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Electric Car Watch #5: BYD's Blade Battery & World leader

Plug In India

All BYD’s competitors Tesla, Ford, Volkswagen all have supply constraints. Even Elon Musk admits that LFP’s are more cost effective and using Iron in the cathode compared to using Nickel or Cobalt won’t lead to supply chain issues later this decade. They make cells, battery packs and power electronics.

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The Soviet-Era, Z80-based Galaksija Dared to Be Different

Cars That Think

During its brief heyday, thousands were built, leading to commercially assembled Galaksijas finding their way into homes and schools across the country. As a retrocomputing nerd, when I saw early last year that the Galaksija was being reissued as a complete kit through Crowd Supply , I placed an order on general principles.

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Electric Car Watch #10: Tata, Mahindra vs Tesla vs Chinese vs MNC’s

Plug In India

BYD have started selling the e6 passenger and cargo vans with their blade battery. BYD have started selling the e6 passenger and cargo vans with their blade battery Four Focus Areas for the BIG 3 So what should the BIG 3 do? All of BYD’s competitors like Tesla, Ford, and Volkswagen, are facing supply constraints.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Much cheaper to manage demand than to manage supply. One idea would be to cater to the commercial segment. He compared the Nexon’s running cost with the Audi Q3 that he sold to get the Nexon, and reckons that he has saved Rs. This costs Rs. Next is a phone call, which costs Rs. Also meeting BYD e6 owner!

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New EV electric car calendar

EV Central

ACE-EV X1 Transformer – Australian-based start-up plans a small range of affordable EVs focused on light commercial duties. $5 BYD e6 – mid-sized SUV confirmed for Australia, sort of… only 15 are coming here. It’ll be more expensive than a regular Transit but with lower running costs. Volkswagen ID.3