A Tesla Cybertruck was spotted climbing stairs off-road, and it gave us our best look at the electric pickup truck’s ground clearance. More…
Cruise robotaxis in crisis: layoffs, recall, and algorithm found to have blind spot for kids
The news has been epically bad for Cruise robotaxis these past few weeks. GM’s driverless car subsidiary has announced a round of layoffs this week, with the CEO Kyle Vogt reportedly telling employees this week in an all-hands meeting. Plus investigations have dredged up some incriminating news that the software’s algorithm had trouble detecting children. More…
Zeekr reveals exterior of Zeekr 007 electric sedan
Zeekr will hold a pre-sale launch event for the Zeekr 007 on November 17, the first day of the Guangzhou auto show, starting at 10:00 am. Read more…
EU Parliament agrees to water down Euro 7 emissions standard
The EU Parliament has agreed to weaken pollution rules for combustion engines and trucks after lawmakers voted for a watered-down Euro 7 standard as a negotiating position. Insiders in Brussels suspect a tacit deal between politicians and the car industry. Read more…
Li Auto Oct deliveries breakdown: Li L7 at 15,525, Li L8 at 12,142
All three Li Auto models delivered more than 10,000 units in October, and all were record highs. Read more…
Xpeng Oct deliveries breakdown: G6 at 8,741, G9 at 4,593
October was the first full month of deliveries for the updated G9 since its launch on September 19, and monthly deliveries were an all-time high for the model. Read more…
Presale for the Luxeed S7 kicks off in China
The key technical details of the Luxeed, a brand by Chery and Huawei, had already been leaked in advance. Now the prices have also been revealed. The S7 is available from around 35,425 dollars. Read more…
Impact announces bespoke batteries for Alexander Dennis e-buses
Impact Clean Power Technology has unveiled battery systems tailored to the next generation of Alexander Dennis buses, the Enviro100EV and the double-decker Enviro400EV. Production of both vehicles has already stared, with deliveries to customers in the UK and Ireland planned for early next year. More…
Polestar 4 will also be built in South Korea
The manufacturer made a series of announcements at its first „Polestar Day.” On top of expanding manufacturing of the Polestar 4 to South Korea, it will also collaborate with StoreDOt on batteries for the Polestar 5 and set up a Virtual Power Plan to develop a business case for V2G technology. Read more…
China EV battery installations in Oct: CATL’s share rises to 42.18%, BYD drops to 26.23%
CATL’s share of the Chinese EV battery market increased by 3.4 percentage points in October compared to September, while BYD’s share decreased by 0.77 percentage points. Read more…
SAIC-GM to plug into Tesla’s charging network in China by year-end
SAIC-GM has become the first automaker in China to plug into Tesla’s charging network, with Cadillac and Buick-branded models based on the Ultium platform getting access to some Tesla chargers. Read more…
Rad Power Bikes is shutting down its New York store in latest belt-tightening
Rad Power Bikes, a leading US-based electric bicycle retailer, has just announced that it is closing its New York City retail store. More…
Volkswagen ID.4 GTX range test
The Volkswagen ID.4 GTX is the latest car weâve got for review and we are currently busy putting it through its paces. And while the full set of trials will take a while longer to complete we are now done with the range test, so we figured we might share the findings of that one with you. The ID.4 GTX version comes with a 82 kWh battery of which 77 kWh are available to use. Thatâs among the highest capacities in the price range and its WLTP rating of about 515km sounds very promising. In fact thatâs after the range penalty that comes with the dual motor AWD drive of the 250kW GTX model… More…
Top NEV sellers in China in Oct: BYD No. 1 with 33.7% share, Tesla No. 8 with 3.7% share
In the January-October period, BYD was No. 1 with a 36 percent share, Tesla was No. 2 with 7.8 percent and Nio was No. 9 with 2.1 percent. Read more…
BYD Yangwang U8’s 1st production cars roll off line, deliveries to start soon
On October 20, a local media outlet reported that orders for the Yangwang U8, which was officially launched on September 20, exceeded 30,000 units. Read more…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 9, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. More…
China’s Oct NEV sales up 5.75% MoM to record 956,000, CAAM data show
Excluding exports, China’s NEV sales in October were a record 832,000 units, up 2.9 percent from September. Read more…
CATL is still the king of EV batteries as sales grow by 54%
In the first half of the year, CATL was still the reigning king in terms of EV battery market share. The global EV battery capacity sold in the first six months of 2023 grew 54% compared to the same period last year, reaching over 300GWh, according to Counterpoint Research. During the same period, global EV sales also experienced a 43% year-on-year growth. The leading regions in EV battery installations were China, the US, and Europe, unsurprisingly. CATL’s share of the market was 34%, followed by BYD at 16%, LG at 14%, Panasonic at 8%, SK Innovation and Samsung SDI at 5% each…. More…
Polestar to demonstrate StoreDot’s extreme fast charging battery technology in a prototype EV
Battery innovator StoreDot is collaborating with Polestar on an engineering project to demonstrate how StoreDot’s XFC battery cell technology can be applied to an existing platform, and show what a production-level solution could look like. Following Polestar’s investment in StoreDot, the two companies are working to demonstrate StoreDot’s production-ready XFC technology at full scale in… Read more…
Zeekr formally files for listing in New York under ticker symbol ZK
Zeekr lost RMB 3.87 billion in the first half of this year, up 25.24 percent year-on-year. Its gross margin in the first half of the year was 10.5 percent, up from 9.7 percent in the same period last year. Read more…
