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Tesla Model S Plaid races two of the world’s quickest sedans. The results were not close

Teslarati

There was a time when the Porsche Taycan Turbo S was considered extremely quick. It’s a beautiful vehicle, it handles like a Porsche, and it’s devilishly fast. mph, the Plaid seems like it exists in a league of its own. . It’s also the most affordable at just around $130,000 before options.

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Audi provides overview of its 4 distinct EV platforms

Green Car Congress

The high-voltage battery stores up to 95 kWh of energy and can recover up to 30% of energy used to drive the vehicle during regenerative braking applications. For the e-tron GT, Audi is sharing synergies with the Porsche brand, which developed the J1 architecture. seconds and 124 mph in just over 12 seconds in production form.

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BYD unveils sleek new electric hatch and 1,000 hp tri-motor Denza Z9 GT EV

Baua Electric

For example, its most affordable, the new Seagull (or Dolphin Mini overseas), launched last month with a starting price of $9,700 (69,800 yuan). BYD said at the launch that the Ocean-M will be powered by a new EV platform with its latest-gen C2B batteries.

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Watch out Tesla, smartphone builder Xiaomi’s SU7 EV offers 434 mile range for under $30k

Baua Electric

Today, Xiaomi officially launched its first-ever EV, the SU7 – decked out with advanced battery tech, lightning-fast charging, and a mouth-watering range – all for starting MSRPs that will turn some heads. A month later, the electronics company had officially unveiled the SU7 as a challenger to Porsche and who else but Tesla.

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800-Volt EV Charging: The ?Other Palliative for Range Anxiety ???

Cars That Think

Some automakers keep trying to soothe it with ever-larger and heavier battery packs, so that consumers can go farther between charges. And battery bulk alone, especially in monstrously powerful trucks, can be a short route to a relatively inefficient and prohibitively expensive EV. The Ioniq5—already named Car Design of the Year , U.K.

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BYD launches $233K Yangwang U9 electric supercar that will smoke a Ferrari and can dance

Baua Electric

BYD officially launched the Yangwang U9 electric supercar with a 0 to 62 mph (0-100 km/h) sprint in 2.36 kWh LFP battery pack from BYD’s FinDreams, the electric sedan has up to 497 miles (800 km) CLTC range. It’s also quicker than the Porsche 911 Turbo S (2.6 seconds and a $233,400 (1,680,000 yuan) price tag.

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Tech: Aerodynamics Is the Key To EV Range

Clean Fleet Report

With 1.000+ horsepower (hp) Bugatti Veyron’s and Chiron’s, it’s easy to think speeds above 250 mph are a very recent achievement. mph with its 616 hp W125– on a public road! The W125 had ‘just’ 616 hp (still quite significant by 1938 standards) and still was able to reach over 250 mph.

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