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Battery revolution! Has Stellantis cracked the code for super-cheap EVs that will undercut ICE?

EV Central

The global auto giant Stellantis has done a deal with a French battery-maker to secure fresh sodium-ion battery technology for its future EVs that could see electric cars finally undercut petrol cars on purchase price. Not that sodium-ion batteries are perfect, not just yet at least. READ MORE: Range anxiety solved?

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Porsche Whistleblower: “60% of all delivered Taycan have battery issues that caused replacements, damages and fires”

Teslarati

“Six out of ten Porsche Taycan” ever delivered have a problem with battery management that affects and damages battery cells, requires replacement of cells and batteries, and is causing vehicle fires, according to a source working at Porsche’s headquarters in Zuffenhausen, Germany. A Risky Business.

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Mercedes-AMG teases first look at its sporty electric supercar poised to rival Porsche, Lucid

Baua Electric

Shown drifting across a frozen lake during testing, the sporty Mercedes-AMG EV will rival the new +1,000 hp Porsche Taycan Turbo GT and +1,200 hp Lucid Air Sapphire. platform will be a “technological trailblazer” powered by several new innovations. The power unit will be used in addition to a new high-performance, high-voltage battery.

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Porsche Taycan GT: We warned you it was gonna be crazy … and it is!

EV Central

Porsche has launched its most powerful car ever and it’s not a track-bred 911 but the zero-emission 2024 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT that can churn out a dizzying 815kW. That’s a hefty $42,400 more than the upgraded Porsche Taycan Turbo S ($374,200) that has had its power wound up to 700kW.

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Form a queue: 2024 MG Cyberster now available … if you’ve got at least $100,000

EV Central

Pre-orders for the 2024 MG Cyberster are now being taken in Australia ahead of the electric sports car’s fourth quarter arrival – but it won’t be cheap. With the Cyberster we’re launching with our 77kWh (battery) all-wheel drive variant, but we are in discussions with headquarters to bring in maybe another variant or whatever down the line.”

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Porsche Taycan GTS review

EV Central

Pity the Porsche Taycan buyer, if you can. Porsche will tell you this new Taycan GTS is an antidote for any procrastinators. That’s important for Porsche owners with an image to maintain, no matter if it actually ever sees a race circuit. 2022 Porsche Taycan GTS. You get more power for your dollars. What’s missing?

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Alpine Says A110 Successor Will Come to United States, Outlines Expansion Plan

The Truth About Cars

Rumor has it that the vehicle will play host to a battery pack sized just shy of 80 kWh and that the engineering team is hoping to create a rival of the all-electric 718 Porsche has been developing. Battery packs may be good at keeping a vehicle’s center of gravity low. One could have also said that of Porsche in 2002.