ACEA-backed study: Europe's battery capacity falls short of the EU's localisation plans
A study commissioned by ACEA says Europe's battery supply chain cannot meet the local-content rules planned in the Industrial Accelerator Act. The...
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Milence opens Belgian truck hub with megawatt chargers up to 1.5 MW
Milence has opened its 39th European charging hub in Temse, Belgium: eight truck bays, four of them with megawatt charging up to 1.5 MW, at...
GM led a $108M round for sodium-ion grid storage, and the cells stay out of EVs
GM Ventures led a $108 million Series B in Peak Energy. The sodium-ion cells will be built in GM's Michigan labs for grid storage, not electric cars,...
Refreshed Li Auto i6 covers 811 km on a single charge in an urban test
Li Auto drove its refreshed i6 811.4 km on a 96 kWh pack and streamed it live. The 11.8 kWh/100 km average came from a 45 km/h urban loop in mild...
Chery launches 1.44 MW Volt-Dragon charger in China, claims 10 to 97% in 6 min 50 s
Chery showed a 1.44 MW charger it says fills a battery from 10 to 97 per cent in 6 minutes 50 seconds. Here is what the number means, and why no...
Tesla Q3 2026: FSD slips to Q2 2027, capex cut to $20B, BMW iX5 hits 460 kW
Tesla pushed unsupervised FSD to Q2 2027, cut 2026 capex to $20 billion and saw energy revenue fall 16%. BMW's iX5 logged 460 kW. What those charging...
Huawei's Yinwang joins CATL's Choco-swap network of 2,520 battery swap stations
Huawei's car unit Yinwang has signed a framework deal with CATL and CAES to make Qiankun-equipped cars compatible with the 2,520-station Choco-swap...
Fraunhofer ISE silicon-anode cell: 1,000 cycles, 83% capacity, 280 Wh/kg
A 25 Ah pouch cell with a silicon-rich anode survived 1,000 full cycles at 83 per cent capacity. The catch: it needed about 10 bar of external...
Electrify America opens largest hub yet: 24 chargers at 350 kW near Disney World in Orlando
Electrify America's biggest site so far has 24 CCS chargers at up to 350 kW in Orlando, Florida. What the bay count means for a family stop, and how...
Spotify's own in-car app arrives first on Audi A6 e-tron and Q6 e-tron, outside Google's template
Spotify has built its first in-car app that draws its own interface instead of filling a Google template. It comes first to the Audi A6 e-tron and Q6...
England drops planning permission for cross-pavement EV chargers, saving households up to £300
From 21 October 2026, households in England can run a charging cable across the pavement without planning permission. The government says it saves up...
BYD Danza D9 and Z9 GT: 115 kWh, 850 kW, and 100 Flash Chargers for Indonesia
BYD launched its renamed Danza brand in Indonesia with the D9 MPV and Z9 GT. A 115 kWh pack goes 10–97 % in 9:43. We convert that into kW, euros...
