Battery and Gasoline

New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2021

Demand for electrically-chargeable cars also increased in Q1: battery-electric vehicles made up 5.7% Sales of traditional fossil-fuel cars continued to decrease in the European Union, although gasoline and diesel still made up 65.4% Gasoline and diesel cars. As a result, gasoline’s share of the EU car market shrank from 52.3%

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Diesel Electric Vehicles

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2021

Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven.

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Gasoline Renewable CO2 Gasoline-Electric

California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

By shifting the biggest gasoline users into ZEVs first, AB 2816 also reduces the total number of ZEVs that would be needed to reach the state’s near-term target of cutting light-duty vehicle emissions in half by 2030. California’s biggest gasoline users currently are on track to be the last people to switch to ZEVs.

Gasoline

Gasoline California San Francisco Jordan

Nissan unveils prototype production facility for all-solid-state batteries

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Nissan unveiled its prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells, which the company aims to bring to market in 2028. This prototype facility, within the Nissan Research Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, is aimed to further promote the development of all-solid-state-batteries.

Nissan

Nissan Batteries Battery Production

Nissan introduces new Townstar LCV in gasoline and electric versions

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

With a fully electric powertrain in addition to a gasoline-powered option in van and combi (passenger) versions, the new Townstar brings a suite of 20+ technologies to the compact van offering. It will combine intelligent energy management and effective battery thermal cooling in one optimized package.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Nissan Gasoline Fully Electric

Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion. Among the findings of the report: Drivers are highly unequal in their gasoline consumption.

Gasoline

Gasoline St. Louis Emissions Carbon

Blue Bird working with Lightning eMotors to offer electric repower option for gasoline- and propane-powered school buses

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

Blue Bird Corporation will offer a factory-certified electric repower program on select gasoline- and propane-powered Blue Bird school buses. Blue Bird customers can future-proof their school bus fleet by purchasing gasoline- or propane-powered vehicles and converting them easily and cost-effectively to zero-emission, electric buses later.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Power Powered

Nissan and Sunwoda jointly to study battery development for e-POWER vehicles

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2020

and Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery Co., will begin studying joint development of next-generation vehicle batteries for Nissan’s e-POWER vehicles. The two companies will also discuss the development of an efficient production system to ensure stable supply capacity for jointly developed batteries. Nissan Motor Co.,

Nissan

Nissan Power Powered Batteries

DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Using current technologies, all evaluated biofuel, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle pathways offer significant C2G GHG emissions reduction compared to the current gasoline internal combustion engine vehicle.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric 2020 SUV Gasoline

DOE: MY 2021 all-electric vehicles had a median driving range about 60% that of gasoline-powered vehicles

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to the US Department of Energy (DOE) Vehicle Technologies Office (VTO), for the 2021 model year, the median driving range of all-electric vehicles (EV) was 234 miles while the median range for gasoline vehicles was 403 miles. Range for gasoline vehicles is based on tank size and EPA combined fuel economy rating.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Gasoline All-Electric Range

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2021

The results show there is no realistic pathway to full decarbonization of internal combustion engine vehicles, and that only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways. This study uses recent data on industrial-scale battery production and considers regional battery supply chains.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Fuel Batteries Battery

Meta Materials acquires assets and IP of Optodot; battery separators and coating technology

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JUNE 18, 2022

Optodot is a developer and licensor of nano-composite battery separators and infrared optical coating technologies, based in Devens, Massachusetts. META’s Advanced Materials and Battery Products group will continue joint development, licensing, and manufacturing scale-up of Optodot’s technology in partnership with leading OEMs.

Batteries

Batteries Battery Lithium Ion Massachusetts

ARPA-E Battery/Storage Exposition 14 Jan

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 1, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) is hosting a pitch event, ARPA-E’s Battery/Storage Exposition, on 14 January 2021, from 1:00-3:00 pm EST. This event will feature pitches from a select group of ARPA-E teams developing energy storage technologies.

Energy Storage

Energy Storage Batteries Battery Grid

Large differences among the recent increases in the cost of powering gasoline, diesel, and electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

This post examines the recent changes in the costs of powering gasoline, diesel, and electric vehicles. The expectation was that the cost of electricity had recently increased much less than the costs of gasoline and diesel. Gasoline vs. diesel changes are now possible to calculate already for May. Month (2022). Electricity. $/g.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Cost Of Diesel

Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2019

Low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) could reduce China’s demand for gasoline and, in turn, impact global oil prices, according to a new issue brief by an expert in the Center for Energy Studies at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. “ million of them—roughly 30% more units than conventional electric vehicle makers did.

Oil Prices

Oil Prices Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Oil

Ford unveils battery-electric E?Tourneo Courier

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2023

It follows the EcoBoost gasoline‑engined Tourneo Courier that opens for order this summer, with initial deliveries before the end of 2023. liter EcoBoost turbocharged gasoline engine enters production later in 2023. The all-electric model Tourneo Courier will arrive in 2024 for customers across Europe.

Ford

Ford Romania Gasoline-Electric Batteries

Aramco, KAUST team finds hybrid gasoline compression-ignition architecture can reduce GHG 26-55% vs. conventional SI

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2020

They contrasted 4 hybrids against conventional fuels/engines and a comparable battery electric vehicle using regionally-explicit power mixes in the 3 biggest automotive markets worldwide (China, US and Europe). The use of larger batteries enabled higher degrees of electrification with potentially lower overall emissions.

Gasoline

Gasoline Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Emissions

Lightning eMotors introduces new generation 4 Lightning Electric Transit Class 3 Van; battery-electric and fuel cell electric variants

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. This new battery technology and other upgrades give them the range, power and features at the price they need to scale up their electric fleets.

Batteries

Batteries Battery Fuel Electrical

New Volkswagen Golf GTI, GTD and GTE; gasoline, diesel and PHEV

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

The Golf GTE’s plug-in hybrid drive is made up of a TSI four-cylinder unit (EA211 TSI) generating 110 kW (150 PS), an electric motor with an output of 85 kW (115 PS), a 6-speed DSG gearbox and a new lithium-ion battery. When the battery is sufficiently charged, the Golf GTE always starts in all-electric E-MODE.

Diesel

Diesel Gasoline PHEV Plug-in

Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Lead levels in London’s atmosphere have dropped significantly since lead additives in gasoline were phased out, and currently meet UK air quality targets. The study, led by researchers from Imperial College London, found that up to 40% of lead in airborne particles today comes from the legacy of leaded gasoline.

London

London Gasoline 2018 Petrol

ATLIS Motor Vehicles and Clemson University partner to advance development of EV batteries

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

and Clemson University have partnered to advance development of electric-vehicle batteries that charge faster, last longer and can be scaled to fit a variety of vehicle classes. ATLIS, a startup company based in Arizona, is developing battery cells and packs to power the Atlis XP Platform and XT pickup truck. ATLIS Motor Vehicles, Inc.

Universal

Universal Batteries Battery Motors

IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) and US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have developed a lithium-air battery with a solid electrolyte. The battery is rechargeable for 1000 cycles with a low polarization gap and can operate at high rates. —Kondori et al.

Li-ion

Li-ion Lithium Air Design Lithium Ion

Nissan introducing Serena with 2nd-generation e-POWER system in Japan

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Sales of gasoline-powered models will start this winter, and e-POWER models are to start in spring. However, unlike the all-battery-electric powertrain of the LEAF, e-POWER adds a small gasoline engine to charge the small, high-output battery when necessary, eliminating the need for an external charger while offering the same high-output.

Japan

Japan Nissan Power Powered

Nissan, Mitsubishi opt for Toshiba SCiB rechargeable battery for hybrid kei cars

Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2020

Toshiba Corporation announced that Nissan Motor Corporation has selected its innovative SCiB lithium-ion rechargeable battery for the latest generation of its ROOX and ROOX Highway STAR cars and that Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has selected the SCiB battery for the latest generation of its eK X space and eK space cars.

Mitsubishi

Mitsubishi Recharge Nissan Hybrid

UK accelerates end of sale of new gasoline and diesel cars to 2030, hybrids to 2035

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that the government will accelerate the ban on the sale of new gasoline and diesel vehicles, bringing it forward by ten years to 2030, as part of a “Green Industrial Revolution.” The sale of hybrid cars will be allowed until 2035.

Gasoline

Gasoline Diesel Sale Hybrid

DOE awarding combined $127M to 5 Supertruck 3 projects; battery-electric and fuel cell trucks

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Projects will be funded over five years, subject to appropriations, and recipients will match federal funding, dollar-for-dollar: PACCAR Inc will develop eighteen Class-8 battery electric and fuel cell vehicles with advanced batteries and a megawatt charging station will also be developed and demonstrated. Award amount: $32,971,041).

Fuel

Fuel North America Batteries Battery

BMW previews future 7 Series, battery-electric i7

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

This new generation of diesel and gasoline engines offers higher efficiency. This makes it the ideal vehicle for forward-thinking, responsible decision-makers and avant-garde pioneers. —Frank Weber. The new BMW 7 Series also comes with next-level internal combustion and plug-in hybrid drive technology.

BMW

BMW Future Batteries Battery

Researchers develop room-temp 1,000+ cycle rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Researchers from the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Illinois at Chicago have developed a room-temperature solid-state lithium-air battery that is rechargeable for 1,000 cycles with a low polarization gap and can operate at high rates. Ngo, Paul C. Redfern, Christopher S.

Lithium Air

Lithium Air Recharge Li-ion Illinois

ENEOS and Ample to launch EV battery swapping service in Japan

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JUNE 20, 2021

a US-based startup in which ENEOS has invested in, are collaborating to launch an EV battery swapping service in Japan. Through this partnership, both companies aim to develop an energy delivery service for EVs (in the form of battery swapping) that is quick, convenient, and at a low cost, just like supplying gasoline.

Japan

Japan Batteries Battery Low Cost

Jaguar Land Rover produces more than 1.5M Ingenium engines; adds new straight-six diesel MHEV to family; fuel cell concept coming

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JULY 18, 2020

The advanced Ingenium family, which includes a range of diesel, gasoline and electrified engines, are built to maximise performance while at the same time reducing the environmental impact and running costs for customers. Jaguar Land Rover has now produced more than 1.5

Land Rover

Land Rover Diesel Engine Concept

Nissan unveils Ambition 2030 vision for e-mobility and beyond; cobalt-free batteries, EV with ASSB in 2028

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The technology considers the direction of future EVs, and how advancements in battery technology, hardware and packaging can offer customers a wide variety of mobility solutions to match their needs and lifestyles. Examples of this are the future-forward concept cars: Max-Out, Surf-Out and Hang-Out. Earlier post.)

Nissan

Nissan Batteries Battery Concept

Tesla leads in vehicle longevity and mileage, study finds

Teslarati

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

“The best-performing electric car manufacturer is Tesla, while Skoda and Audi lead for diesel and gasoline-powered cars, respectively. Audi led gasoline cars with an estimated lifetime mileage of 143,000 miles over 20.9 In comparison, gasoline cars now have an estimated lifespan of 18.7

Tesla

Tesla Vehicles Gasoline-Electric Audi

DOE gives conditional loan commitment for $850M to KORE Power for battery plant in Arizona; NMC and LFP

Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2023

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for an $850-million loan to help finance the construction of KORE Power ’s advanced battery cell manufacturing facility in Buckeye, Arizona. million gallons of gasoline per year.

Arizona

Arizona Batteries Battery Power

BMW Brilliance Automotive doubles production capacity for high-voltage batteries in China

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

In China, the BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) joint venture has expanded its battery factory at the Tiexi location, the “High-Voltage Battery Center”, with a further battery center that will immediately begin producing the new and more powerful batteries of the fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology used in the fully-electric BMW iX3.

BMW

BMW China Batteries Battery

Graphene company Anaphite closes £4.1M round led by Elbow Beach Capital; enhancing EV batteries

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2022

Anaphite incorporates graphene into battery materials, via an inexpensive and scalable process that fits directly into existing cell production lines. Anaphite focuses on the enhancement of lithium-ion batteries for the electric vehicle industry. Anaphite aims for its technology to be used in commercial EV production by 2028.

Li-ion

Li-ion Batteries Battery Companies

PEUGEOT introduces new 48V hybrid technology

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FEBRUARY 20, 2023

PEUGEOT 3008 The PEUGEOT 48V HYBRID system consists of a new-generation 136bhp PureTech gasoline engine, coupled with a new 6-speed dual-clutch electrified gearbox that includes an electric motor. During strong acceleration, the electric engine provides additional torque to the gasoline engine at low revs. 100km) and on the road (- 0.7l/100km),

Hybrid

Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Gasoline Recharge

Nissan Note e-POWER orders more than double the monthly target

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

e-POWER comprises a high-output battery and the powertrain which is integrated with gasoline engine, power generator, inverter and a motor. In conventional hybrid systems, the wheels are driven by an electric motor and a gasoline engine. And unlike a full EV, the power source is the engine, rather than just the battery.

Nissan

Nissan Power Powered Gasoline-Electric

Opel begins production and deliveries of hydrogen Vivaro van

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2021

The hydrogen van is the ideal solution for driving long distances with zero emissions as well as for transporting larger loads without losing time while charging the batteries. The Vivaro-e HYDROGEN is based on the existing battery electric Opel Vivaro-e, the “2021 International Van of the Year”. —Head of Development Marcus Lott.

Hydrogen

Hydrogen Production Lithium Ion Recharge

Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

The C40 Recharge has a lower total carbon footprint than the XC40 ICE (E5 gasoline) for all the analyzed sources of electricity for the use phase. Materials production and refining, battery module production and manufacturing at Volvo Cars for a C40 Recharge results in nearly 70% higher GHG emissions compared to an XC40 ICE (E5 gasoline).

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Recharge Volvo Clean Cleaning

Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

This drives not only a rise in fuel and electric energy consumption, but also creates a wider footprint in vehicle and battery production. Green NCAP tested 34 cars with different powertrain types: battery electric, hybrid electric, conventional petrol and diesel, and one vehicle, the Ford Puma, that runs on alternative fuel.

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Green Climate Energy Vehicles

EIA projects global conventional gasoline and diesel LDV fleet will peak in 2038

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Significant growth in EV sales and shares of sales through the projection period results in the global conventional gasoline and diesel LDV fleet peaking in 2038 in the EIA forecast. EIA projected that electric vehicles (EVs)—any LDV with a charging plug—will grow from 0.7%

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Fleet Gasoline Global Diesel

CATL to adopt Toyocolor’s conductive carbon nanotube dispersions

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Toyocolor, the colorants and functional materials arm of the specialty chemicals company Toyo Ink Group of Japan, announced that the company’s Lioaccum conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions ( earlier post ) have been selected by the world’s largest battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,

Carbon

Carbon Li-ion Japan Batteries

Review: 2024 BMW i5 electric sport sedan trounces gasoline sibling

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Battery-electric 2024 BMW i5 models will make up roughly half the full range of the eighth-generation mid-size BMW 5-Series sport sedan that first debuted in 1972. As with its larger sibling, the BMW i7, the electric version—though all but identical on the outside—is clearly superior to its gasoline counterparts.

Gasoline-Electric

Gasoline-Electric BMW Gasoline Electrical

BMW iX3 to introduce Gen5 BMW eDrive technology; NMC-811 batteries

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The battery-electric BMW iX3, the production of which will commence in 2020, will offer a range of more than 440 km (273 miles) (WLTP) with a net-battery size of 74 kWh. Both the drive system and the high-voltage battery unit featuring pioneering battery cell technology have been completely redeveloped.

BMW

BMW Batteries Battery 2020

New battery-electric vehicles take 5.7% share in Europe in Q1; hybrids 18.4%, gasoline 42.2% , diesel 23.2%

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

Nissan unveils prototype production facility for all-solid-state batteries

Nissan introduces new Townstar LCV in gasoline and electric versions

Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

Blue Bird working with Lightning eMotors to offer electric repower option for gasoline- and propane-powered school buses

Nissan and Sunwoda jointly to study battery development for e-POWER vehicles

DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

DOE: MY 2021 all-electric vehicles had a median driving range about 60% that of gasoline-powered vehicles

ICCT LCA study finds only battery and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have potential to be very low-GHG passenger vehicle pathways

Meta Materials acquires assets and IP of Optodot; battery separators and coating technology

ARPA-E Battery/Storage Exposition 14 Jan

Large differences among the recent increases in the cost of powering gasoline, diesel, and electric vehicles

Report suggests low-speed electric vehicles could affect Chinese demand for gasoline and disrupt oil prices worldwide

Ford unveils battery-electric E?Tourneo Courier

Aramco, KAUST team finds hybrid gasoline compression-ignition architecture can reduce GHG 26-55% vs. conventional SI

Lightning eMotors introduces new generation 4 Lightning Electric Transit Class 3 Van; battery-electric and fuel cell electric variants

New Volkswagen Golf GTI, GTD and GTE; gasoline, diesel and PHEV

Study finds lead from leaded gasoline persists in London air despite ‘90s ban

ATLIS Motor Vehicles and Clemson University partner to advance development of EV batteries

IIT, Argonne team designs Li2O-based Li-air battery with solid electrolyte; four-electron reaction for higher energy density

Nissan introducing Serena with 2nd-generation e-POWER system in Japan

Nissan, Mitsubishi opt for Toshiba SCiB rechargeable battery for hybrid kei cars

UK accelerates end of sale of new gasoline and diesel cars to 2030, hybrids to 2035

DOE awarding combined $127M to 5 Supertruck 3 projects; battery-electric and fuel cell trucks

BMW previews future 7 Series, battery-electric i7

Researchers develop room-temp 1,000+ cycle rechargeable solid-state lithium-air battery

ENEOS and Ample to launch EV battery swapping service in Japan

Jaguar Land Rover produces more than 1.5M Ingenium engines; adds new straight-six diesel MHEV to family; fuel cell concept coming

Nissan unveils Ambition 2030 vision for e-mobility and beyond; cobalt-free batteries, EV with ASSB in 2028

Tesla leads in vehicle longevity and mileage, study finds

DOE gives conditional loan commitment for $850M to KORE Power for battery plant in Arizona; NMC and LFP

BMW Brilliance Automotive doubles production capacity for high-voltage batteries in China

Graphene company Anaphite closes £4.1M round led by Elbow Beach Capital; enhancing EV batteries

PEUGEOT introduces new 48V hybrid technology

Nissan Note e-POWER orders more than double the monthly target

Opel begins production and deliveries of hydrogen Vivaro van

Volvo C40 Recharge LCA highlights huge potential of manufacturing and charging EVs with clean energy

Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

EIA projects global conventional gasoline and diesel LDV fleet will peak in 2038

CATL to adopt Toyocolor’s conductive carbon nanotube dispersions

Review: 2024 BMW i5 electric sport sedan trounces gasoline sibling

BMW iX3 to introduce Gen5 BMW eDrive technology; NMC-811 batteries

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