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      "definition": "A battery-electric van or pickup of up to 3.5 tonnes gross weight, category N1 in Europe, used for parcel delivery and trades. Packs of about 50–110 kWh suit predictable urban routes and overnight depot charging, but payload is tight: every kilogram of battery is a kilogram less of goods.",
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        "lede": "Where batteries are used, and the terms used to buy, size and compare them.",
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        "definition": "A battery-electric medium- or heavy-duty goods vehicle. A long-haul tractor carries several hundred kilowatt-hours — Mercedes-Benz’s eActros 600 has 621 kWh of LFP in three packs for about 500 km — and needs megawatt charging to refill during a driver’s rest, while the battery’s mass eats into payload.",
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          "state-of-health",
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          "data-logger"
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        "mentions": [
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      "type": "Term",
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        "name": "Kilowatt-hour",
        "abbr": "kWh",
        "section": "topic-units",
        "definition": "One thousand watt-hours, the unit for pack and system energy. An electric car carries 40–100 kWh; grid storage is quoted in megawatt-hours (1000 kWh) and factory output in gigawatt-hours per year.",
        "unit": "kWh",
        "related": [
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          "cost-per-kwh",
          "gigafactory"
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