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Sunwoda joins the solid-state race with a 400 Wh/kg battery

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The battle for the battery of the future has a new contender. Chinese manufacturer Sunwoda just announced its “Xin·Bixiao” battery, a polymer all-solid-state cell. This new battery steps into the ring with a key specification that makes the electric car industry sit up and take notice: an energy density of 400 Wh/kg. The headline-grabbing 400 Wh/kg is a measure of… Read more…

Yasa makes a 1,000-HP electric motor that weighs less than 30 pounds

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Weight is the long-standing enemy of electric cars. Heavy batteries, multiple motors, and complex cooling systems all add up. This weight demands even bigger batteries to achieve decent driving range, which adds more weight. It is a vicious cycle. Until now. A UK-based company named Yasa, however, just revealed a new axial flux motor that weighs less than a well-stocked… Read more…

AAWireless TWO+ now on sale

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The modern EV interior is a temple of clean lines and big screens. Yet, there’s one small snake that ruins this minimalist garden in a number of cars: the USB cable. That messy, tangled tether linking our phones to our dashboards is a must for using Apple CarPlay or Android Auto in a long list of models. AAWireless made a… Read more…

New all-electric Mercedes-Benz GLC goes on sale starting from €71,000

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Mercedes-Benz has officially rolled out its all-new, all-electric GLC, one of the most important new EVs to hit the market. The combustion-engine GLC has been the brand’s best-selling vehicle worldwide for a very long time, and now the German automaker hopes to repeat that success with a battery-powered version designed from the ground up to lead the way in versatility… Read more…

Study finds ‘gentle driving’ is not needed on EVs

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A cloud of anxiety has been hovering over electric car owners since day one of ownership. The conventional wisdom was clear: to preserve the costly battery, you must drive gently. Smooth acceleration, cautious merging, and a feather-light foot were preached as gospel. New research from Stanford University just flipped that entire script. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Nature… Read more…