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Used electric cars are selling faster than ever — 43,000 changed hands in a single month as long-standing battery-fade fears quietly collapse

EV range in the U.S. just jumped 11% in a single year — and the fastest chargers now add 100 miles in under 10 minutes

A TAP Air Portugal jet just scraped its tail on the runway taking off from Rome — then circled back and landed safely with no injuries

California just opened a $1 billion rebate program for electric trucks — offering up to $120,000 off per vehicle to push diesel rigs off the road

Two-thirds of used electric SUVs still beat their original EPA range after three years — defying the assumption that EV batteries fade fast

Cold-weather testing just showed EV pickups lose 39% of their range in deep cold — cutting a 300-mile electric truck down to 183 on the same loop

The Lucid Gravity just topped the 2026 EV range chart at 450 miles — ahead of the Rivian R1S at 410 and the Mercedes EQS SUV at 390

After three years on the road, EVs still hold 97% of their original range — and just 0.3% of batteries have ever needed replacing

China’s HiNa, Yadea, and JMEV just began mass-producing sodium-ion EV batteries — cheaper than lithium and far tougher in the cold

A Chinese company just pulled the first 621-mile solid-state EV battery off its production line — no liquid inside, and it passed every fire test

The Rivian R1S tops 410 miles per charge in tri-motor trim — and 68% of used electric SUVs still beat their original EPA range after three years

AAA’s cold-weather testing just showed EV range drops 39% when temperatures plunge — cutting a 300-mile electric truck down to 183 miles on the same loop

The Lucid Gravity just topped the 2026 range chart at 450 miles — followed by the Rivian R1S at 410 and the Mercedes EQS SUV at 390

A plane killed a person and injured 12 others at Denver International Airport after the victim jumped a runway fence during takeoff

A United 737 MAX 8 landing in Newark declared an emergency after a passenger attacked a flight attendant and tried to force the forward cabin door

CATL just built 4,000 integrated charge-swap stations across 190 Chinese cities by year’s end — each one capable of a 6-minute full battery swap

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