The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors achieved a turnover of 235 million US dollars in the first quarter. Lucid was able to reduce its net loss – and has also confirmed its forecast for the full year 2025. Read more…
Tesla Cybertruck Range Extender Is Officially Dead
Tesla quietly killed off the Tesla Cybertruck’s $16,000 Range Extender and refunded reservations. Read more…
BYD & Tsingshan pull out of Chile lithium projects
The Chinese EV maker BYD and the metals group Tsingshan have announced that they will no longer be involved in the construction of lithium cathode plants in Chile, following a drop in lithium prices. The companies had previously announced separate plans to make multi-million dollar investments in the country. Read more…
CATL launches Tener Stack energy storage system with massive 9 MWh capacity
Tener Stack is capable of charging around 150 EVs or powering an average home for six years.
It is the world’s first production-ready 9 MWh ultra-high-capacity energy storage system solution.
Poland lures Ascend Elements battery recycling with a grant worth millions
Poland’s Ministry of Economic Development and Technology has offered the US EV battery recycling specialists, Ascend Elements, the equivalent of up to 290 million euros in funding to support the construction of a production facility for recycled cathode material in Poland. Read more…
Geely wants to delist Zeekr from the stock exchange again
The Chinese automotive group Geely has announced that it will delist its electric car subsidiary Zeekr from the New York Stock Exchange. Just one year after the successful stock market debut of Zeekr, Geely is planning to buy up the shares of the other shareholders and consolidate its automotive activities. Read more…
BYD aims for half of its sales to come from outside China by 2030, report says
BYD now believes it has the right products to replicate its success in China in overseas markets, according to Reuters.
This growth will be driven by expansion in Europe and Latin America.
Arriva adds new electric buses to London routes
Bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis has delivered the first of 30 new electric buses to Arriva London, which will operate them on Transport for London (TfL) routes across the city. They’ll initially be deployed on the SL6 Superloop route, which connects the outskirts of London with the city centre. Read more…
NYC could soon kick electric bikes out of Central Park
After going car-free on Central Park’s main drives in 2018, the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation has been preparing to wrap up a study on electric bike usage in Central Park. The results will help decide whether those electric bicycles will still be permitted inside the park. Read more…
China NEV retail at 922,000 in Apr, up 37% year-on-year, preliminary CPCA data show
China’s NEV penetration at retail stood at 52.3 percent in April and 48.31 percent year-to-date.
Wholesale sales of NEVs in April were 1.142 million units, up 41 percent year-on-year and up 1 percent from March.
BYD launches hybrid Sealion 07 DM-i, starts at $23,460
The Sealion 07 DM-i is a sister model to the all-electric Sealion 07 EV and the fourth model in BYD’s Sealion family.
The Sealion family sold 26,220 units in April, up 44.66 percent from 18,125 in March.
17 US states sues against the federal government’s charging subsidy stop
Legal resistance has formed in the USA against the Trump administration’s freeze on the nationwide allocation of new funding for charging infrastructure. California and 16 other states have now filed a lawsuit against the US government – with the aim of having Trump’s directives declared unlawful. Read more…
Royal Mail trials electric trucks for first time
The British postal service is testing out two 19-tonne electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to assess their performance compared to Royal Mail’s existing fleet of traditional trucks and lorries. The service is already set to deploy over 7000 small and medium-sized electric vans by 2027, but this will be the first time that it tests out larger electric vehicles. Read more…
Hyundai’s China JV debuts Elexio all-electric SUV in comeback effort
Beijing Hyundai has completed the debut of the Elexio, saying it aims to launch a comeback bid by a joint venture automaker in China.
This year could be an important one for joint ventures in China to launch comeback efforts in the EV market.
Silicon nitrade ceramics help heat dissipation
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan is working with NGK Insulators to standardise evaluation methods for measuring thermal diffusivity of thin substrates, writes Nick Flaherty. Read more…
BYD withdraws plans to build lithium plant in Chile as lithium prices plunge
BYD and Tsingshan are backing out of multimillion-dollar plans to build lithium cathode plants in Chile, according to Reuters.
Both projects have been hit by plummeting lithium prices.
This Port of LA terminal just ditched all propane forklifts for electric
SSA Marine just pulled off a major clean energy win at the Port of Los Angeles. The global terminal operator has officially transitioned its entire fleet of forklifts at Berth 55 from propane to electric, making it the company’s first terminal to run 100% zero-emissions cargo handling equipment. Read more…
USTPO shuts down Tesla’s attempt to trademark ‘Robotaxi’ term
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USTPO) has denied Tesla’s attempt to trademark the term “Robotaxi”. which it has been using to refer to its long-promised self-driving vehicles. Read more…
Tesla confirms it has given up on its Cybertruck range extender to achieve promised range
Tesla has confirmed it has given up on plans to make a Cybertruck range extender to achieve the range it originally promised on the electric pickup truck. Read more…
‘A Trump Gift To China’: 17 States Sue Over EV Charger Funding Freeze
Trump’s Department of Transportation stopped new EV charging in February. Now, states are hitting back hard. Read more…
