BMW Maps Debuts Unified 3D Navigation and Driver-Assist View in the iX3 This October
BMW will push a redesigned BMW Maps to cars running Operating System X from October 2026, starting with the iX3. Navigation, 3D surroundings and...
Articles on Electric Vehicles
Hongqi built the first perovskite solar sunroof: 400 kWh a year, but the 80 km promise needs 12 m² of panels
FAW Hongqi put perovskite solar cells into the panoramic roof of its EHS7 SUV: 300 watts of output, about 400 kWh a year. Our own math shows what...
Ubitricity and Deftpower enable smart charging at 1,500 Dutch public charge points via OCPI 2.2.1
Ubitricity and Deftpower are expanding smart charging in the Netherlands. At 1,500 public points, charging sessions are shifted away from peak load...
Aptera solar EV: TÜV confirms 4.23–4.75 kWh/day from parking in the sun
TÜV Rheinland measured energy reaching the battery, not the panel: 4.23 kWh on a parked car, 4.75 kWh with the hatch raised. That is 67–76 km at...
Asahi Kasei Opens Wet-Process Battery Separator Line in Charlotte
Asahi Kasei has opened a new coating line for Hipore wet-process battery separators in Charlotte, North Carolina, with commercial production due in...
Continental recycled EV tyre: 43 % recycled materials and top rolling resistance
Continental has built a concept tyre for the EU ZEvRA project using around 43 % recycled materials. It also achieves the top EU label for rolling...
Geely’s 1,000-volt plan: what 5.5-minute 10–80% charging means for families
Geely is developing a 1,000-volt EV architecture after a Lynk & Co 01 added 10–80% in 5 minutes 32 seconds. We explain what the numbers mean and...
Europe EV sales jump 51% in July, taking a quarter of new-car market
In July, one in four new cars registered in Europe was fully electric. Sales rose 51% year on year to 277,006 EVs, with France and Germany leading...
Yolin $899 battery charging cabinet tested: 90-min fire resistance, 6 outlets
Electrek reviewed Yolin's lithium-ion battery charging cabinet. We ran our own numbers for European e-bike and EV owners charging at home — what...
Pink crystal sauna in Skellefteå powered by EV batteries: inside the V2G test
Skellefteå Kraft is testing vehicle-to-building power with a pink lithium-crystal sauna. The installation draws electricity from EV batteries and...
CATL Buys 24.9% of Qiyuan Green Power for $370M, Becoming China's Biggest Truck Swap Operator
CATL pays 2.56 billion yuan ($370 million) for 24.87% of Qiyuan Green Power, adding 1,600-plus heavy-truck swap stations to its own 300-station Qiji...
Rivian OS 2.0 brings Waze alerts to all R1S, R1T and R2 EVs — including first-gen
Rivian's 2026.31 update will port the R2's Rivian OS 2.0 to older R1S and R1T models, adding Waze real-time alerts. No CarPlay — but owners get a...
