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Tesla are introducing energy boost.

It's a new feature.

It's actually a sales thing. For owners of the Model

Y, rear wheel drive, and you can actually pay $1,600 get over-the-air update, and it unlocks

more range because the battery inside the vehicle, depending on which battery maker they use,

LG, Panasonic, etc., can provide, it's a bigger battery than probably for supply chain reasons than the range they were giving you.

So for $1,600, 50 more miles of range, that is, I mean, I know it's not a bargain, but I do think it's freaky, and it can bring your car over 300 miles of range.

Smart could return to their iconic routes of making small cars, like an all-electric

Smart 4-2, well, a successor to the Smart 4-2, but because they don't sell as many of them,

they say that it would rely on finding a partner to do a small platform with.

BMW sales are surging.

BMW Group delivering 108,000 all-electric B-EVs, a significant increase on the previous

quarter, beginning of the year.

And what's the split?

They make some plug-in hybrids at BMW, don't they?

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