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2023 Kia Niro EV first drive – where does this ‘intelligent EV’ fit in Kia’s lineup?

October 10, 2022
Kia invited us to San Diego to drive the refreshed all-electric 2023 Kia Niro EV, a significant update from the original e-Niro. The car uses Kia’s “K3” platform, which was designed to accommodate both fully-electric and other “electrified” powertrains, rather than the fully electric E-GMP platform which the EV6 is built on. The Niro available with three powertrain options – the EV…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 8, 2022

October 8, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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I took a 2,200mi electric roadtrip with no prep. It was easy. What’s the big deal?

October 8, 2022
Recently I drove a Tesla Model 3 on an electric roadtrip from Southern California to Portland and back. The total distance was around 2,200 miles, with the bulk of the driving happening over the course of 5 days (3 up, 2 down), and I only “waited” for charging for about 25 minutes total over the whole trip. There are many travelogues and youtube channels that go into deep analyses of…
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Tesla briefly leaked all upcoming Supercharger locations

October 7, 2022
Tesla appears to have accidentally leaked all the upcoming Supercharger locations around the world, but it fixed the issue. The Supercharger network is already the largest EV fast-charging network in the world, and it is growing fast. Tesla is slowly opening the network to non-Tesla electric vehicles, which is going to change the nature of the Supercharger network. Lately, we have seen Tesla…
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The world’s largest offshore wind farm is going to get even larger

October 7, 2022
There are plans in place to develop the UK’s Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in three phases: A, B, and C. It will become the world’s largest offshore wind farm upon completion, with an installed capacity of 3.6 gigawatts (GW). And it looks likely that it will get a fourth phase, Dogger Bank D, making it even more massive. Dogger Bank, which is located between 78 and 180 miles (125 and 290…
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