Tesla began investigating the issue over a year ago, initiated a recall outside the U.S. over a month ago, and just filed the issue with the NHTSA in February.
Mercedes sees optimized range and bidirectional charging made possible with the use of micro-converters to optimize energy flow among multiple types of battery cells and even chemistries.
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