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Seven day test: 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV. I’ll check back when you’ve finished it.

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We give the flagship Design grade (currently $51,500 drive-away) the week-long family test, with mixed results. 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV – yep, this is how you lock and unlock it. 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV – nice multi-spoke 20-inch rims. 2025 Leapmotor C10 Design EV – loads of luxury rear space.

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Charging forward! NIO takes battery swaps to new heights with 136,748 exchanges in just 24 hours

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The battery swap tech isn’t designed to replace charging altogether. Owners are supposed to home charge, or DC charge locally and then use the battery swap for long distance drives. The post Charging forward! 2025 Nio ET7.

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Tesla sheds details on the Cybercab’s long-distance capabilities

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Teslas VP of Vehicle Engineering says the Cybercab will be roadtrip capable when it is released, and wireless charging will be a way the entire trip is out of the hands of the passengers. You saw it, we have wireless charging, right? ” McCaffrey then asked if wireless charging would be installed in parking lots of Superchargers.

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Tesla Semi frames stack up in Nevada as production nears

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Tesla Semi fleet from Frito-Lay gets more charging at Bakersfield factory The results have been very encouraging, with the Semi even completing a 1,000-mile run in a single day two years ago. But we’re prepping for mechanical installation of all the equipment in the coming months.

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JB Straubel’s Redwood launches energy business focused on second-life EV batteries

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Repurposed batteries for scalable storage Redwood Energy is designed to bridge the gap between battery recovery and recycling by extracting value from discarded EV packs that still hold usable charge. In a blog post , Redwood stated that many EV battery packs retain more than 50% of their capacity after being retired from vehicles.

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Toyota bZ4X updated! Slow-selling Tesla Model Y rival gets more power, extra range and smooth styling. Arriving in Australia in 2025

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Despite the minor increase in size, Toyota says there’s been a major increase in range by around 30 per cent from 436km on a charge to an estimated 573km based on the WLTP test cycle. Said to be made of new higher-grade materials, a pair of wireless charging pads have been added. 2025 Toyota bZ4X. 2025 Toyota bZ4X.

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Flash Drive: 2026 Toyota BZ EV

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A Major Step to Compete with the Best Toyota re-entered the electric vehicle world in 2023 with the BZ4X small SUV (after two earlier limited edition RAV4 EVs). Charging The BZ comes with a pre-conditioner that brings the battery to an optimum charging temperature when DC fast charging. seconds Battery: XLE: 57.7