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Kia reveals new design philosophy and full images of its first dedicated BEV: EV6

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Kia Corporation revealed the first images of the exterior and interior design of EV6, its first dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV), ahead of the car’s world premiere later this month. EV6 was designed under the brand’s new design philosophy ‘Opposites United’, which takes inspiration from the contrasts found in nature and humanity.

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Ballard and Audi sign definitive agreements regarding use of high-power density fuel cell stack for vehicle propulsion

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The FCgen-HPS was fully designed and developed by Ballard to stringent automotive standards in the company’s Technology Solutions program with Audi. The FCgen-HPS fuel cell stack provides propulsion for a range of light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles with an industry-leading volumetric high-power density of 4.3 kilowatts per liter (4.3

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Solid-state battery company Quantumscape to list on NYSE; $3.3B valuation

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a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), announced a definitive agreement for a business combination that would result in QuantumScape becoming a publicly listed company. QuantumScape Corporation, a developer of next generation solid-state lithium-metal batteries for use in electric vehicles, and Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp.,

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Automotive industry develops new guidance for measuring recycled content of automotive products

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The document is designed to outline a common industry-supported definition and straightforward approach for measuring recycled content of automotive products consistent with those approaches outlined in other standards. Simplified process flow. —Kellen Mahoney, Program Director, SP.

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Cadillac reveals CELESTIQ show car

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Conceived to lead Cadillac’s electric future and inspired by the brand’s 120-year heritage, it serves as a touchstone for the Cadillac design and engineering teams, who continue to develop CELESTIQ as it moves closer to production. Availability for the production version of CELESTIQ will be announced at a later date.

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ASX and Spirit AeroSystems partner to develop affordable eVTOL aircraft for mass production

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Airspace Experience Technologies ( ASX ), an aviation technology start-up, and Spirit AeroSystems, a global aircraft design and manufacturing company, have signed a memorandum of understanding and a definitive agreement to cooperate on creation of affordable, certified all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.

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MIKA Meon E: The World’s Lightest Road-Legal EV, Built For Pure Fun

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The MIKA Meon E is definitely not your average electric car. Hand-built in Warwickshire by Hall Engineering and Design, this British-made EV is essentially a reengineered beach buggy with a modern electric heart, and it proudly claims the title of the lightest road-legal electric vehicle in the world, tipping the.

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