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Lightyear suspends production of Lightyear 0 to focus on Lightyear 2

Green Car Congress

Lightyear, the developer of solar electric vehicles, will redirect its focus and resources completely towards the development and production of Lightyear 2, its intended mass-market model. Lightyear 2 teaser. We are now redirecting all our energy towards building Lightyear 2 in order to make it available to clients on schedule.

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2024 Polestar 2 review, Mercedes Concept CLA, Audi Q6 E-Tron: Today’s Car News

Green Car Reports

Audi previews a new cabin interface for future EVs. And does the Polestar 2 make more sense in rear-wheel-drive form? The Polestar 2 is entering its fourth model year, and while it doesn’t look all that much. Mercedes emphasizes how much efficiency matters in an aero-savvy, 800-volt concept.

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J.D. Power highlights need to improve Level 2 EV chargers

Teslarati

Power’s electric vehicle charging satisfaction surveys have highlighted a particular trend in the market — while public electric vehicle chargers are becoming more reliable, the availability of Level 2 EV chargers is getting worse. Power noted that the number of public Level 2 chargers increased by 13% last year. As per J.D.

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50 Years Later, This Apollo-Era Antenna Still Talks to Voyager 2

Cars That Think

In fact,” she said, “it is the only antenna remaining on Earth capable of communicating with Voyager 2.” The gap between the two antennas’ capabilities widened in 1987, when DSS-43 was equipped with a 70-meter dish in anticipation of Voyager 2’s 1989 encounter with the planet Neptune. Voyager 2 broadcasts using a 23-watt radio.

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QuantumScape Begins Customer Shipments of Alpha-2 Prototypes

Electric Cars Report

Volkswagen-backed solid-state battery startup QuantumScape has started customer shipments of Alpha-2 prototype battery cells, fulfilling a goal for 2024. Alpha-2 prototypes are a significant milestone on the roadmap to deliver QSE-5, QuantumScape’s first planned commercial product.

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Below $30,000! MG 2 coming in 2025 to shatter electric car price barrier

EV Central

According to Auto Express , the new cheap EV could carry the MG 2 nameplate, signalling its positioning beneath both the new hybrid MG 3 (design studies pictured above) and larger all-electric MG 4. Can the MG 2 go under $30,000? MG 2 coming in 2025 to shatter electric car price barrier appeared first on EV Central.

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Tesla Model 2 abandoned? Multiple sources say $25,000 electric car dead, Elon says it’s all lies

EV Central

Media reporting says Tesla has given up its plans of launching its entry-level Tesla Model 2 because of increased competition and the price war it is waging in China. There were fears the Model 2 could become unsustainable soon after launch. The cancellation of the Model 2 leaves Tesla’s grand expansion plans in disarray.