Discussions of hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery powered vehicles and technology.
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Legacy ICE grille When I saw it, I had to laugh. InsideEVs did a story on the new Mercedes-Benz GLC electric crossover essentially sporting a legacy ICE grille. The story noted that the car will get the “face of the future.” And that face is clearly a massive legacy ICE grille that only proves that EV …
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Jump start Cadillac EVs We just dropped a new video on our YouTube channel with help to jump start Cadillac EVs. We continue to hear reports of drivers of electric vehicles (EVs) getting caught unaware that their EV even has a 12-volt battery. They do, and like internal combustion engine vehicles, those EVs can be …
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Energy storage From Inside Climate News, 500 “pre-owned” electric vehicle (EV) batteries are soon to provide energy storage for the Texas electric grid. B2U Storage Solutions out of Lancaster, California is heading up the project. The company has plans for three more facilities of similar size, also in Texas. B2U began life building industrial scale …
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Niro VESS sound As I’ve noted previously, the 2022 back-up Kia Niro VESS sound is painfully loud. Then, I ran into a video that does a direct comparison between the North American noise maker and the European version. The difference, below, is remarkable. The US version is first, and be aware that it is truly …
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Reign in the clever We’ve done four videos over the last few weeks helping drivers get into and jump start their electric vehicles (EVs) with dead 12-volt start batteries. Starting a fifth video leaves us frankly angry and really wanting manufacturers to reign in the clever. We’ve had to describe getting under the hood of …
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Jump start Tesla We just added a new video to our YouTube channel helping Tesla drivers get into and jump start Tesla models with a dead start battery. It replaces one that we did a few months ago that stopped at getting Tesla owners inside their vehicles. It became clear that just getting inside their …
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New Acura EV prototype to be unveiled during Monterey Car Week
Acura EV prototype We recently noted that neither Honda or Acura had progressed their electric vehicle (EV) models and we speculated that they may be readying their own builds. Sure enough, an announcement came through on August 8th that an Acura EV prototype would be debuted globally at the Monterey Car Week. The show, which …
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