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Review: 2025 Mercedes-Benz G-Class works on its quads (motors, that is)

Baua Electric

With the electric version of its military-grade G-Class, Mercedes-Benz promises even more freedom from pavement than all those American-built flagwavers, and it does it all with batteries. Going electric doesn’t just bring the G-Class up to date. The electric G’s not just capable, it’s in many ways the most capable G-Class of them all.

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Tank 500 Ultra Review: Is this the electrified 4×4 wagon that signals the end for Toyota’s dirty diesels?

EV Central

READ MORE: 2024 GWM Ora Extended Range review: One of Australia’s cheapest electric cars tested READ MORE: New EV electric car calendar READ MORE: It’s got the Poer! With the Lux priced at $66,490 and the Ultra at $73,990 drive-away, the Tank 500 is certainly affordable by the standards of the class and it also gets plenty of gear.

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Researchers use tailored deep eutectic solvent to extract critical metals from mixed cathode materials

Green Car Congress

Deep eutectic solvents are a new class of ionic liquid (IL) analogues; they are formed from a eutectic mixture of Lewis or Brønsted acids and bases which can contain a variety of anionic and/or cationic species. Ryder (2014) “Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) and Their Applications” Chemical Reviews 114 (21), 11060-11082 doi: 10.1021/cr300162p

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2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda’s electric upmarket gamble

EV Central

2024 Mazda CX-60 PHEV review: Mazda has been telling us for years it wants to be a premium brand. It is supplemented by a 100kW/270Nm e-motor fed by a 17.8kWh lithium-ion battery pack. The 17.8kWh lithium-ion battery pack in the Mazda CX-60 PHEV is claimed to deliver a driving range up to 76km at speeds up to 100km/h.

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Manikaran Power Limited and Neo Metals commence joint feasibility study for lithium refinery in India

Green Car Congress

In June 2019, Neometals entered-into a binding memorandum of understanding with Manikaran jointly to finance assessment and estimation initiatives towards developing the first lithium refinery in India. The key areas of assessment include feasibility studies, finalization of contractors, consultants and OEM reviews and site evaluation.

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2024 Toyota bZ4X AWD review: Why driving Toyota’s first electric car on dirt is like chucking a Giraffe in a pool … Really

EV Central

Delivering the bZ4X’s range is a 71.4kWh lithium-ion battery. This is definitely of the new class of Toyota vehicles, one in which driving dynamics are a focus, and the results show on the twisting roads near Canberra where the bZ4X was launched to the media. EV Central plugged in to find out. SCORE: 3.7/5

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Two Volvo Trucks carriers, Producers Dairy order VNR electric trucks

Green Car Congress

The Volvo VNR Electric’s 264-kWh lithium-ion batteries have an operating range of up to 150 miles. Camrett Logistics is also making investments in solar panels to power all their facilities with a goal of electrifying all the Class 8 trucks in their operations.

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