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BYD Reaches 15 Million Plugin Vehicles In Crazy Time
In November 2024, BYD reached cumulative production of 10 million plugin vehicles (or “new energy vehicles” as they are called in China). Just 13 months later, in December 2025, the company reached 15 million. That’s stunning growth. From 10 million cumulative vehicles produced to 15 million in just over a ... [continued]
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BYD Rises in Europe as Tesla Falls, More Than Tripling Sales
As Zach mentioned yesterday, The Guardian reported data from ACEA showing that Tesla sold 12,130 vehicles in Europe in November, down from 18,430 last year, while the overall market grew slightly. Tesla’s market share shrank from 2.1% to 1.4%. However, while Tesla staggered, BYD’s sales growth accelerated in the EU, ... [continued]
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The China EV Flywheel And Why Exports Will Keep Rising
Most Western analysis of the automotive transition still carries a quiet but profound blind spot. China is often treated as one large market among several, occasionally acknowledged as the largest, but rarely internalized as the market that now determines global scale, cost curves, and learning rates. This is not a ... [continued]
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CATL Battery Factory in Spain, Lithium Mine in Yichun
CATL is the largest EV battery producer in the world. It continues to progress, with the latest news being a factory under construction in Spain and restarting of a lithium mine in China. CATL + Stellantis Battery Factory in Spain The US and Japan led on electric vehicles for a ... [continued]
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Electric Door Handles — What Did Elon Know, And When Did He Know It?
Tesla has put its customers at risk by relying on electrically activated door locks and downplaying mechanical locks.
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Arcfox & Deepal Get China’s First L3 Autonomous Driving License Plates
You may be familiar with China’s green license plates for electric vehicles. They help people to notice which vehicles are electric and which aren’t. Now there’s apparently a new kind of license plate, and the first four of them have been delivered in Chongqing and Beijing. I reported last week ... [continued]
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Humanoid Robot Battery Production — CATL Achieves A World First
The world’s leading battery producer, CATL, has decided to flex some of its robot muscles this month. It has revealed the first humanoid robot battery production line…. That is, a battery production line “manned” by humanoid robots. First of all, yes, these humanoid robots have apparently replaced human workers. In ... [continued]
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Leapmotor Expects 2025 Profitability, Launching EV with Airline-Like Seats
Leapmotor feels like “the little EV company that could” to me (a reference to The Little Engine That Could for those from a certain time period). The company was formed in late 2015 and launched its first car in June 2019, in the middle of an already quite big and ... [continued]
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EVs At 35.2% Share In Germany – Incentives Reboot?
November saw plugin EVs at 35.2% share in Germany, up from 22.8% share year-on-year. BEV volume increased by 59% YoY, while PHEVs grew 57%. Overall auto volume was 250,671 units, up some 2.5% YoY. November’s best-selling BEV was the Volkswagen ID.7. November’s auto sales saw combined EVs at 35.2% share ... [continued]
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State of Commercial Electrification — 2026 Outlook
By Proterra Team The commercial electrification market is entering 2026 in transition. Regulatory frameworks are being rewritten. Federal incentives are under review. OEMs face uncertainty about which compliance standards will govern their products. 2026 will be a year of clarification; some applications will prove economically viable now while others will ... [continued]
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California Records One of Its Single Largest Drops in Climate Pollution on Record
Renewables peak as fossil fuel power generation reaches historic low, while transportation emissions also plummet While not on target to reach 2030 climate goals, state continues to close the gap SAN FRANCISCO — In one of California’s single largest year-over-year emissions reductions on record, the state lowered its climate pollution ... [continued]
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Lexus Introduces the Special Edition RZ 600e “F SPORT Performance” to the Dedicated Battery-Electric RZ Lineup
Delivering Further Dynamic Evolution Through the “Always On” Philosophy Building on the RZ 550e “F SPORT,” with its fully redesigned battery EV system and the introduction of Steer-by-Wire technology, the model further deepens the driving appeal established by the RZ 450e “F SPORT Performance.” Delivers powerful and stable driving performance ...
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Taking Stock of the Trump Administration’s Assault on the Environment at One Year
Our nation’s environment, energy security, and public health is suffering, and the United States has become a drag on the energy revolution it was poised to lead. Since taking office last January, the Trump administration has waged the worst assault in history on the environment and public health. It has ... [continued]
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New Passenger & Car Ferry From Incat Is 100% Electric
Incat in Tasmania has completed a battery electric fast ferry for service between Argentina and Uruguay, thanks to European technology.
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The Aravalli Baseline Problem
In light of the recent judgement by the Supreme Court of India on the definition of what constitutes the Aravalli, mainstream media has been busy asking doomsday questions on the consequences if they are lost forever. These sharply worded posts channel and amplify outrage. But they imply inevitability and closure ... [continued]
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