Battery Building Cheap Porsche 
EV Central
JANUARY 22, 2024
The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least. READ MORE: Range anxiety solved?
The Truth About Cars
MAY 22, 2024
Rumor has it that the vehicle will play host to a battery pack sized just shy of 80 kWh and that the engineering team is hoping to create a rival of the all-electric 718 Porsche has been developing. Battery packs may be good at keeping a vehicle’s center of gravity low. One could have also said that of Porsche in 2002.
The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
The biggest issues for EVs were reportedly failing electric drive motors, unreliable charging, and trouble with battery packs. Automakers have also been building them a lot longer than their plug-in counterparts and they tend to be based on models that have been around for a while. “It It makes sense from an engineering perspective.
EV Central
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Spy the back end at the wrong angle and it could be the lovechild of a Porsche 993 and Ford AU Falcon. An Ioniq 5 with the same battery and motor travels only 507km due to its blockier 0.29 All rivals with AWD and long range batteries occupy a $73,000-$83,000 price space, so we expect the Ioniq 6 to follow suit. Distinctive.
EV Central
MARCH 8, 2023
Tesla Model Y Rear-Wheel Drive display showing energy use While they’re more accurate, even the more realistic WLTP figures still need to be pulled back at least 10 percent to give a realistic idea of how far the car will travel from a full battery to empty. READ MORE: How far will be EV drive on a charge?
EV Central
DECEMBER 28, 2022
And while it’s improved, the build quality doesn’t match the big boys (you don’t have to look far to spot glitches). The top selling brand has been caught flat-footed in the EV race and in 2023 we will see the arrival of the company’s first battery electric vehicle, the bZ4X. But is it any good?
EV Central
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
Audi e-Tron GT – the BEV guts of the regular e-Tron (also shared with Porsche’s Taycan) in a coupe-inspired four-door body. BMW iX – ground-up battery electric vehicle promises to take the luxury fight to Tesla. Sleeker Sportback model will also be part of the e-Tron S range. Audi RS e-Tron GT. Think iX3, but smaller.
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