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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

EV Central

As part of its heavy investment in Tiamat, a company owned by the French National Centre for Scientific Research, Stellantis says it will build a new factory in France to mass produce the new cheap batteries. What hasn’t been provided is a timeline for when we’ll first see sodium-ion powered Peugeots, Alfas or Opels.

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

Teslarati

“Six out of ten Porsche Taycan” ever delivered have a problem with battery management that affects and damages battery cells, requires replacement of cells and batteries, and is causing vehicle fires, according to a source working at Porsche’s headquarters in Zuffenhausen, Germany. The Porsche Taycan’s charging port.

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Alpine Says A110 Successor Will Come to United States, Outlines Expansion Plan

The Truth About Cars

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. European outlets have suggested that Alpine is hoping to build something to compete with the Porsche Taycan.

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Polestar 6 revealed, Australian orders open for new EV roadster

EV Central

And the sixth model from Polestar – effectively an EV spin-off of Volvo – will not be cheap. Polestar 6 is a perfect combination of powerful electric performance and the thrill of fresh air with the top down.”. The Porsche- and Tesla- rivalling Polestar 5 will use a dual-motor system making 650kW and 900Nm.

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

The Truth About Cars

Tesla powertrains are now pretty solid for the most part, but Tesla owners report a lot of build quality issues including irregular paint, broken trim, door handles that don’t work, and trunks that don’t close. All of these pull down the brand’s reliability score.”

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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

At Sonoma Raceway, it also provided an on-the-road look at part of that future with mass-market tire technology that will likely go into production in 2025. In the era of EVs with very different weight distribution and power delivery, to go along with their additional weight, that may mean more customized tires.

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A Cheap Balancer and Transmission Issues

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

This one relies much more heavily on complex PIC programming and uses an off-the-shelf laptop or inkjet-printer power supply to deliver an isolated source of power for the battery charger. His response was approximately $500 in labor and $800 in parts (OUCH!!!). Any feedback you have is welcome.

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