Nearly one in five cars sold in Mexico in 2025 was made in China. The newspaper Reforma reports that, according to data from the national statistics agency INEGI and industry groups including the Electro Mobility Association and the Nuevo León Automotive Cluster (CLAUT), some 306,351 “Made in China” light vehicles were sold in Mexico last… Read more…

Sponsored by Churod Electronics. Increased battery density is the endgame of all cutting-edge battery design, improvements cannot come at the expense of safety or cost limitations.  The question then becomes how to push the envelope in a safe and cost-effective way.  Monitoring the state-of-health of cells is at the top of the list of considerations…. Read more…

Octillion Power Systems, a Tier 1 supplier of electric vehicle battery systems, says it set a single-day manufacturing record on December 3, 2025 by producing 3,653 EV battery systems, representing about 114 MWh of energy production. The company says the output was achieved across nine battery manufacturing facilities in the US, India and China, pointing… Read more…

Keysight Technologies has announced two new EV charging test solutions designed to support the industry’s move to high-power and megawatt-level charging. The company explains that the rapid growth of electrification is driving demand for charging infrastructure capable of supporting everything from fast charging for passenger vehicles to megawatt-level charging for heavy-duty transport and industrial fleets…. Read more…

Keysight Technologies has announced two new EV charging test solutions designed to support the industry’s move to high-power and megawatt-level charging. The company explains that the rapid growth of electrification is driving demand for charging infrastructure capable of supporting everything from fast charging for passenger vehicles to megawatt-level charging for heavy-duty transport and industrial fleets…. Read more…

The state-owned Bolivian National Strategic Public Company of Lithium Deposits (Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos, YLB) has submitted an application to patent a process for the direct extraction of lithium from complex brines, as well as the industrial design of a fast-charging portable charger. The Patent of Invention and the Patent of Industrial Design were requested… Read more…

Towing is a sore point for would-be EV adopters (as Ford belatedly realized, to its cost). The most elegant solution may not be to bulk up on batteries in the towing vehicle, but rather to electrify the tow itself. This approach holds great promise not only in trucking applications (see our recent feature article, Electrifying… Read more…

LS Cable and System is investing $156 million in its manufacturing subsidiary in Querétaro, Mexico. The company says the funding will expand LSCMX production capacity and strengthen an integrated manufacturing and supply-chain platform across North America. LS Cable and System says the investment will turn LSCMX into an “energy and mobility manufacturing base” serving the… Read more…

Belgian materials company Syensqo and French clean fuels firm Axens Group have launched Argylium, a new company that will focus on developing and scaling up the industrialization of sulfide solid electrolyte materials for all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs). The new company builds on Syensqo’s solid-state battery pilot line in La Rochelle and more than a decade of technology… Read more…

EV charging provider L-Charge has closed a $10-million funding round, led by Ultra Capital. L-Charge will use the new capital to expand its national installation footprint; add new product categories; expand its portfolio of off-grid chargers; grow sales, operations and customer support teams to support increasing project volume; and strengthen long-term infrastructure and service capabilities…. Read more…

Development engineers from Mercedes‑Benz Trucks tested the Megawatt Charging System on a long‑distance test drive with two MCS‑compatible eActros 600 electric trucks. The aim was to ensure optimal compatibility between the vehicle and megawatt charging stations from various manufacturers, as well as to gain insights into real‑world usability—including under winter conditions—ranging from the charging curve… Read more…

Aperam has announced a new “slinky” production method for making iron-cobalt (FeCo) alloy stators and rotors for high-performance electric motors. The company says the approach adapts an in-plane helical winding process—already used for electrical steel—to FeCo alloys, which it describes as difficult to form despite “exceptional magnetic performance.” Aperam’s slinky method forms motor components from… Read more…

HPQ Silicon’s ENDURA+ lithium-ion battery cells have received UL 1642 certification, a US safety standard required for commercial acceptance of lithium-ion cells. The certification covers its cylindrical 18650 (4,000 mAh) and 21700 (6,000 mAh) cell formats and clears the cells for US commercial sales. The company says the UL 1642 milestone follows its earlier UN… Read more…

To those of us who’ve been following the industry for the past decade, it’s plain that legacy automakers have devoted considerable resources to avoiding the transition to EVs. A new study, “The temporal evolution of resistance strategies during low-carbon transitions: Revealing the industry playbook of US, German, and Japanese automakers in the unfolding electric vehicle… Read more…

Japanese automaker Honda and battery materials manufacturer Princeton NuEnergy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the development of lithium-ion battery recycling technologies. Since 2022, the companies have conducted joint technical validation of Princeton NuEnergy’s plasma-based direct cathode-to-cathode recycling and upcycling technologies for lithium-ion battery manufacturing scrap and end-of-life materials. Through this… Read more…

A favorite trope of the anti-EV crowd is that EVs will “crash the grid.” None of the utility execs we’ve spoken to share that fear, but it is true that unmanaged charging can exacerbate the problem of peak power demand. The answer is managed charging, which schedules charging for off-peak times. EnergyHub, a provider of… Read more…

South Korean battery materials manufacturer POSCO FutureM has signed a joint venture (JV) agreement with CNGR and its Korean subsidiary, FINO, to manufacture lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials. The companies have agreed to build an LFP cathode material plant that will have an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons. Located in the Yeongil Bay… Read more…

Finnish EVSE manufacturer Kempower and Danish EV infrastructure provider GodEnergi have been working together since 2022. GodEnergi became Kempower’s sales and service partner in 2023. GodEnergi offers commercial EV charging infrastructure in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, where it operates over 7,000 charging points. More than 1,500 of these are DC fast chargers specifically designed to… Read more…

Finnish EVSE manufacturer Kempower and Danish EV infrastructure provider GodEnergi have been working together since 2022. GodEnergi became Kempower’s sales and service partner in 2023. GodEnergi offers commercial EV charging infrastructure in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, where it operates over 7,000 charging points. More than 1,500 of these are DC fast chargers specifically designed to… Read more…