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New EV Prototype Leaves Range Anxiety in the Dust

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The Mercedes-Benz Vision EQXX, and its showroom-bound tech, looks to banish range anxiety for good: In April, the sleek prototype sedan completed a 621-mile (1,000-kilometer) trek through the Alps from Mercedes’ Sindelfingen facility to the Côte d'Azur in Cassis, France with battery juice to spare.

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

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Still, Ferrari, Red Bull, Mercedes, and McLaren spend hundreds of millions of dollars each year on race engineering and R&D alone. The cars feature recyclable batteries and bodies made from linen and recycled carbon fiber from last year’s cars. So the GT4 can blast through a full Cup race at the sweet spot of 603 horsepower.

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