Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Sales of electric vehicles are on track to hit a million cars this year for the first time, which is helping cut down fossil fuel usage across America. However, the amount being saved by our slow and steady switch to EVs pales in comparison to the amount of fossil fuels being burned by people making the switch to… Read more.

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Jalopnik

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

For the most part, as long as you have regular access to charging, even just a basic cable plugged into a wall outlet , you can daily an electric vehicle around town without running into many problems. Sure, you can find an old Nissan Leaf with only 50 miles of range left to cover your weekend errands, but even a… Read more.

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AutoSuccess

APRIL 9, 2024

The charger can be used in various settings such as public commercial parking areas, residential areas, hospitals and service areas. With a charging power of up to 19.2kW (80A), it surpasses the charging power of most household chargers at 11kW (50A).

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Jalopnik

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Never underestimate the ingenuity of the human population. They say necessity is the mother of invention, and that seems to be the driving force behind the Safari Seat, an all-terrain gear-driven wheelchair built in Kenya for people with limited mobility to get around. Most wheelchairs are optimized for paved Read more.

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Jalopnik

MARCH 19, 2024

Tesla engineers have done a lot of work to get the Tesla Cybertruck as aerodynamically efficient as possible , while keeping the faux-futurist design that excites children. Tesla claims the truck has a coefficient of drag of just 0.34, which is significantly better than a JL-generation Jeep Wrangler’s 0.48, but… Read more.

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Jalopnik

MAY 1, 2024

BMW calls the 15-horsepower 48 volt electric motor in the new CE 02 electric scooter an “ externally excited air-cooled synchronous motor.” That’s a really fancy way of saying that the Motorrad division of the company raided the automobile side of the company’s parts bin for a current 3-series alternator and repurposed… Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Telling people range anxiety isn’t real and can’t hurt you has done little to alleviate the problem. Last week we asked readers to take into account their current life and think: just how much range do they need an EV to have for it to work for their needs? These were their responses. Read more.

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Jalopnik

MAY 31, 2024

Toyota’s off-roaders have a storied history of pairing bulletproof reliability with the off-road prowess of a mountain goat, but as the new generations of its legendary SUVs arrive, which one is best? The Toyota 4Runner and the Toyota Land Cruiser are both big, tough SUVs that offer serious 4-wheel-drive systems, but t… Read more.

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Jalopnik

APRIL 2, 2024

Let’s see if this electric Harley is priced to saddle up. With a reported urban range of around 100 miles, today’s Nice Price or No Dice LiveWire could traverse even the biggest of cities with electrons to spare. Read more.

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Jalopnik

JUNE 14, 2024

If you’re like me, when you pop the hood of a car, you want to actually see the engine. There are those among us who actually still appreciate admiring the beauty that is the internal combustion engine, but lately it seems that some automakers are phoning it in when it comes to engine bays. Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Allegedly, Chevrolet still makes a Blazer that it would be happy to sell you. Unfortunately for fans of the old body-on-frame K5 Blazer , the current one just isn’t it. Sure, it says Blazer on the back, but it’s a front-wheel-drive-based crossover , and you can’t even get it with the V8. You can also get it as an EV ,… Read more.

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Jalopnik

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

American EV motorcycle manufacturers Zero and LiveWire have both independently come to the conclusion that people aren’t really buying full-sized electric motorcycles in large numbers, and they need to invest in building smaller, lighter, less expensive , and more efficient relatively low-speed machines. Smartly, both… Read more.

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Jalopnik

JANUARY 17, 2024

Although a handful of customers actually have their hands on the Tesla Cybertruck after it was finally released late last year, anticipation mounts for how well these things perform in the real world. Slowly but surely, those who have managed to get their hands on a Cybertruck have been trickling out info on just how… Read more.

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Jalopnik

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Chris and Julie Ramsey completed their 10-month road trip from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole, making them the first people on Earth to drive a car, EV or ICE, over 18,500-miles from the top of our planet to the bottom of it. Read more.

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Jalopnik

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Did you have a Power Wheels growing up ? They were the coolest car toys you could get as a two- to six-year old. I imagine your Power Wheels wasn’t quite as cool as this one, however, as it’s been modified by a dad to make it much, much faster. Read more.

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