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Ford unveils F-150 Lightning electric pickup; starting at $39,974; arriving in 2022

Green Car Congress

It’s quicker than a Raptor, with standard 4x4 and independent rear suspension; a power frunk, enough juice to run your house for three days or power an awesome tailgate; and it will forever improve with over-the-air updates. —Kumar Galhotra, Ford president, Americas and International Markets Group, Ford Motor Company.

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Ford, Volkswagen, and GM Explore EV-Powered Houses

Cars That Think

And in the last two weeks, one of the largest utility companies in the United States, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced plans to work with General Motors in experiments with their bidirectional charging technologies. In case of power outage at home, the DC pins in the charger can send juice back into the house, keeping the lights on.

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Tale of Two 2,000-mile EV Rural Road Trips

Clean Fleet Report

Charging the British way Around the UK In the UK my goal was to drive from Heathrow on a mammoth loop around the very northern parts of the Scottish Highlands on the NC 500 route, which traverses one of the most remote and sparsely populated parts of Europe. I took delivery of an EV6 that Kia UK kindly loaned me. In summary.

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

Cars That Think

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The pair made major contributions to the propulsion system for the Impact , a battery-powered concept car that AeroVironment built under contract for General Motors.

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We drove the 500hp electric Arc Sport and holy heck, this thing rips

Baua Electric

And, like in electric cars, an electric motor has high torque at zero rpm, which means it has… A LOT OF GET-UP-AND-GO. Arc used a low (2,000) rpm semi truck motor with direct drive (no gearbox) to reduce noise and friction and ensure high torque, which means we literally fell right out of our damn seat the first time they punched it.

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Audi RS e-tron GT review: Driving the most powerful production Audi ever

EV Central

RS e-tron GT owners get complimentary home charger installation, six years public charging, scheduled servicing and road-side assistance. Performance and efficiency The RS e-tron GT is all-wheel drive with a permanently excited synchronous e-motor sitting on each axle. The GT part of its name is not just there for affectation.

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We experience the 2022 Kia EV6 : ADAS | Sensors | Regen | 150 kW Fast Charging

Plug In India

He lives in Nashik and is part of the IT industry. We visit him at the Kia dealership for his fist service and also go on a drive and check out the ADAS features, observe some interesting sensor alerts and enjoy the insane torque that the dual motors provide! kWh of juice. 0 to 100 kmph time is 4 seconds.

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