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A brand-new battery technology could soon power EVs for 1,000 miles — on a single charge. To put that in perspective… If you were to drive a Nissan Leaf from coast to coast, you’d have to recharge the battery eight times… A Chevy Bolt, seven times… Even the Tesla Model X would need to be charged six times. And you’d have to hang around for anywhere between one and 12 hours at each charging station. But with this new battery technology in your vehicle, you’d only have to recharge ONCE … in a matter of minutes. .....

Fire in Buenos Aires club kills nine, 200 injured BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Dec 31 (Reuters) At least nine people were killed and 200 injured when a fire erupted in a crowded nightclub in central Buenos Aires, police said today. Local media reported that as many as 6,000 people may have been inside the club listening to a band play when the blaze broke out an hour before midnight. Television showed pictures of the bodies of young people lying on the sidewalks outside the club, while rescue workers evacuated people from inside. Parents rushed to the scene desperate to find their...