Tag: Hybrid Electric Vehicles
New study crowns the king of EV battery health– and it shows batteries don’t degrade as badly as first feared
Used car broker analyzed battery health of over 1,000 used EVs Most vehicles retained a 90% or more of the original battery capacity The Kia EV6 showed the least degradation of all models tested A Swedish used car broker has analyzed the battery performance of more than 1,300 used EVs…
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Fancy an e-bike for your feet? These radical Nike robo-shoes are the world’s first ‘powered footwear’
Nike’s latest shoe uses robotics to power people It is designed to help “anyone with a body” walk or run faster and further Nike says it is looking to commercialize the tech Nike has announced arguably the wildest creation to come out of its Oregon-based Research Labs in the form…
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Nissan adds solar roof to Japan’s most popular little EV – and it promises to add 1,800 miles of free range a year
Nissan creates an extending solar roof to top up EV batteries The tech is demonstrated on Japan’s top-selling small EV Japanese marque wants to roll it out commercially Nissan will showcase its take on a solar roof at the Japan Mobility show later this month, as it unveils a Sakura…
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Forget free EV chargers – Volvo is offering free home charging for a year if you buy one of its cars in Sweden
Volvo unveils new incentive that offers a year of free home charging Partnership with Swedish energy company Vattenfall makes it possible However, the savings aren’t quite as great as you think Volvo has launched a new initiative for buyers in its home nation of Sweden, offering a year’s worth of…
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Toyota says it will launch the world’s first solid-state EVs in 2027, but is that realistic? Here’s what experts say
Toyota announced this week that it had signed a joint agreement with fellow Japanese company Sumitomo Metal Mining with a view to mass produce the cathode materials required for all-solid-state batteries (SSBs). Unlike the current battery technology powering most EVs, which uses a liquid as the electrolyte, solid state technology…
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Mercedes-Benz reveals new Vision Iconic EV – and it’s the vintage Batmobile you always needed in your life
Mercedes just unveiled the Vision Iconic EV in Shanghai The concept features Solar Paint and Neuromorphic compute power High levels of autonomous driving are expected Mercedes-Benz has been on a design push of late and is keen to flaunt the idea that it’s shaking up its styling for an increasingly…
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