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UT El Paso-led team designs cactus-inspired low-cost, efficient water-splitting catalyst

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Researchers led by engineers at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have proposed a low-cost, cactus-inspired nickel-based material to help split water more cheaply and efficiently. The material is described in a paper in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. who led the study.

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BYD will challenge Hyundai and Kia with low-cost EVs launching in South Korea

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BYD officially announced plans to launch in South Korea with its low-cost EVs poised to challenge Hyundai and Kia on their home turf. China’s leading EV maker is set to drastically shake up the South Korean auto market.

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BYD to launch its smallest EV in Australia, hinting at low-cost Seagull arrival

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BYD will officially launch an electric car even smaller than the Dolphin in Australia, hinting it could be the low-cost Seagull EV. Is BYD bringing its cheapest EV to another overseas market?

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Hyundai’s low-cost Casper Electric spotted in the US for the first time

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Will the low-cost EV launch in the States? Is Hyundai bringing its most affordable EV to the US? For the first time, Hyundai’s Casper Electric was spotted driving on US streets.

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ORNL team develops low-cost scalable method to join materials in solid-state batteries; electrochemical pulse

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Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a scalable, low-cost method to improve the joining of materials in solid-state batteries, resolving one of the big challenges in the commercial development of safe, long-lived energy storage systems. Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL, US DOE.

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Kia’s new low-cost EV4 was just spotted in the US for the first time

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The low-cost EV is expected to make its big debut by the end of the year. Kia’s upcoming EV4 electric sedan was just spotted testing in the US for the first time. Here’s a look at the new model.

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BYD electric SUV teardown shocks Japan: ‘How can it be produced at such a low cost?’

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After tearing apart BYD’s Atto 3, an all-electric SUV, attendees at an EV seminar in Japan asked, “How can it be produced at such a low cost?” Japan is wondering how Chinese EV makers, like BYD , build electric cars so cheaply.

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