Green Life
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The most obvious visual cues of an internal combustion engine might even be going out of style—even in gasoline cars. Do you want them on your EV?
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Airstream rethinks the travel trailer for EVs and urban garagesMade with Studio F.A. Porsche and drawing from the design playbooks of both brands, the Airstream concept keeps it small and aerodynamically efficient.
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A Prius plus this could power your home through a blackoutGetting a new EV for all-day home backup might not be necessary, as a high-voltage inverter that's been around for a decade will repurpose a Prius to do the same.
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Teardrop camping trailer boosts EV driving range—with lots of batteries on boardEssentially power banks on wheels, Colorado Teardrops' campers aim to boost the towing EV's range beyond its normal unladen range.
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Bridgestone aims to make natural-rubber tires from a sustainable American southwest cropNatural rubber from guayule could offset the oil, silica and virgin carbon black currently used in tires.
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Tesla Model Y: Californians can subscribe by the month to drive best-selling EVAutonomy aims to offer a more flexible alternative to traditional buying or leasing, at prices lower than rental services.
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A Cooper SE Convertible could be a great niche electric vehicle and a minimalist effort, aimed at evening cruises and quick blasts out on country roads.
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Study: Point-of-sale EV rebates buyers prefer could have saved $2 billion vs. tax creditsBuyers prefer a rebate that's applied at the point of sale—sometimes referred to as "cash on the hood"—to a delayed tax credit, even if the credit amount is higher, the study found.
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Thousands with Tesla Powerwalls will back up the grid in a virtual power plant experimentParticipating customers' Powerwalls will collectively form a "distributed" battery that can absorb excess energy during low electricity demand, and discharge it back into the grid during high demand.
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Lake Michigan EV touring route takes form with open Rivian Waypoints chargersHeading to the beaches of Lake Michigan for a summer getaway? You'll soon have more EV charging options.
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Fully electric RVs are coming—with steeper range and charging challenges than electric carsElectric RVs are going to need high-power DC fast-charging, in some quite different places than electric cars, pickups, and SUVs.
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Long before Tesla or the Leaf, this Nissan electric car claimed a 155-mile rangeA low 0.19 coefficient of drag, aluminum-intensive construction, low-rolling-resistance tires, fast-charging, a solar roof, and a heat pump were among the many innovations in this concept.
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Jeep's Magneto 2.0 concept is a more powerful version of last year's off-road-focused electric Wrangler—as Jeep thinks out how to take its off-road icon all-electric.
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What should the charging station of the future look like?In a recent competition, architects and designers drew out their visions for the road-trip charging hubs of the future.
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VW electric Microbus revival due for March 9 reveal, 2023 deliveriesThe long-awaited production Volkswagen electric van inspired by the original Microbus has a reveal date: March 9.
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Airstream eStream: Electric travel trailer could boost range or mpg, upgrade the whole experienceThe eStream is a proof of concept for how the classic travel-trailer experience can be updated for the EV age.
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Porsche Taycan goes coast-to-coast with just 2.5 hours of chargingTesla hasn't touched this yet, and the Taycan comes close to rivaling the time spent in real-world stops for a gasoline vehicle.
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The top-selling electric vehicles in the U.S. have two wheelsE-bikes have been outselling electric cars in the U.S., and 2020 and 2021 were very strong years for e-bike sales, according to a recent report.
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The Winnebago e-RV is built on Ford Transit underpinnings and a conversion by Lightning eMotors.
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Electric Airstream travel trailer revealed: Game-changer for EV camping?An electric motor helps maintain range, while driving the trailer in certain situations—even parking itself remotely in some situations.
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Kia sustainability roadmap: Hydrogen fuel-cell lineup in 2028, leather and ICE phased out laterKia is aiming to have 11 EVs by 2026, with renewable energy at all its factories by 2030, plus initiatives to upcycle plastic waste.
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EV vs. gasoline: Lifetime CO2 footprint keeps getting better with renewable energy mixVolvo is among a few automakers publishing CO2-footprint analyses for its vehicles, but it underscores some advantages that all EVs pose as the energy mix becomes cleaner and more renewable.
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California EV incentive is getting smaller in NovemberIf you live in California you have access to several state EV incentives—although one of them will soon be halved.
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Study: Taking Uber or Lyft costs society and environment more than driving yourselfAll the miles ride-hailing cars travel with only the driver amounts to more overall pollution, congestion, crashes, and noise, a study concludes.
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