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EVs enjoy record uptake in the UK but still too slow to meet targets warns SMMT

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In the first eight months of this year, purely electric car uptake reached 25.6 per cent while the month of August saw a 29.8 per cent share of newly registered cars. While both figures represent a record high, the SMMT warns this is still significantly below the 33% headline mandate target. Electric vans also enjoyed greater uptake though similarly a long way off targets. Read more…

Xiaomi is betting entire SUVs on its new Dragonscale battery

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Most car manufacturers treat battery thermal runaway the way politicians treat illegal donations – pretend they never heard the conversation, and deflect blame to third-party suppliers the second smoke appears. But Xiaomi, never one to shy away from grand gestures, has just thrown that playbook right into the incinerator. If their brand-new “Dragonscale” battery pack decides to spontaneously combust due… Read more…