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 https://gizmodo.com/this-magical-material-that-dissolves-like-candy-is-exactly-what-evs-have-been-missing-2000650429
+==  EV Batteries Defy Expectations, Last Hundreds of Thousands of Miles ==
+Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday July 05, 2026 05:34AM
+,000 miles on an EV battery? So says the owner of a U.K.-based used-car sales company that specializes in Evs, who tells the Wall Street Journal EV batteries keep performing well even after several hundred thousand miles. "They are proving themselves to be exceptionally reliable."
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+After five years on the road, the average EV will still be able to drive up to 95% of its original range, according to Recurrent, a data-science company that provides a battery-monitoring tool for EVs — better than many in the auto industry expected...
+Potential new car buyers' fear of having to pay for a battery replacement is the number one reason they choose to steer clear of EVs, according to a 2025 survey from industry research firm AutoPacific. When early EVs hit the market, buyers' concerns were well-founded. Roughly one in 12 EVs built from 2011 to 2016 have had to have battery replacements. But new data shows that more modern EVs are doing better so far. Among EVs built from 2022 on, 0.3% have had battery replacements, according to a 2025 study from Recurrent. As battery technology has advanced, EVs have avoided problems like the ones that plagued the original Nissan Leaf when it hit the market in 2010, for example. Those cars lacked the battery-cooling technology that is in newer EVs, and they made headlines for wearing down quickly. Buyer perception hasn't quite caught up, according to Scott Case, co-founder and chief executive of Recurrent...
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+https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/05/0434229/ev-batteries-defy-expectations-last-hundreds-of-thousands-of-miles
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+===== DM-i =====
+== BYD just dropped a $16,000 car into an EV price war America can’t compete with ==
+China keeps dropping $16,000 EVs while America struggles to crack $30,000
+Vikhyaat Vivek - August 12, 2026
+China’s affordable EV market is getting ridiculously good in terms of value. Barely a day after Volkswagen opened preorders for its $17,175 ID. Era 5S plug-in hybrid, BYD has launched the 2027 Seal 06 with prices starting even lower.
+The DM-i plug-in hybrid begins at 99,900 yuan, or around $14,700, while the fully electric Seal 06 starts at 109,900 yuan, roughly $16,100. In comparison, America’s cheapest EV, the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt, starts at $28,995. That makes the Bolt almost $13,000 more expensive than the entry-level Seal 06 EV.
+https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/byd-just-dropped-a-16000-car-into-an-ev-price-war-america-cant-compete-with/
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+===== Mobility for Africa =====
+== Toyota Is Being Sued For Allegedly Stealing the Recipe For African E-Trikes==
+One of the biggest fish in the mobility world allegedly screwed over one of the tiniest.
+Mike Pearl - June 22, 2026, 5:30 am ET
+Sometimes you read an allegation of a deed so harsh, but simultaneously so low-reward, that it’s almost impossible to take it at face value. That’s the situation with a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of California last month. If you take the law firm Brithem LLP at its word, a nonprofit established by Toyota called the Toyota Mobility Foundation (TMF), which is run by Toyota’s executives, allegedly stole secrets from a Mauritius-based, Zimbabwe-operated electric trike company, and handed them over to a company elsewhere on the continent of Africa so that company could turn a profit while Toyota (allegedly) burnished its do-gooder image.
+According to the New York Times, the plaintiff, Mobility for Africa, is the creator of an e-trike called a Hamba, a slow-moving, three-wheeled trike with a 60-mile range, ideal for transporting agricultural goods along dirt roads from homes to marketplaces. The company is led by South Africa-based Shantha Bloemen.
+https://gizmodo.com/toyota-is-being-sued-for-allegedly-stealing-the-recipe-for-african-e-trikes-2000774899