Recently, Hyundai has found a new way to give a second life to preproduction prototypes.
Hyundai originally built the test car for noise, vibration, and harshness tests.
The air purifiers functionality comes from the original car cabin air filter and cooling fan.
The casing is decorated with theIoniq 5semblem pixelated LED taillamps and the digital instrument cluster readout.
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This is particularly big when it comes to repurposing EV batteries.
However, they have a residual capacity of more than 80 percent beyond their vehicle functionality.
This facilitates predictive maintenance, informing rail staff of the batterys status before its voltage becomes too low.
Its a model weve already seen inAtherandBouncescooters in India.
In Germany,Swobbeehas created an alternative business model, facilitating battery sharing for escooters and ebikes.
It will be interesting to see what kinds of solutions evolve for EV auto batteries.
Story byCate Lawrence
Cate Lawrence is an Australian tech journo living in Berlin.
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