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Jeep Gladiator Drops Manual Transmission and MSRP, Gets 4xe

The Truth About Cars

Presently, the build-and-price tool has an equivalent 2024 Gladiator Sport 4x4 priced at $42,290. This sounds like something which would be available only on the 4xe, with its large battery providing the juice, though that detail is left unmentioned. One good thing out of all this is the holding of starting MSRP for Gladiator.

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Ford Revises Dealer EV Requirements

The Truth About Cars

Dealers apparently argued that slow Level 2 chargers were more than sufficient to keep new EVs full of juice for test drives.& If that caveat is not present, there’s every chance in the world those chargers - placed by unwilling dealers who also surely complain about giving away free electricity – will be deader than disco in no time.

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Geländewagen, Electrified: Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology

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Electrification has crept like a static-filled blanket over the Mercedes shop floor, consuming just about every major model in a wide variety of segments in which the German automaker is present – although it must be said that, for now, there are plenty of gassers from which to select. A sprint from 0–60 mph is said to take 4.7

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Leveraging Parking Lot Solar Panels for EV Charging

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Can Solar Panels Produce Enough Juice? Doing so might be practical in the future, but the math doesn’t add up at present. Those considering investing in EVs could soon enjoy a comfortable, covered spot that tops off their juice. It’s now or never if humans hope to prevent the mercury from increasing by 1.5°

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Chromatin announces dual-purpose hybrid sorghum for sugar and bioenergy production

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Chromatin’s SweetFuel hybrids are designed to capture the value of sugars produced in sorghum juice as well as the additional value of the energy stored in biomass or bagasse.

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SDG&E to Test Mobile Smart Charging Device for Plug-ins

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San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) will test and evaluate a mobile smart charging device for plug-in electric vehicles developed by Juice Technologies LLC. SDG&E and Juice Technologies presented a prototype of the Juice Technologies Plug Smart intelligent charging device at the Plug-In 2009 Conference in Long Beach, CA.

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Stuff We Use: Gasoline-Powered Generators

The Truth About Cars

Never mind we live in an age of hyper connectivity and instant-on communication which relies on juice from the grid, just about everyone needs to keep a refrigerator running to safely store food while more than a few rural types (raises hand) need electricity to run a well pump for water.

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