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Huawei’s huge battery breakthrough! New solid state tech promises massive range and miniscule charging times

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READ MORE: Cheap trick: MG’s advanced semi-solid-state batteries it will launch next year will be affordable says boss as Chinese brand gets upper hand on VW and Toyota READ MORE: What is a solid-state battery? Opinion: Are Chinese electric cars really spyware on wheels? Or is it all tin-hat conspiracy at its finest?

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Report: Lotus Considering U.S. Production at Volvo's South Carolina Factory

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Even with much deeper pockets from its Chinese parent company, Lotus has never been on the most comfortable financial ground. Auto factories are far from cheap, making it unlikely that Lotus would spin up a new facility here. That said, the company acknowledged that it is considering other solutions, one of which could involve a U.S.

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Four Ways Engineers Are Trying to Break Physics

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To build them, engineers would need to navigate tricky regional geology, design accelerating cavities, handle the excess heat within the cavities, and develop powerful new magnets to whip the particles through these cavities. Its cheap, Gao says. We dont really know exactly what were going to find, Martin says.

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2025 MG HS Super Hybrid Review: 120km of EV range to take on BYD, GWM, Chery and more

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It’s still months away from dealerships – MG says it can still fine tune the software depending on our feedback – but when it arrives it looks set to build on the depth developing in the medium SUV segment. The HS Super Hybrid’s biggest rivals are the BYD Sealion 6 and GWM Haval H6GT PHEV.

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MAN propane-fueled ME-LGIP to power Chinese VLGC

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Jiangnan Shipyard, owned by China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has ordered an LPG (liquefied propane gas)-burning MAN B&W 6G60ME-LGIP engine in connection with the building of an 86,000-m 3 VLGC (Very Large Gas Carrier) for Tianjin Southwest Maritime (TSM), the Chinese shipping company.

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These 3 major automakers may team up to save themselves, build cheap EVs

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Three major legacy automakers are considering a creative approach to staying in the game amid fierce competition from Tesla and Chinese rivals – all in an effort to make cheap EVs, and a whole lot of them. Plan A isn’t working, so it’s time for Plan B.

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BNEF: China dominates the Li-ion battery supply chain, but Europe is on the rise

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Chinese manufacturers, like CATL, have come from nothing to being world-leading in less than 10 years. The next decade will be particularly interesting as Europe and the US try to create their own battery champions to challenge Asian incumbents who are already building capacity in both places.

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