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But it doesn't have a removable top! Kinda cute though.
Volkswagen secures $35 million to build its most affordable EV yet, the ID.1
Volkswagen was awarded 30 million euros ($35 million) to build the ID.1 in Portugal on Tuesday. The ID.1 will start...electrek.co
Let’s not have buttons like this.
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'It's A Car, Not A Phone': VW Sued Over Touch Buttons Involved In Fatal Crashes
Volkswagen faces a class action lawsuit, accused of its capacitive steering wheel buttons contributing to fatal crashes over too-easy activation.
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Personally, I think there are too many buttons on the steering wheels of most modern vehicles as-is. We could do with getting rid of half of them, getting rid of screen-controlled features, and going back to muscle-memory physical buttons for all or almost all features.Let’s not have buttons like this.
'It's A Car, Not A Phone': VW Sued Over Touch Buttons Involved In Fatal Crashes
Volkswagen faces a class action lawsuit, accused of its capacitive steering wheel buttons contributing to fatal crashes over too-easy activation.
The only ones I’m not sure of are for navigation. I’ve never seen a good physical button framework for navigation.
I’m really not a fan of the shifter being a steering wheel button/roller or column wiper-like-stalk instead of a gated shifter (column, dash, or console mounted). My favorite shifter is the Prius gated shifter on the column/dash/console.
I thought we were talking about this lol. I didn’t read the headline.
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Sorry guys, my boss tossed me several projects with no drawings, diagrams, and the deadline is next Friday.
I’m trying to keep up with all that and the forum and it’s currently a struggle.
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How dare work get in the way of social interactions!
If this was a canto every 16 year old girl in America would be getting one. Hell-I’d get one. I really like these. Has the same retro evolution as the Scout traveler
Hate how work gets in the way of this forum. @Jamie@ScoutMotors can you guys hire me to be on the forum 16-18 hours a day. I promise I’ll behave. My therapy has greatly improved my response etiquette
Group14 lands $463M from SK, Porsche, and others to make silicon anodes for EVs | TechCrunch
The battery materials startup raised significant Series D funding to expand its manufacturing capability. At the same time, it bought out partner SK's stake in a joint venture.
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New possible battery supplier for Scout
Those of you who have read my posts on this forum for the past whatever number of years/months know I’m not very optimistic about new battery tech coming “soon.” We’re not going to see SSBs before 2030, and probably not in many vehicles before 2035, at best.
So when I say that this news is intriguing, understand that I’m cautiously optimistic about this. And that’s huge for me. Sadly, with all the disruption to trade, these batteries are unlikely to be seen in the US without significant cost increases.
CATL has revealed several new battery pack types that it *seems* like they’re claiming are going to be tested in vehicles soon.
1) Sodium as a replacement for lithium.
2) Dual-Power Battery: Ushering in the Multi-Power Era of Energy Freedom
3) Second-Generation Shenxing Superfast Charging Battery: Setting New Global Records
So when I say that this news is intriguing, understand that I’m cautiously optimistic about this. And that’s huge for me. Sadly, with all the disruption to trade, these batteries are unlikely to be seen in the US without significant cost increases.
CATL has revealed several new battery pack types that it *seems* like they’re claiming are going to be tested in vehicles soon.
1) Sodium as a replacement for lithium.
2) Dual-Power Battery: Ushering in the Multi-Power Era of Energy Freedom
3) Second-Generation Shenxing Superfast Charging Battery: Setting New Global Records
Naxtra Battery Breakthrough & Dual-Power Architecture: CATL Pioneers the Multi-Power Era
On April 21, 2025, CATL unveiled three groundbreaking EV battery products at its inaugural Super Tech Day: The Freevoy Dual-Power Battery, Naxtra - the world's first mass produced sodium-ion battery, and the second-generation Shenxing Superfast Charging Battery, as well as an integrated 24V...
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Peak Energy just shipped the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion battery
Peak Energy debuts the US's first grid-scale sodium-ion battery, cutting costs and boosting reliability with passive cooling tech.
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Peak Energy shipped out its first sodium-ion battery energy storage system, and the Burlingame, California-based company says it’s achieved a first in three ways: the US’s first grid-scale sodium-ion battery storage system; the largest sodium-ion phosphate pyrophosphate (NFPP) battery system in the world; and the first megawatt-hour scale battery to run entirely on passive cooling – no fans, pumps, or vents.
That’s significant because removing moving parts and ditching active cooling systems eliminates fire risk. According to the Electric Power Research Institute, 89% of battery fires in the US trace back to thermal management issues. Peak’s design doesn’t have those issues because it doesn’t have those systems.
Instead, the 3.5 MWh system uses a patent-pending passive cooling architecture that’s simpler, more reliable, and cheaper to run and maintain. The company says its technology slashes auxiliary power needs by up to 90%, saves about $1 million annually per gigawatt hour of storage, and cuts battery degradation by 33% over a 20-year lifespan.
“This isn’t just another product launch – it’s a breakthrough in energy storage,” said Paul Durkee, Peak’s VP of engineering. “The system is dead-simple with no moving parts, no planned maintenance, and negligible aux loads. It’s the lowest total-cost grid storage technology to be deployed anywhere in the world.”
Sodium-ion batteries work well in hot or cold weather without auxiliary cooling systems. That makes them cheaper and easier to maintain, especially for utility-scale projects. They also use more abundant materials. The US holds the world’s largest soda ash reserves, a key sodium-ion ingredient, and the full raw material supply chain can be sourced domestically or from allied countries.
“We see energy storage not only as an economic imperative, but also as a national security priority,” said CEO and co-founder Landon Mossburg. “We are committed to onshoring the manufacturing of this critical industry, and this launch proves our ability to execute quickly.”
Peak is working with nine utility and independent power producer (IPP) customers on a shared pilot this summer. That deployment unlocks nearly 1 GWh of future commercial contracts now under negotiation. The company plans to ship hundreds of megawatt hours of its new system over the next two years, and it’s building its first US cell factory, which is set to start production in 2026.
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