Electric Vehicles

This was over a month ago, but I still think it's fitting as an electric vehicle. Reminder that it's possible to power cargo ships using batteries and electric motors.

China's EV manufacturers have a new target market in mind: commercial trucks.

Europe's legacy heavy-duty trucking segment could soon face some serious competition.

Trucks built by Chinese automakers could beat out current battery-electric truck prices by 30%.

CATL has obtained a new patent for solid-state batteries and secured a large supply of copper foil. Both developments indicate CATL's progress in the pilot development of a sulfide-based solid-state battery, which, according to media reports, is expected to achieve an energy density of 500 Wh/kg.

Hello! I just wanted to say that Hyundai Ioniq (first generation) is the best EV ~~for me~~

Reasons:

• Quite cheap (compared to other EV's)
• Great range (if only it mattered this much)
• Good cargo space

And the most important thing

• KNOBS! (oh god I hate and obsolutely despise touchscreen-only controls)

I acknowledge Nissan Leaf exist and I give it superiority over ioniq in design but only the pre-facelift model. Haha funny frog car. I love it :)

That's it. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

If you know any more EV's with knobs and buttons, share your sacred knowledge in the comments.

the 1,500 kW output is only possible, as noted during the event in China, when both of the Flash Charger’s charging cables are used simultaneously.

My wife and I need to get another car and after test driving a few different EV vehicles we are thinking about getting the Kia EV6. Anyone have one that they love / hate? Anything we should know? This would be our first electric vehicle.

BYD Co. is considering building a plant in Canada and is studying the Canadian market for a potential manufacturing facility.

The company is open to acquiring a more established global automaker, with Executive Vice President Stella Li saying "we're open to every opportunity we have".

Japan's Honda expects to book extra costs of almost $16 billion as it recalibrates its electric vehicle strategy. It blamed US policy changes and tariffs in part, as well as reduced competitiveness in Asia.

Company executives have met with China’s Xiaomi and Xpeng to discuss options for an overhaul of Stellantis in Europe, including acquiring stakes in Maserati or other brands

China’s total vehicle sales declined 15.4% year-on-year to 1.801 million units in February 2026, following a 3.2% fall in the previous month, according to data from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

This marked the sharpest drop since February 2024, as the end of a tax break for electric vehicles and reduced government subsidies amplified the usual slowdown in demand during the Lunar New Year holiday period.

Sales of new energy vehicles (NEVs) dropped 14% to 765 thousand units, highlighting continued weakness in demand for new-energy cars.

Sales at home plunged 34.2% to 950 thousand units, partially offsetting a 58% surge in exports, which totaled 586 thousand units.

For the January-February period, total vehicle sales were down 10.7%, with domestic sales falling 26% while exports jumped 54%.

However, the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has clouded the outlook for exports, as the region accounted for around one-fifth of China’s vehicle exports last year.

The nation’s antitrust watchdog also ordered the carmaker to rectify its deceptive marketing practices. According to the authority’s investigation, the carmaker concealed the actual battery supplier for several models — the EQE and EQS EVs — and promoted as if all of the vehicles were equipped with batteries from CATL, the world’s largest battery maker.

Mercedes-Benz Korea and its German headquarters were already aware of the battery suppliers, but deliberately deleted information on Farasis in its sales guide here, according to the FTC investigation. The local subsidiary received education materials on the battery suppliers for each EV lineup from the German headquarters in May 2021.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/35122384

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It is keeping initial costs low with a plan that allows customers to pay a separate fee of 2.6 rupees per kilometer for battery usage.