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I've tried to trek my Quip and toothpaste between home and work every day, and found that it creates another chance to make a mistake, leading me to forget it in my bag at night. The Quip website suggests that people brush both between meals and at morning and night. Maybe the big tube is meant to be shared, maybe I wasn't using it enough. Hilburg, though, told me that that size container 'would probably be a good amount for three months.' Just like with the Quip brush, I didn't feel the need to buy more toothpaste, either, as I hadn't finished their three-month, 4.7-ounce tube of toothpaste. Quip also sells a combined brush head and toothpaste refill package, which ships every three months and costs $10 per refill. However, the packaging on my regular-old Oral-B toothbrush also recommends getting a new toothbrush every three months. I've reached out to Quip to see if they'd consider less frequent brush head subscriptions. Not observing any of these issues in my Quip brush head, I've continued to use it.

Hilburg told me that the need for new brushes (or brush heads in this case) won't be the same for all brushes, but depends on how 'the bristles hold up over time.' She elaborated, noting that if 'bristles become crushed, lose their shape or become too floppy they are less effective.'

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The Oral-B Pro 1000 costs the same $45 to start, but it sells you eight replacement heads for $13, which breaks down to $1.63 per head, as opposed to the $5 heads from Quip. More stories like this are available on bloomberg.Compared with other electric toothbrushes with replaceable heads, though, the Quip is affordable at first, but more expensive down the road. “Once EVs can be driven and maintained like petrol cars, then there’s a greater chance for mass adoption,” he said. While the journey from development and lab testing to mass production will take some time, the Phoenix battery will be powering some of Aion’s EVs next year and the start-up is also in talks with other carmakers to use the cell, which has a range of 1,000km in a single charge according to Huang.

Huang retired in 2016 but later cofounded Greater Bay in 2020 with fellow GAC veteran Pei Feng, who serves as the start-up’s CEO. He headed GAC’s R&D Centre for 10 years from 2006, during which time many of the company’s popular models such as the GS4 SUV were developed.

Huang studied automotive engineering in Italy during the 1980s and did postdoctoral work at Fiat’s research centre for five years before returning to China in 1991 to teach.

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This battery is fitted in the V Plus electric SUV from GAC’s Aion, the third-most popular EV brand in China behind BYD and Tesla. It’s said to fully charge within 15 minutes for an average range of 500km on a charger with sufficient output. Its first generation battery is an extreme fast charge cell, which aims to recharge an EV in the same amount of time it takes to refill a fuel tank. Greater Bay has already become a unicorn - a start-up valued at over $1bn (roughly R 19.25bn) - within two years of its founding. Spun out of state-owned carmaker Guangzhou in 2020, the start-up is a new entrant to China’s battery-making industry which includes major players such as CATL, BYD and Gotion - who are all working on new batteries to make EVs safer, faster to charge and drive longer distances. It doesn’t matter if it’s a hot day or a cold day, the Phoenix battery’s range won’t be affected.” “The Phoenix battery not only addresses the long charging time for EVs, but other pain points. “We all know the range of EVs is greatly affected in cold regions, making it a terrible user experience,” said Huang. That allows the lithium ion battery to operate as normal and charge within six minutes in all weather conditions, according to Huang Xiangdong, Greater Bay’s co-founder and chair. Greater Bay Technology says its new Phoenix cell is made with superconducting materials and contains thermal management technology that can heat the battery back from -20 ☌ to 25 ☌ in five minutes. A Chinese battery start-up claims to have overcome one of the key sticking points for electric car owners - the loss of power capability and range in cold climates.