Details BMW i5 2024, Volvo EX30 CO2, Stellantis and lithium-sulfur battery: Car News Today
Volvo’s upcoming EX30 will produce the brand’s smallest-ever carbon footprint. Stellantis sees future lithium-sulfur battery technology. And the BMW i5 looks like a petrol 5-Series. Is that a good thing? This and more, at Green Car Reports.
The BMW i5 2024 revealed on Wednesday is basically All-electric BMW 5-Series. With a starting price of $67,795 and a driving range for the entry model of 295 miles on the EPA cycle, it claims to offer the same passenger space as other gasoline-powered 5-Series models.
The upcoming EX30 will be available Volvo’s lowest carbon footprint ever in a production model from the brand, it said. The Volvo EX30 will reduce carbon emissions by 25% over its life cycle compared to the improved XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge, with more recycled materials and “100% climate-neutral electricity”.
And future Stellantis EVs later in the decade — from Jeep, Ram or Chrysler, for example — could take advantage of the potential. Lithium-sulfur battery technology increases range, reduces weight. Through Stellaantis Ventures, it invested in California’s Lyten, which claims to be “the path to achieving the lowest-emissions EV battery on the global market,” in a cell type that can be manufactured globally. bridge. But still progress is being made on cycle life and degradation.
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