accelerating power is required. BMW eDrive.

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