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Look out LandCruiser, Patrol, Range Rover, Benz, BMW: Huge, powerful, pricey BYD Yangwang U8 SUV confirmed for Australia

EV Central

A far cry from the affordable battery electric vehicles led by the Atto 3 with which BYD has established in Australia, the plug-in hybrid Yangwang’s Chinese price converts to about $240,000 here. That means the U8 will be potentially $100,000-plus more expensive the Toyota LandCruiser and Nissan Patrol large SUV stalwarts.

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Say Hello To Electric Car Battery Swaps, Chinese Style

All Cars Electric

We all know that one of the biggest challenges facing electric cars is the fact that recharging a battery pack is orders of magnitude slower than filling a gasoline car’s fuel tank.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

Cars That Think

Goodenough was awarded the 2012 IEEE Medal for Environmental and Safety Technologies for discoveries that “paved the way for development of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery technology.” It was there that Goodenough made his mark while working on a rechargeable lithium battery with Koichi Mizushima , a postdoctoral researcher.

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Nissan’s Killer EV App, the Plug-In Car That Puts the Nail in GM’s Coffin

Creative Greenius

I have seen the future and it is a new car electric car from Nissan. Nissan is about to drink GM’s milkshake with a breakthrough, affordable, next generation electric car that will be beat the Chevy Volt to market, cost half as much and work twice as well. Plus it looks ten times cooler. And by that I mean the end of 2010.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

Clean Fleet Report

Nissan Leaf 10,238. Nissan Leaf – the Standard Bearer. Nissan has been the sales leader of affordable pure electric cars and is staying the course in its commitment to this technology. After a decade with only one EV in the North American market, Nissan is about to launch its follow-up–the Ariya crossover.

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2024 BYD Sealion 6 PHEV review: Is this the new Chinese medium SUV that knocks over the Toyota RAV4 hybrid?

EV Central

Firstly, it lands the Chinese maker in Australia’s biggest sales segment and, as a plug-in hybrid , it is BYD’s first ICE-powered , CO2-emitting vehicle to go on sale here following the launch of three BEVs since 2022 – the Atto 3 , Dolphin and Shark. By Chinese standards the lane-keeping system is quite subtle in its interventions.

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Are Teslas and BYDs expensive in Australia? Not if you do the math | Opinion

EV Central

And BYD is outselling Tesla, in terms of global EV sales, we’re seeing a huge shift towards Chinese vehicles. Range anxiety is also about will my car be available when I need it, what if I get home and my car is almost flat, but then before I can recharge it, I need a car, what will I do if it’s not ready?” Just think about that.