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NIO completes first swap station featuring users' painting ideas

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The post NIO completes first swap station featuring users' painting ideas appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost. The battery swap station is the first to be built since NIO entered into a partnership with the Shangri-La Group and is located in the parking lot of a Shangri-La hotel in Beijing.

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Dell’s Bold Idea: A Laptop You Can Actually Repair

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Framework, a startup that released its first laptop in 2021, is already putting this idea into practice. This article appears in the March 2022 print issue as “Dell’s Proposed Laptop is Fit to be Fixed.”. Luna would let users replace or upgrade components after purchasing, prolonging the life of the laptop.

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Help Me Develop Ideas For An Electric Or Hybrid RV

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In a previous article, I discussed the economic and practical challenges a future electric RV faces. Unlike commercial vehicles (especially semi-trucks), which bring in a lot of money transporting goods, it’s pretty rare for someone to pay someone else to drive an RV around.

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Electrify America Offers 2 Years Of Charging For The Upcoming BMW i5. Is This A Good Idea?

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In this article, we’ll take a look at the deal and the larger trend that it’s a part of. In a recent press release, Electrify America announced yet another complimentary charging program, this time for a BMW vehicle. Plus, I’ll speculate a bit about the future of this “free lunch.”

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Comment on Porsche Macan EV powered by CATL batteries, report says by Michael Smitka

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Huh, no idea how it ended up with this article! In reply to Ralf K. Apologies to all, It is totally irrelevant. I will have to be careful the next time I see that I am logged into Discus.

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FAST Labs’ Cutting-Edge R&D Gets Ideas to the Field Faster

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This is a sponsored article brought to you by BAE Systems. No one sets out to put together half a puzzle. Similarly, researchers and engineers in the defense industry want to see the whole picture – seeing their innovations make it into the hands of warfighters and commercial customers.

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Eclectic Electric Dream Farm & An Amazing Barn Find

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I frequently reach out to the electric vehicle community to share stories and ideas for upcoming articles. Andrew intrigued me when he shared a photo of his Nissan Leaf towing a trailerload of tomatoes in answer to my request for ideas about EV towing. This led to a visit to his farm this afternoon. He […]

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