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Electric Vehicle

An electric vehicle (EV) is a vehicle powered by electricity, offering an alternative to traditional gasoline or diesel-powered cars. EVs are broadly categorized into Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs), Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (FCEVs), and Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs).


The battery that stores and provides the electricity for the vehicles is often an integral part of the vehicle and built into its frame, given the batteries are often heavy and as such are best placed close to the ground to lower the centre of gravity of the vehicle to improve handling and provide a degree of protection to the battery.

In order to be charged EV's need to visit a charging station which is compatible with the vehicle's charging system.    

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  • Connecticut Lawmakers Devise Plan To Saddle Taxpayers with Soaring Energy Prices
    Connecticut Democratic lawmakers are proposing that taxpayers foot the bill for high utility costs in the state, which policy experts who spoke with the Daily Caller News Foundation largely attributed to state-funded renewable energy projects.
  • AEA: Kamala Harris on Energy
    “Kamala Harris has a plan for American energy: make it harder to produce and more expensive to purchase.”
  • Rivian R1T is the best glamping truck on the market
    The new Rivian R1T pickup is the fabulous EV glamping truck you didn’t know you needed. This unique EV truck has all kinds of features you need, plus a few you never even thought of. Come along on our test drive of the Rivian R1T and decide for yourself...
  • Here's all the EVs coming in the next 3 years
    Tons of EVs will become available over the next few years. If you're thinking about making your next vehicle an EV, you have tons of choices coming. Where to start? Here are all the electric vehicles not yet available that are coming in the next three...
  • New EV Lynk & Co. drives into the US with a 4-year warranty
    Geely luxury brand Lynk & Co. is bringing a new EV option to the U.S. with their first ever EV for sale. Lynk & Co. currently makes a hybrid vehicle called the 01, which is a plug-in hybrid compact SUV. The new vehicle for the automaker that will...
  • Should you buy an EV at its base package?
    By making several previously standard features optional, Lucid has managed to lower the base MSRP of its luxury Air EV to $138,000. That's still eye wateringly expensive for the average buyer, which made us wonder: are EVs worth it at the base package?...
  • Unique trucking with EV, fuel cell and mobile fueling
    Nikola Corporation has been hard at work redesigning semi trucks to be all-electric EVs or powered by clean hydrogen. Their new line of sustainable trucks comes at the perfect time, when emissions laws for heavy duty trucks are finally changing and the...
  • Tesla, Kia and Nissan rank as the top EV in reliability
    Consumer Reports' rankings report that Nissan and Tesla's EVs top the reliability rankings for electric vehicles. This is despite the fact that data shows EVs have more problems than hybrids or gas-powered cars. Tesla's Model 3 is the second most reliable...
  • Meet the fabulous and unique 2023 Hyundai IONIQ 6 EV
    The Hyundai IONI 6 EV is one of many fabulous new electric cars being released into the wild with long range, great power and plenty of fun tech features wrapped into a daily driver...
  • Are Electric Vehicles About To Sweep The Country?
    I’ll place a solid bet that market penetration of EVs will stall out at a low level well before 2035.

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