EV Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

A fresh probe into electric cars longevity has found that battery-electric vehicles are lasting as long as a typical petrol or diesel, with many already judged more reliable than their combustion-powered equivalent. per cent improvement for a petrol or 1.9 An average petrol car, meanwhile, should remain in use for 18.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2020

Honda Motor Europe is expanding its battery recycling partnership with SNAM (Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux) to advance the sustainable usability of its end-of-life traction batteries. Safe and low carbon transport is utilized for the collection of used traction batteries.

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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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The Driven EV News

MAY 1, 2024

A breakthrough in battery chemistry promises to accelerate fast charging for EVs, making them as quick to charge as filling a petrol car at the pump. The post New battery chemistry promises 10-minute fast charge, or five minute top up for EVs appeared first on The Driven.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2018

Based on a Transit chassis, produced at the Ford Otosan joint venture plant in Kocaeli, Turkey, the medium-sized electric delivery van is fitted with a battery-electric drivetrain and a body designed and built to StreetScooter specifications. With a battery capacity of up to 76 kWh, the WORK XL has a range of up to 200 kilometers (124 miles).

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The United Kingdom (UK) has delayed a ban on diesel and petrol cars by five years, officially pushing the initiative back to its original deadline. That means you’ll still be able to buy new petrol and diesel cars and vans until 2035, in line with countries like Germany and France.

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The Driven EV News

OCTOBER 10, 2024

BMW sees a massive surge in EV registrations in 2024 in Australia with its most popular electric model easily outselling its petrol equivalent. The post BMW says Australian battery electric registrations have trebled in 2024 appeared first on The Driven.

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EV Central

JANUARY 25, 2025

And, of course, the Atto 3 now represents solid value against hybrid and petrol SUVs from Toyota, Mazda, Nissan and others. Formerly known as Extended to denote the larger 60.48kWh battery (the Essential gets a 49.92kWh battery) its since been rebranded Premium and picked up a new design of 18-inch alloy wheel along the way.

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EV Central

APRIL 11, 2025

The mid-sized five-seat SUV can cover up to 180km on electricity before reverting to its petrol engine. 180km of claimed EV range from a 35.43Wh battery in the Haval H6GT. Of course, the really expensive part of the H6 is its battery, which at 35.43kWh is more than 20 times the size of the battery in the Toyota RAV4 Hybrid.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 29, 2023

kWh Blade battery for just $20,350 in […] It comes with a high-efficiency heat pump as standard. The electric motor has been upgraded to 150 kW. So, you can get a full BEV with a heat pump, with a 150 kW motor, and with a 57.6

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EV Central

APRIL 8, 2025

Introduced as the new entry-point in Alfa’s line-up, pricing will be announced closer to its arrival Down Under but it’s been tipped cars with the Ibrida power (petrol-electric hybrid) will be positioned significantly below the Tonale small SUV that is priced from $50,900 (before on-road costs). 2025 Alfa Romeo Junior.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Altilium Metals, a UK-based clean technology startup, has selected Teesside as the preferred location for the largest planned recycling facility in the UK for end-of-life electric vehicle batteries.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Toyota Australia appears certain to add a petrol-electric hybrid to the new-generation Prado 250 Series SUV line-up as soon as this year. litre ‘i-FORCE MAX’ petrol-electric hybrid was initially put on the backburner for Australia, but that now appears to have changed. litre turbo-diesel engine. The post Get out of the way diesel!

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EV Central

MARCH 17, 2025

The 2026 Volvo EX60 made a brief appearance during the recent online launch of the new ES90 sedan, ahead of the battery-powered mid-size SUV’s launch next year. Designed to be as big as the best-selling combustion-powered XC60, the electric mid-size Volvo SUV should provide more cabin space compared to its petrol-powered sibling.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Of all electrification strategies, full BEVs currently offer the least effective CO 2 reduction per kWh of battery size, according to the analysis by the firm: 21 times worse than mild hybrids and 14 times worse than full hybrids. Due to their disproportionately large batteries, BEVs were the worst of the available options, with a mere 3.5g/km/kWh

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The gasoline engine only runs in reversing to power the batteries. There are two additional components in the hybrid Prius, an inverter that translates electricity from the battery to the motor. petrol engine is not running. The hybrid battery pack will need servicing but it depends on a bunch of factors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2020

Once remodeling is finished, we will be able to produce vehicles with diesel, petrol and hybrid drive trains, as well as the fully-electric BMW i4, all on the same line. The high-voltage battery makes the BMW i4 body concept different to that of the vehicle models previously built at the plant. —plant director Robert Engelhorn.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2022

We will produce more than 600,000 e-drives per year while maintaining high production capacity utilization for diesel and petrol engines. This step is, without question, the most important milestone since the groundbreaking in 1979. By 2030, around half of our 4,400 employees will work in electromobility.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 8, 2024

The days of diesel being a force in Australia’s always-booming dual-cab ute market appear to be coming to an end, with two household-name utes to switch to plug-in hybrid petrol power in their next generations, joining the top-selling Ford Ranger in the switch to electrified power. The post Are diesel’s days numbered?

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2018

SEAT followed this announcement less than one week later with the world premiere of the CUPRA e-Racer, a battery-electric racing touring car that is making its show debut in Geneva this week. The 450 kg battery pack (one-third of the vehicle weight) comprises 6,072 cells, said Xavier Serra, the technical director of this project.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2025

Reducing Italys ageing parc Italys electrified passenger-car market, made up of hybrids, battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), drove the market in March. While other large European markets, such as France and Germany, have only recently seen hybrid powertrains overtake petrol, the situation is different in Italy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2021

Long-term low-level exposure to lead can adversely affect health and, while we don’t yet know the health implications of our findings, they suggest that leaded petrol might still be providing low level exposure which can have detrimental effects on health. —Dr Eléonore Resongles, co-corresponding author.

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EV Central

MAY 1, 2024

Polestar has released the first details of its pioneering next-generation battery technology that will close the gap between recharging an EV and filling a combustion car with petrol. 2025 Polestar 5 battery testing. 2025 Polestar 5 battery testing. Polestar 5 battery testing. Impressive numbers.

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EV Central

MARCH 16, 2025

Already confirmed for the right-hand drive UK market, the C-HR+ is a look-alike for the petrol C-HR sold in Australia already, but is actually a ground-up all-new EV Offered with both front-wheel drive and all-wheel drive powertrains, the headline news is Toyota’s latest SUV will be capable of covering up to 600km on a single charge.

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EV Central

APRIL 16, 2025

Kia has announced that is well underway to developing an all-new battery-powered mid-size ute. Cheaper hybrids coming as Kia plans dramatic Aussie petrol-electric expansion READ MORE: Staying positive! But its bound for the US market and unrelated to the 2026 Kia Tasman EV ute that will be sold in Australia from around July.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2018

Volkswagen will combine the combustion engine with a 48-V belt-integrated starter generator and a 48-V battery. The 48V Li-ion battery is supplied with energy during a number of operations, including recuperation—i.e. This combination represents the gateway to the future of Volkswagen hybrid models. when the vehicle slows down.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 6, 2022

Full battery electric vehicles took the largest share, with 36.4% share, greater than the combined share of old-school petrol and diesel vehicles (32.3%). Sweden saw a record high 60.7% plugin electric vehicle share in December, up from 49.4% share year-on-year. December’s […].

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2025

litre Kappa 4-cylinder petrol engine that delivers 82 bhp and 113.8 litre naturally aspirated petrol engine producing 82 bhp and 114 Nm of torque. litre turbocharged petrol engine is also available, generating 118 bhp and 172 Nm of torque. litre petrol engine that produces 81 bhp at 6,000 rpm and delivers 113.8

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EV Central

APRIL 5, 2025

Mighty 1MW charger reduces EV recharging time to the same as a full tank of petrol READ MORE: 2025 BYD Sealion 7 Review: Chinese giant unleashes its alternative to the Tesla Model Y Juniper in Australia Of course, BYD and its local distributor EVDirect are offering a wider range of plug-in hybrid and battery electric vehicles than Tesla, which relies (..)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2022

Looking further into the future, Tesla and Toyota are betting on different horses for the future of EV batteries, with Toyota set on solid state. We’ll see the first EVs powered by solid-state batteries hit the roads by 2025, but these will be a lot costlier than regular lithium-ion EVs, and so won’t reach the mass market until later.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Ricardo has received UK Government funding to optimize in-car thermal and energy management systems to improve electric vehicle range and battery performance. This technology innovation should help accelerate consumer adoption of battery electric vehicles, the company said.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Because they are expensive, biofuels are usually combined with petrol or diesel to make them ‘go further’. The application of this perstraction system to continuous production of a range of higher alcohols is explored and shown to be highly favourable. —Kim et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2019

These two models are the first vehicles in their classes to offer plug-in hybrid technology, and offer a standard eight-year battery warranty. liter EcoBoost petrol engine as a range extender for total range exceeding 500 kilometers (310 miles).

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EV Central

APRIL 10, 2025

litre turbocharged petrol engine and two electric motors. Also on board is a 31.2kWh lithium-iron phosphate battery, with JAC targeting an all-electric driving range of at least 100kms. When it does, it will give the Chinese brand a genuine halo product, and one that produces a sizeable 385kW and 1000Nm thanks to its all-new 2.0-litre

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EV Central

MARCH 18, 2025

EQS and EQE set for the chop to be replaced with battery-powered variants of the C-, E- and S-Class READ MORE: Revolutionary! Mercedes-Benz solar paint could mean Australians never have to plug their EVs in again Combined with an 85kWh nickel manganese cobalt battery it provides a long range up 792km on the WLTP range, plus a brisk 6.7

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 24, 2023

The concept will test the feasibility of a lightweight electric Seven and enable Caterham to move a step closer to bringing a battery electric model to market that is as driver focused as its petrol counterpart. Caterham has today revealed EV Seven – its technology development concept for a future fully electric Seven.

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