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Technology

LATEST Technology 

Huawei’s huge battery breakthrough! New solid state tech promises massive range and miniscule charging times

June 24, 2025June 23, 2025 John Mahoney 223005 Views Huawei, solid state battery

Smartphone giant and EV investor Huawei has challenged CATL and BYD’s supremacy by inventing a pioneering new battery that blends

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Cadillac and EV charger.
LATEST Technology 

Revealed: General Motors battery guru explains why lithium – not hydrogen – is central to our EV future

June 20, 2025June 20, 2025 Stephen Corby 156010 Views general motors

GM’s top EV battery guru, Andy Oury, believes we could switch to a hydrogen-based economy in the future, if we

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2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV has substantial towing.
LATEST Technology 

Now it’s GM’s turn to tout cheaper, more efficient new battery tech! It’s called LMR and it’s been three decades in the making

May 16, 2025May 16, 2025 John Mahoney 164958 Views general motors, LMR, new battery tech

General Motors has announced it will be the world’s first car-maker to mass-produce pioneering lithium manganese-rich (LMR) batteries in 2028.

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CATL sodium-ion battery
LATEST News Technology 

Radical EV shift! Battery giant CATL says sodium-ion tech will be on sale by late 2025

April 30, 2025April 30, 2025 Toby Hagon 163559 Views battery, EV battery, Sodium-ion

New generation sodium-ion batteries are only a few months away from a showroom debut – in some parts of the

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The destroyed Xiaomi SU7.
LATEST Technology 

No fires, no explosions! China raises bar for battery safety with strict new rules coming for 2026

April 23, 2025April 22, 2025 John Mahoney 156737 Views battery fire, China EV battery rules

In a bid to end battery fires, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has shocked car-makers with new

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2026 Longbow Speedster
LATEST Technology 

See, you can build lightweight EVs! Spectacular sub-1000kg Longbow sports car set for 2026 launch to trump Tesla’s Roadster

April 13, 2025May 12, 2025 Iain Curry 150387 Views electric sportscar, ev sportscar, Longbow EV, longbow roadster, Longbow speedster

British start-up Longbow is promising the first ever “Featherweight Electric Vehicles” (FEVs), with rear-drive Speedster and Roadster models previewed ahead

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2025 Megawatt Flash Charger.
LATEST Technology 

BYD’s Mega break-through! Mighty 1MW charger reduces EV recharging time to the same as a full tank of petrol

March 21, 2025March 20, 2025 John Mahoney 148332 Views 1000v, BYD, Han L, Megawatt Flash Charger, Tang L

BYD has announced that it has begun rolling out its next-generation 1000-volt hyper-fast DC chargers that can top up vehicles

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BMW Vision Driving Experience.
LATEST Technology 

Future BMWs could suck: German brand teases some of its latest tech including experimental fans that suck it closer to the road  

February 21, 2025February 21, 2025 John Mahoney 143742 Views 3 series, bmw, Heart of Joy, iX3, M3, Neue Klasse

BMW has given us a new glimpse of its future tech and revealed it EVs could one day come with

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Tesla on fire.
LATEST Technology 

Fire sale: Renault has patented an EV fire fix and it’s giving it away to other car makers!

February 20, 2025February 19, 2025 John Mahoney 118072 Views EV fire, Fireman Access, renault

The Renault Group has announced that pioneering fire safety tech it has developed to put out EV fires faster and

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Nio battery swap station.
LATEST Technology 

Charging forward! NIO takes battery swaps to new heights with 136,748 exchanges in just 24 hours

February 10, 2025February 10, 2025 John Mahoney 114960 Views Nio, Onvo

The NIO Group has chimed in Chinese New Year by performing an incredible 136,748 battery swaps over a 24-hour period,

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LATEST NEW EVs News 

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Types of EVs

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

January 10, 2021 EV Central team Comments Off on FCEV: Fuel cell hydrogen electric vehicle

Hydrogen electric vehicles, often called hydrogen fuel cells vehicles (FCEV), drive the same as regular EVs. They can have one

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle

July 27, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on PHEV: Plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
Hybrid vehicle
EV advice EV types 

Hybrid vehicle

July 26, 2019 Stephen Corby Comments Off on Hybrid vehicle
EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle
EV advice EV types 

EV or BEV: Electric vehicle or battery electric vehicle

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EV videos

Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan
LATEST News Videos 

Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

April 13, 2024 Iain Curry Comments Off on Mad video: G-force overload as we ride with F1’s Liam Lawson in Ford’s 4000Nm electric SuperVan

With acceleration to rip the skin from your cheekbones, Ford’s SuperVan 4.2 is an electric Transit with performance from another

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review
Videos 

VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

February 25, 2022 Toby Hagon Comments Off on VIDEO: Kia EV6 GT-Line AWD review

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