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Electric-vehicle owners often feel "range anxiety," even as mileage numbers have improved dramatically over the past 15 years. Here are some ways for owners to optimize their range.
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 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 – down from 2.26 per cent of callouts last year.
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."
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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.
The electric car had a 32 kWh lithium-ion battery pack developed in cooperation with SB LiMotive and an all-electric range of 160 kilometres (99 mi). The ActiveE takes 8.5 seconds to reach 97 kilometres per hour (60 mph) and its maximum speed was electronically limited to 140 kilometres per hour (87 mph).
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 ...