No fires, no explosions! China raises bar for battery safety with strict new rules coming for 2026
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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See, you can build lightweight EVs! Spectacular sub-1000kg Longbow sports car set for 2026 launch to trump Tesla’s Roadster
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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BYD’s Mega break-through! Mighty 1MW charger reduces EV recharging time to the same as a full tank of petrol
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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Future BMWs could suck: German brand teases some of its latest tech including experimental fans that suck it closer to the road
BMW has given us a new glimpse of its future tech and revealed it EVs could one day come with
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Fire sale: Renault has patented an EV fire fix and it’s giving it away to other car makers!
The Renault Group has announced that pioneering fire safety tech it has developed to put out EV fires faster and
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Charging forward! NIO takes battery swaps to new heights with 136,748 exchanges in just 24 hours
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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It’s official: Electric cars last 18 years on average, matching a typical petrol or diesel for longevity
A fresh probe into electric cars longevity has found that battery-electric vehicles are lasting as long as a typical petrol
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CES 2025: Buttons are banished as BMW Neue Klasse Panoramic iDrive gives us our first glimpse of radical cabins set for next all-electric 3 Series and iX3
BMW has revealed its next generation approach to interior design and the headline news is angled touchscreens, a slim full-width
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Cheap trick: MG’s advanced semi-solid-state batteries it will launch next year will be affordable says boss as Chinese brand gets upper hand on VW and Toyota
MG has announced it’s ready to launch its next generation semi-solid batteries as soon as next year. And it promises
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ICE age to continue! Lamborghini backs a long-term future for high-performance hybrids, says Aussie customers aren’t asking for EVs
With a blissful, screaming Lamborghini V10 over my shoulder while drifting on a frozen Mongolian lake, this probably isn’t the
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