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EV ‘phobia’ allegedly grips South Korea, leading to price cuts

Teslarati

Electric vehicle (EV) phobia is allegedly gripping customers in South Korea after an electric Mercedes-Benz caught fire. Auto dealers for foreign brands plan to cut retail prices by around 30% for new buyers. South Korea to talk with automakers about EV fire policies Audi is rolling out discounts for e-tron variants.

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Hyundai, Kia, Genesis recall 147,000 US EVs over 12V battery issue

Baua Electric

over an electronics issue that may cause 12-volt batteries to lose charge while driving. This follows a recall of nearly 170,000 Hyundai and Kia EVs in South Korea earlier this month for the same issue. All of these EVs have 12-volt batteries and electrical systems in addition to their high-voltage battery packs.

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The EV Battery Wish List

Cars That Think

A battery will be the high-voltage heart of each of those 77 million electric vehicles, and by far their most expensive component, setting off a worldwide race to ethically source their materials and crank up production to meet exploding demand. Yet propelling this full-size luxury barge still demands a 112 kWh battery aboard.

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Hyundai, Kia recalling certain 2022 Ioniq 5 and EV6 EVs over software error in shifter control possibly resulting in rollaway

Green Car Congress

Dealers will update the Shifter Control Unit software, free of charge. On 2 May Hyundai Motor (HMC) notified HMA of a new investigation into recent warranty claims involving certain 2022 model year Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles in South Korea. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed 10 July 2022. Background.

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Detroit Electric and Integrated Energy sign MOU on EV sales and V2X project in S. Korea’s Jeju Island

Green Car Congress

The MOU establishes a process for appointing Integrated Energy to be the dealer of Detroit Electric products in Jeju Island, South Korea. Sales are expected to commence in the first quarter of 2015, and Integrated Energy will place an initial order of 300 vehicles at the signing of the dealer agreement.

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Low-cost 5V dual carbon battery development for EV 

Electric Vehicles India

Low-cost 5V dual carbon battery development for EV . A 5V Dual Carbon Battery that uses self-standing carbon fibre mats as both electrodes such as cathode and anode has been developed by the Electrochemical Energy Storage Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IITH). A research group led by Surendra K.

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Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it 

Electric Vehicles India

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Lithium-ion batteries are something which everyone prefers over lead-acid batteries, since the last ten years its been seen used mostly mobiles to every electronic appliance. Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. .