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The Nissan Leaf has a United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rated range of 73 mi (117 km). Range anxiety is the driver's fear that a vehicle has insufficient energy storage (fuel and/or battery capacity) to cover the road distance needed to reach its intended destination, and would thus strand the vehicle's occupants mid-way.
The discontinued Fisker Karma is an extended-range electric vehicle. Other range-extended electric vehicles include the discontinued Cadillac ELR and the discontinued Fisker Karma. [31] [32] [33] In June 2016, Nissan announced it will introduce a compact range extender car in Japan before March 2017.
According to rules adopted in March 2012 by CARB, the 2014 BMW i3 with a REx unit fitted is the first car ever to qualify as a range-extended battery-electric vehicle or "BEVx". CARB describes this type of electric vehicle as "a relatively high-electric range battery-electric vehicle (BEV) to which an APU is added."
The latest statistics show that just 1.85 per cent of all callouts in 2024 for the AA were related to flat batteries for electric cars Has electric car range anxiety finally bitten the dust? Skip ...
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The BMW iX is the first purpose-built electric vehicle by BMW since the i3 from 2013. The iX nameplate was chosen to signify the model's position at the top of the electric BMW i line-up and its role in showcasing technology. The electric platform is a "totally new development", though it is "highly compatible" with the modular CLAR platform. [104]
The CMA has said the electric vehicle charging sector is crucial to the roll-out of electric vehicles, as part of the government’s commitment on climate change. Electric car 'range anxiety ...
Fastest acceleration of an electric car, 0 to 100 km/h in 1.461 seconds by university students at the University of Stuttgart. [69] Electric Land Speed Record 353 mph (568 km/h). [70] Electric Car Distance Record 1,725 miles (2,776 km) in 24 hours by Bjørn Nyland. [71] Greatest distance by electric vehicle, single charge 999.5 miles (1,608.5 km).