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2 天之前 · An ID.7 Pro S electric sedan from German automaker Volkswagen has achieved a new efficiency milestone, covering 941 kilometres on a single battery charge. Undertaken in December and revealed in January by Volkswagen, professional drivers from Volkswagen’s Driving Experience drove the ID.7 Pro S on ...

3 天之前 · Today, Chinese auto giant Geely opened its pre-orders for the EX5 electric SUV, its first model in the Australian market, while offering 3 years of free servicing and up to 1,000 kWh of free DC charging in the first year of ownership. Two variants of the EX5 can be seen on the company’s online ...

2025年1月30日 · Tesla CEO Elon Musk has admitted that Tesla’s older fleet of electric cars equipped with Hardware 3 computers and camera systems will need to be upgraded to fully utilise its FSD (full self-driving) software in the future. At the company’s Q4 earnings call today, Musk said: “We are going to ...

1 天前 · When we see “tested under laboratory conditions”, we often assume real-world conditions will lead to faster degradation of a product. But experts from Stanford University have found the opposite is true for electric vehicle (EV) batteries. Their new research shows traditional laboratory testing leads to faster degradation, while real-world use gives substantially more battery life ...

3 天之前 · Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about climate change, clean technology, and electric vehicles for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electric vehicles and clean technologies for Renew Economy and The Driven since 2012. His preferred mode of transport is his ...

2024年12月19日 · Tim has 20 years experience in the IT industry including 14 years as a network engineer and site reliability engineer at Google Australia. He is an EV and renewable energy enthusiast who is most passionate about helping people understand and …

2024年12月12日 · The GWM Ora extended range is being offered for $26,490 drive away with a 63kWh LFP battery - that’s $420/kWh for the battery with the rest of the car thrown in for free.

2024年11月9日 · Federal energy and climate minister Chris Bowen says that agreement on new standards means that EV owners will be able to use vehicle to grid (V2G) technology – effectively using their cars as batteries on wheels – by the end of the year.

2024年12月17日 · Giles Parkinson is founder and editor of The Driven, and also edits and founded the Renew Economy and One Step Off The Grid web sites. He has been a journalist for nearly 40 years, is a former business and deputy editor of the Australian Financial Review, and owns a Tesla Model 3.