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Alternative Power Report June 2026
Sign-up for Alt Power ReportThe June 2026 issue of the Alternative Power Report produced by Power Systems Research and authored by Guy Youngs, features articles on European EV investments, Toyota’s plans to pull the plug on its Lexus EV, a new battery that has 16-year life, PV equipped vehicles that can provide as much as 80% of needed electricity, and Honda’s efforts to develop a Silicon-Carbon EV battery. Read these articles and more in the June 2026 issue of Alternative Power Report today. PSR
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Toyota Pulls Plug on Important EV
Guy Youngs Toyota is scraping its plans to launch a next-generation luxury EV, the Lexus LF-ZC electric sedan, which was expected to enter production later this year with advanced new batteries that would delivery significant range improvements, and a dedicated platform.
The model was planned to use the gigacasting production technique that would split the vehicle body into three parts, front, center, and rear, to cut costs.
On paper, this car would have been brilliant, but like many Toyota promises…
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New Battery Could Last 16 Years Without Capacity Loss
At the same time, as Iron is more than 80 times cheaper than lithium as a raw material, large scale storage costs will be cheaper. The use of water based electrolytes also means that the battery is inherently safer than most lithium alternatives
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