The victim, a Sri Lankan man in his 30s, is reportedly suffering from psychological trauma following the incident.

Probably not so innocent

I guess vehicles above that weight aren't considers 'cars'

In Singapore you can only drive a vehicles of 3,000KG or less with a car driving licence.

I suppose it's similar in China

Source from Dutch newspaper

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/09/17/tweede-kamer-in-debat-over-begroting-worden-de-algemene-beschouwingen-het-eerste-verkiezingsdebat-a4906326/appview?app=63d4a38e-0b55-406e-bc77-ec7ad97c316c&font_scale=medium#upd20250919100304

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Seems to be the case with current phones where the flagship gets the smaller battery.

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You are mistaking rare earth minerals for conflict minerals such as cobalt & nickel etc. Neither are required to build an EV battery. LFP & sodium-ion batteries do not require said materials.

Hydrogen vehicles also require a battery and electric motors.

I don't understand how much different the "strain on the energy grid" will be from an hydrogen car compared to a battery electric one. Both require electricity either to charge or generate and store hydrogen.

In fact for countries with the huge strain on its grid I.e Ukraine, electric cars are more popular as with vehicle to load functionality (V2L) it can be used to power homes and devices under blackouts.

It's a kei car so Japan.

Scoring for the crash test also calculates safety for road users and the drivers assistant systems.

https://media.whichcar.com.au/...

Its a kei car

The Sakura, which measures 3.4 m x 1.5 m

The Straits Times, launched on July 15, 1845, is an English-language newspaper based in Singapore.

Singapore Press Holdings currently owns The Straits Times

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/the-straits-times/

Each flash-charging stall is equipped with two charging guns and a super-fast discharging energy storage system. It can maintain flash-charging speeds even when two vehicles charge simultaneously, according to BYD.

Malaysian car manufacturer Perodua requires a subscription for their battery even though there is no battery swapping.

Also

If you decide to sell the QV-E, you can only do it through the Perodua Pre-Owned Vehicles (POV) platform.

Perodua will disable the vehicle’s start function or battery operation. This will happen if you miss your payment for 2 months.

If you continue to miss the payment for another month (so, that’s 3 months of missed payments in total), the lease agreement will then be terminated. Once that happens, Perodua is going to locate your car and recover the battery within 14 days.

Battery subscription without battery swapping is a scam IMO.

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At current rates all the lithium required for battery production in China can be obtained by 2040 just from recycling old batteries with other materials followed closely behind.

Many grid operators have specific off peak pricing to encourage people to use electricity at those hours. You could set your electric car to charge at those hours to reduce the price you have to pay for electricity.

In fact certain energy providers have used the V2L capability built into many electric cars to balance the grid. Which in certain scenarios you could even get paid by your grid operator for your services.

Also gird operators already use dedicated batteries to balance the load from renewables so its not like batteries will not be produced.

Hydrogen vehicles for the same performance will require basically the same electric motors as a battery electric car.

There is a post on reddit.

An adventure of a lifetime, for which we were luckily sponsored, the goal being to demonstrate the viability of the route relying fully on electricity, and the durability of the car.

https://old.reddit.com/...

China is the 4th largest producer of oil

https://www.worldometers.info/...

Only until the mid 90s that it became a net importer of oil.

https://oilprice.com/...

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As far as I know there is no electric version of the Volkswagen Jetta