HI, I'M JOHN DAVIS JOIN US, AS WE LOOK AT EVS WITH A ROUNDUP OF AFFORDABLE PAT GOSS ON CHARGING BASICS; GREG CARLOSS GETS AMPED UP STEPHANIE HART ON GROWING PLUS, BMW'S LATEST SO COME DRIVE WITH US, NEXT!

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ROCKAUTO HAS AUTO PARTS FROM OFFERING A VARIETY OF BRANDS, ROCKAUTO.COM, ALL THE PARTS YOUR CAR John: WELL, HELLO AND WELCOME OF MOTORWEEK ... EV, WHERE WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT OF THE ELECTRIFIED CAR WITH INSIGHTS INTO HOW IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.

WHILE, THE LETTERS EV CAN MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS TO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TWO FULLY ELECTRIC WITH POWER ONLY AND PLUG-IN HYBRIDS, PHEVS, AND A GASOLINE ENGINE.

BUT SINCE, IT IS THE BATTERY THE MOST HEADLINES, OF AFFORDABLE BEVS THAT YOU CAN * OUR FOCUS IS ON BEVS WITH WE'RE ONLY INCLUDING THOSE WITH AS THAT'S WHERE PEOPLE BEGIN INCORPORATING A BATTERY ELECTRIC STARTING WITH THE FIRST TO ACTUALLY MEET THAT MARK, WITH A CURRENT RANGE OF AND A STARTING PRICE OF JUST IT DELIVERED WHAT NO ONE ELSE ITS 5-DOOR HATCHBACK SHAPE AS WELL.

THOUGH NOW, IT'S JOINED BY AN RANGE IS 247 MILES, CROSSTOWN RIVAL FORD TOOK WITH THE FORD MUSTANG MACH-E WHILE NOT THEIR FIRST EV, IT'S AND HAS AVAILABLE RANGE OF 305 PUTTING THE MACH IN MACH-E, WITH 480 HORSEPOWER, THIS ONE'S FOR THE MUSTANG BUYER, THOUGH IT SACRIFICES RANGE HYUNDAI, CURRENTLY OFFERS THE KONA WITH A 258 MILE RANGE AND THOUGH, IT'S SOON TO BE WHICH WILL OFFER UP TO WITH A STARTING PRICE AROUND KIA WILL MAKE A VERSION RANGE WITH ALL-WHEEL-DRIVE IS $58,500 FIRST EDITIONS.

IT JOINS KIA'S NOW VETERAN 239 MILES OF RANGE FOR $40,265.

THE NISSAN LEAF HATCHBACK FOR ALL ENTRY-LEVEL EVs, HAVE KEPT IT MORE THAN RELEVANT, OF RANGE WITH A STARTING PRICE BUT, IT'S THE ARIYA THAT IS THIS SUV COMES WITH UP TO WITH A BASE PRICE AROUND WHILE, EUROPEAN MAKES HAVE THERE'S A NEW BRAND MAKING THE POLESTAR 2 HATCHBACK HANDLES WITH A RANGE OF UP TO WITH A STARTING PRICE OF JUST THAT BRAND IS OWNED BY THE PARENT COMPANY OF VOLVO.

WHICH HAS A PAIR OF EVs THE VOLVO XC40 RECHARGE SUV THOUGH WITH 208 MILES OF RANGE, 200 MILE CRITERIA.

THE VOLVO C40 RECHARGE HATCHBACK TO 210 MILES, AFTER DIESELGATE, VOLKSWAGEN TO DEVELOPING EVs, AND THEIR OF THAT NEW STRATEGY TO ARRIVE.

IT OFFERS TRUE SUV UTILITY FOR THE STARTING PRICE OF AND OF COURSE, THERE'S TESLA, CONSIST OF THE MODEL 3 SEDAN STARTING AT $41,190... AND THE MODEL Y UTILITY VERSION STARTING AT THE SAME $41,190.

THERE ARE MANY MORE BEVS FOR THE NEAR FUTURE THAN BUT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU WANT THERE ARE ALREADY A LOT TO CHOOSE FROM.

* OUR SUCCESS STORY TO HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT AND THAT'S A MUST STOP FOR THE PRIDE TRAVEL CENTER GREEN HYDROGEN, AND MAY ADD COMPRESSED FOR THOSE DRIVING ELECTRIC, AND TESLA SUPERCHARGERS.

Bob Bolduc: WE'RE VERY HAPPY THE REST OF THE WORLD NEEDS TO THAT'S OUT THERE AND ADMIT CLIMATE CHANGE PROBLEM.

WORKING WITH THE CAPITAL CLEAN THE PRIDE TRAVEL CENTER MAKES IT THAN EVER TO FUEL UP * [CAR DOOR CLOSES] John: AS AUTOMAKERS LAUNCH MORE FOLKS EAGER TO REDUCE THEIR THAT DITCHING THEIR CURRENT IS THE ONLY OPTION.

BUT, OUR OVER THE EDGE GUY, ANOTHER WAY OF PLUGGING IN * Greg Carloss: WHETHER, THE AUTOMOTIVE AFTERMARKET FOR JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING.

BUT, WHAT IF YOU WANT TO TURN WELL, HERE AT AMPREVOLT IN THEY SPECIALIZE IN TWELVE YEARS AGO, A MUSICIAN DRIVING A GAS-POWERED Brandon Hollinger: SO, TO THE BASIC INTERNAL COMBUSTION THAT WE WERE, YOU KNOW, Greg: SO, BRANDON DECIDED TO AND, WITH TWO SAAB 96s BRANDON WENT WHERE EVERYONE GOES Brandon: I STUMBLED UPON SOME AND AFTER ABOUT SIX MONTHS AND ABOUT THREE MONTHS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK Greg: NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND THE SAAB NOW SITS IN FRONT OF WHERE BRANDON AND CONVERT CUSTOMER CARS LIKE THIS Greg Hunt: SOME OF THESE THIS LOWER POWER LIKE THIS ARE GET THEM AROUND TOWN, YOU SORT AND IT'S LIKE GONNA HAVE ITS Brandon: SO, WE WERE APPROACHED AN ELECTRIC VAN FOR HIM HE WAS ADAMANT ABOUT HAVING Greg: USING THESE ROOF-TOP THIS SOON-TO-BE CAMPER CAN PROVIDING ABOUT 150 TO 180 MILES BUT THEY ADDED DC FAST CHARGING IN THEIR CONVERSIONS AMPREVOLT SALVAGED FROM OEMS LIKE TESLA.

BUT REPACKAGING THE BATTERIES SO THEY DESIGNED AND PATENTED Brandon: THEY SLIDE IN LIKE AND THERE ARE FEATURES IN THERE AND ALSO BUILD OUT.

Greg: THEY CAN EVEN MOUNT TO POWER STORAGE.

SPEAKING OF STYLE, BRANDON HAS AUSTIN FX4 LONDON TAXI CHARGED SURE, IT DOESN'T OFFER SHARP HANDLING OR EVEN ACCELERATION OF THE LATEST EVs, THE SAME GOAL.

ZERO DRIVING EMISSIONS.

Brandon: GOING WITH AN ELECTRIC BUT GOING WITH ELECTRIC VEHICLE NEW TO BE BUILT OR MINIMAL IS EVEN BETTER.

COMBINING THE TWO VEHICLES WITHOUT A DOUBT, YOU COULD POSSIBLY DO.

* Jessica Ray: WELL, HERE IT IS, THE FIRST ALL-ELECTRIC TO BE DELIVERED AND IT'S IT'S THE 2022 RIVIAN R1T.

STARTUP RIVIAN BUT IT'S TAKEN TILL NOW THE CREWCAB R1T PICKUP WILL AND AN EV COMMERCIAL VAN RIVIAN SAYS THE FOUR-MOTOR, IS CAPABLE OF 0-60 MPH AND OUR LIMITED TIME IN IT THE EPA DRIVING RANGE IT'S USEFUL, TOO, WITH A ROOMY A NOVEL CROSS-VEHICLE A 54-INCH CARGO BED WITH AND A MAX TOW RATING THE CURRENT BASE PRICE FOR IS $67,500.

AND, WE'LL HAVE MUCH MORE COMING UP SOON.

John: LEVEL ONE, LEVEL TWO, SUPER CHARGERS, WELL, PAT GOSS HAS THE ANSWERS.

* Pat Goss: SO, AND YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT ELECTRIC PROPULSION.

THAT MIGHT BE AN EV, OR A PLUG-IN HYBRID.

EITHER WAY, YOU GO ABOUT IT, IN THAT VEHICLE.

NOW, MOST OF THEM COME WITH SUCH AS WE SEE HERE.

NOW, THIS LEVEL ONE CHARGER OUTLET AND IT'LL CHARGE CONSIDER IT KIND OF A WEEKEND NOW, WHAT THAT DOES IS THAT THE BATTERY, YOU'RE GOING MAYBE 6 MILES OF TRAVEL OUT OF SO, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SO THE NEXT STEP UP IS NOW, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT TO HAVE AN ELECTRICIAN COME IN BECAUSE IT REQUIRES NOW, THE ADVANTAGE TO THIS IS MORE RAPIDLY...

IN OTHER WORDS, FOR EVERY HOUR YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE BATTERY.

NOW THEN, LEVEL THREE: AND YOU'RE GOING TO FIND THEM IN AND ALONG THE INTERSTATES THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO IN UNDER AN HOUR.

SO, YOU SEE SOME SUPER-CHARGERS THINGS THAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT.

WELL, THE THING TO REMEMBER IS HAS THE ABILITY TO PUT OUT, INTO YOUR BATTERY IS WHAT OF YOUR CAR WILL ACCEPT.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF YOU HAVE 50 KILOWATT-HOURS INTO YOUR INTO THE SYSTEM OF YOUR CAR, A 150 KILOWATT-HOUR SYSTEM, IS THE 50, NOT THE 150.

SO, IF YOU DO YOUR RESEARCH AND WHAT YOUR CAR CAN ACCEPT, YOU'LL HAVE A MUCH WITH YOUR ELECTRIC VEHICLE.

John: WASHINGTON AND THE ENCOURAGING CONSUMERS TO EMBRACE WITH MORE AFFORDABLE PRICING EV DRIVING RANGE.

BUT PROGRESS COULD STALL, INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T READY.

EVEN WITH GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, PRIVATE COMPANIES AND CONVENIENT.

STEPHANIE HART SHOWS US HOW ONE IS WORKING FURIOUSLY * Stephanie Hart: CHARGING LOCATIONS, LIKE THE ONE EACH LOCATION HAS 4-6 CHARGERS.

THEY'VE BUILT THIS JUST OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS Robert Barrosa: WE GO OUT ACROSS WHERE VEHICLE ADOPTION IS WHERE PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING...

WHETHER, IT'S ON VACATION...

WHETHER, TO WORK... AND THEN, TO PUT CHARGING STATIONS IN.

Stephanie: CREATING AN ARMY ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

THIS IS THE FUTURE THAT'S NEEDED Robert: WHAT WE'VE DONE IS AND 350 KILOWATT, FOR THE CONSUMER?

FOR A CAR THAT CAN TAKE THAT'S ABOUT 7.5 MILES A MINUTE.

IF A CAR CAN TAKE 350 KILOWATTS SO THINK IN 10 MINUTES YOU YOU ARE ALMOST TO THE LEVEL A REGULAR GAS POWERED Stephanie: BUT, HOW FAST CAN CHARGE, DEPENDS ON HOW IT WAS DESIGNED.

WE'VE COME A LONG WAY LONG GONE ARE THE EARLY DAYS YOU MAY REMEMBER THE MAX A 20 MINUTE CHARGE WOULD GET NOW AT 350 KILOWATTS, AND GET ALMOST 400 MILES OF AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET AS TECHNOLOGY GETS BETTER.

AT ELECTRIFY AMERICA, AND CUSTOMER CONVENIENCE, CENTER OF EXCELLENCE LAB.

WE WENT BEHIND THE SCENES Robert: VARIOUS AUTOMAKERS ARE AND SO THAT INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO THE CHARGING STATIONS, SO IT'S VITAL THAT WE TEST EVERY SO THAT WE CAN INSURE THE BEST AND A NO ISSUE CHARGING Stephanie: PRESIDENT BIDEN OF ALL NEW VEHICLES ON OUR ROADS WILL OUR CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE ELECTRIFY AMERICA SAYS, THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DONE."

Robert: WE WORK VERY CLOSELY TO IMPROVE PERMITTING MORE STREAMLINED AND FASTER.

WE ALSO, TO HELP UNDERSTAND THEIR LET THEM UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE, AND TOGETHER WE'RE HELPING TO MAKE TIMELINES SHORTER TO GET Stephanie: ELECTRIFY AMERICA CHARGING NETWORKS KNOW BUT THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF OUR PLANET FOR FUTURE John: MORE AND MORE OF ALL ELECTRICS THESE DAYS, YET, ANOTHER BRAND HAS JOINED * MAZDA IS THE LATEST CARMAKER TO ARENA WITH THIS 2022 MX-30 EV.

DESIGNED WITH AN URBAN RANGE FOR THIS SMALL CROSSOVER BUT STARTING PRICE COMES IN PLUS, IT LOOKS JUST AS GOOD AS AND DELIVERS THE TYPICAL WE'VE COME TO LOVE.

Jessica: SO, FOR THE FIRST TIME EV BUYER.

AND SO, ONE OF THE WAYS, THE DRIVING EXPERIENCE IS REALLY CUSTOMIZE THE REGEN YOU HAVE ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT SO YOU CAN EITHER BE OR YOU CAN HAVE A DRIVING TO AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION John: FOR NOW, THE 2022 IN CALIFORNIA ONLY, BUT THIS IS IN THEIR BATTERY ELECTRIC AND WE'LL HAVE MORE QUICKSPINS, * Greg Carloss: IT'S BEEN A LITTLE LONG TERM UPDATE ON OUR AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE MORE THINGS WE FIND WE'VE ADDED 1,500 MILES WHICH BRINGS OUR TOTAL MILEAGE IN THE FOUR MONTHS THE PRIUS PRIME HAS SURPRISED US AND AGILITY.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO DRIVE IT'S JUST AS FUN TO PACK FOR A COMPACT OF THIS SIZE, THE WITH "PRIME" REAL ESTATE THERE'S A LOT OF ROOM STORAGE, WE'D SAY ALMOST TOYOTA'S HYBRID POWERTRAIN IS AND PLUG-IN CAPABILITY IS AND PRIME IS AN ACCURATE OPERATES.

THE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN GAS AND AND THAT'S EVEN IF THERE ARE BECAUSE WE'RE FINDING THAT IS ENOUGH FOR MOST OF OUR WITH MORE HIGHWAY DRIVING, IN OUR OVERALL FUEL ECONOMY; DOWN 4 FROM OUR REALISTICALLY, AND WE'RE PERFECTLY SATISFIED LESS TIME AT THE PUMP MEANS AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO FOR OUR PRIUS PRIME.

WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE ON OUR AND ACURA TLX ON THE NEXT MOTORWEEK LONG TERM ROAD John: AS FAR AS BATTERY THEY STILL DON'T FIT INTO THAT'S WHERE PHEVS OR PLUG-IN COME IN.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE LATEST * John: MUCH LIKE WE ARE IN FROM FOSSIL FUELED CARS TO PHEVS TRULY PUT THAT TRANSITION IT'S A PURE EV LIKE COMMUTING AND AROUND TOWN, WHEN YOU NEED ONE FOR TO THAT, ADDS THE CAPABILITY AND THE AMENITIES LUXURY SUV BMW HAS BEEN AT THE PHEV GAME LONG ENOUGH THAT THIS IS NOW OF THE SYSTEM FOUND HERE PREVIOUSLY 4-CYLINDER BASED, TO BMW'S 3.0 LITER INLINE-6 PORTION OF THE DRIVETRAIN.

AN 83 KILOWATT ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR A COMBINED OUTPUT OF AND 443 POUND-FEET OF TORQUE.

BATTERY CAPACITY DOUBLES IN SIZE PROVIDING 30 MILES OF THE POWERTRAIN DELIVERS BIG AND STANDARD XDRIVE ALL OF IT GETS TO THE PAVEMENT WE HIT 60 IN JUST 4.7 SECONDS.

ALL OF THE BATTERY CELLS AND ADD A LOT OF WEIGHT TO THE X5.

BUT, IT STILL HANDLED THROUGH OUR HANDLING COURSE.

STEERING LACKS ROAD FEEL, AND HAS A SPORTY WEIGHT TO IT.

BODY ROLL IS MINIMAL, OR UNDERSTEER TO CONTEND WITH.

EVERYTHING INSIDE IS EQUAL PARTS WITH A LONG LIST OF STANDARD THE XDRIVE45E IS BASICALLY YET, ITS STARTING PRICE, IS JUST $4,300 OVER AND FAR FROM THE MOST THE 2021 BMW X5 XDRIVE45E PHEV FAMILY UTILITY AND AN EASY OF WHAT BATTERY POWER CAN OFFER.

WELL, THAT'S OUR MOTORWEEK EV I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT.

NOW FOR MORE MOTORWEEK; PODCASTS, WHY NOT PLUG INTO AND I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WHEN WE SEE WHAT INFINITI'S IS ALL ABOUT.

THEN, CHECK OUT WHAT HONDA HAS CIVIC!

'TIL THEN, I'M JOHN DAVIS.

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