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.
AVILOO's 500,000-test study finds used EV batteries ageing well but varying by up to 13.5% between cars of the same model, with the 40kWh Nissan Leaf, a New Zealand used-import staple, the outlier.
Analysis of 10,000 used EV battery tests finds one in 85 carries a hidden cell imbalance invisible to state of health figures, though the typical battery remains tightly balanced.
Contact Energy and CDC Data Centres will seek consent for a 250MW data centre at Stratford on the retired TCC gas plant site, powered by new renewables and backed by battery storage.
LDV distributors Great Lake Motor Company have launched the all-electric Mifa9 people mover in Auckland today, expecting to significantly boost what has been an otherwise minor market segment.…
The Scandinavian Polestar electric performance brand has officially arrived in New Zealand with a business to consumer direct digital retail model similar to that employed by Tesla Motors.…
