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Toyota will convert Japanese engine plants to build batteries – is it finally coming around to EVs?


Japanese automaker Toyota continues to delve deeper into a Bizarro-mirrored universe in which it actually (sort of) behaves like an EV automaker. Following news earlier this week in which the EV laggards laid out an $5.6 billion investment plan to build batteries, Toyota is already making moves to convert two engine and powertrain plants near its Japanese headquarters to produce EV batteries instead. More…

Does Toyota’s plan to convert engine plants into battery factories signal a stronger EV shift?


Earlier this week, Toyota announced a $5.6 billion investment plan to produce batteries for fully electric vehicles in Japan and the U.S. That includes a $2.5 billion expansion of a North Carolina battery factory barely under construction, adding capacity for EV batteries and very likely suggesting a future commitment to U.S.-built electric… More…

Leading into Labor Day weekend, California asks EV drivers to limit charging


California last week enshrined its 2035 ban on sales of new gasoline vehicles that don’t plug in. And now this week it’s telling the relatively few EV drivers in the state to hold off on plugging in during the afternoons. On Thursday afternoon, leading into the Labor Day long weekend, the state’s Independent System Operator (ISO)… More…

Redwood Materials closes in on search for sites in Europe

After Redwood Materials, founded by ex-Tesla CTO JB Straubel, announced in February that it would build at least two large-scale factories for recycling and battery material production in Europe, the search for a location for this appears to have narrowed considerably. A site in northeastern Germany was among Redwood’s favourites, reports the German Handelsblatt, citing […] More…