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Headline: Nyobolt's Electric Sports Car Concept 'Charges In 6 Minutes'
Caption: **RAW VIDEO** Pioneering UK battery firm Nyobolt have unveiled an electric concept car that can be fully charged in just six minutes. The design is based on an updated version of the Lotus Elise, and has even been created by original Elise designer Julian Thomson. It features a 35kWh battery with a claimed range of 250km (155 miles). Matching the convenience of petrol refuelling has been impossible to achieve in electric vehicles (EVs). As a result, most electric vehicle batteries are big, heavy and costly, with EV costs unreachable for some buyers and with vehicles often weighing over two tonnes. The requirement for heavy EV battery packs places a huge strain on the supply of battery raw materials. Nyobolt’s new battery technology is smaller and lighter and has incredibly fast charging rate. This breakthrough translates to a nimbler, more efficient EV with a lower up-front cost, lower running costs and lower use of scarce raw material. Nyobolt’s ready-to-deploy technology will go into production in early 2024, and its boss Sai Shivareddy hopes it will unlock the ‘holy grail’ of fast charging EVs with its lithium-ion technology. Shivareddy says: “Unlocking the challenges faced by electric vehicle designers has been key to the development of our breakthrough fast-charging batteries. Previously, enabling a lightweight fast-charging vehicle was not possible without compromising its lifetime and so people have been relying on costly and large battery packs in the vehicle. With our unique technology we have achieved a six-minute charge car, and developed smaller battery packs that can deliver more power and charge in less time.” The breakthrough does not sacrifice battery life: Nyobolt has tested its batteries for over 2,000 fast charge cycles without significant performance loss – paving the way for the development of ultra-efficient and lightweight EVs. To showcase their revolutionary batteries, the firm have partnered with engineering firm CALLUM and Thomson. On the concept car, Shivareddy adds: “Our partnership with CALLUM shows how adoption of system-level technology innovations can transform the future of electric vehicles and increase accessibility of EVs, including to the 40% of UK households who can’t charge their vehicle at home overnight.” David Fairbairn, managing director at CALLUM, adds: “Nyobolt’s pioneering battery technology has provided us with a unique and inspiring opportunity to support in the design and execution of a vehicle set to mark the way forward for EV technology. The collaborative creativity, engineering capabilities and steadfast efforts of Nyobolt, Julian Thomson and CALLUM have resulted in an EV that is not only exciting technically for the industry, but something that is beautiful to behold, too.”
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