Study: EVs Cost More to Repair, Less to Maintain By Sean Tucker 08/17/2021 9:21am Electric vehicles (EVs) have fewer moving parts than gasoline-powered cars. Fewer parts should mean fewer part failures. They also consume less. There’s no oil to change. No transmission, so no transmission fluid to replace. So, the argument goes, they should be […]
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When Was the First Electric Car Made? By Renee Valdes 06/09/2023 4:00pm It’s debatable when the first electric car was officially made and who was first. Several inventions led to electric vehicle innovation from a series of breakthroughs. However, those breakthroughs, from the battery to the electric motor in the 1800s, helped put the first electric vehicle
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Where Can You Charge an Electric Car? By Renee Valdes 07/12/2023 2:00pm You can charge an electric car at home and at thousands of public charging stations throughout the United States and elsewhere. You can locate electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on apps like Electrify America, ChargePoint, and EVgo. Tesla owners also have access to the company’s
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How EV Charging Could Become Easier in the Future By Nick Kurczewski 08/17/2022 12:00pm Where and how to charge an electric vehicle remains one of the biggest contributing factors facing car shoppers considering switching to an EV. Drivers of electric cars can recharge at about 50,000 public charging stations in the United States. While sales of electric vehicles still
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Best Places To Charge Your Electric Car By Austin Morris 02/08/2023 12:00pm Quick Facts About Best Places to Charge One of the biggest hesitations for prospective electric vehicle (EV) buyers is where they will charge their cars. Unlike plentiful gas stations, there are far fewer EV charging stations, and they are more spread out. When
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What Is a Solid-State Battery For an Electric Car? By Chris Hardesty 07/28/2023 12:00pm A solid-state battery is a rechargeable energy storage and delivery system using solid electrodes and a solid electrolyte with greater energy density to increase capacity. Automakers are exploring this battery technology for future electric cars, which currently use lithium-ion batteries with a
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How Long Do Electric Cars Last? By Russ Heaps 08/21/2023 12:00pm An electric car will last as long as a car with an internal combustion engine (ICE), if not longer, because electric vehicles (EVs) don’t have all the mechanical components of an ICE vehicle. In other words, there are more things that can wear out
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Hybrid vs. Electric Cars: Why Hybrids Make More Sense By Russ Heaps 10/19/2023 5:00pm Quick Facts about Hybrids and Electric Vehicles Electric vehicles (EVs) have become a political football. Consequently, initiating any dialog on the benefits versus the consequences of EVs spirals into a polarized political debate. However, although EVs may well be the long-term
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9 Tips for Driving and Charging an EV in Hot Weather By Chantel Wakefield 04/28/2023 4:00pm Electric Car Hot Weather Tips You can use electric cars in any temperature, but current and potential EV owners need to understand how hot weather affects performance and battery range. As with cold weather driving and charging in the winter,
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Study: EPA-Certified Range Figures for EVs Unreliable By Sean Tucker 04/24/2023 7:56am Measuring the fuel economy and range of a gas-powered vehicle is, by now, a simple, solved engineering problem. Measuring the range of an electric vehicle (EV) is not. A new study suggests that the ranges and fuel economy equivalent figures published by the
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