E-CARS
Xiaomi's Skynomad N90 Max Studio is a seven-seat extended-range SUV with a factory pop-up roof whose loft has its own air conditioning, priced from 299,900 yuan in China.
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Audi's revived A2 is an electric hatch using 12.8kWh/100km with up to 646km of range, priced from 38,200 euros in Germany with December deliveries, and no New Zealand announcement yet.
Xiaomi will replace the car if its new Dragonscale battery catches fire through a defect, and ProLogium has started mass-producing a 381Wh/kg solid-state cell, in a busy week for battery technology.
The entry-level Zeekr 7X gains an 85kWh Aegis Golden Brick battery in China for the 2027 model year, replacing the 75kWh pack that also underpins the New Zealand car.
A production Skoda Peaq 90 has driven 936km on a single charge from the Czech Republic to the Dutch coast, beating its 647km WLTP rating by 45% at 9.2kWh/100km in a TÜV-supervised run.
Gavin Shoebridge drives the new Nissan Leaf Nismo in Japan: no extra power, retuned everything else, and a car Nissan NZ says is not coming here officially.
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