The Freelander 8’s pre-sales price after incentives starts at 329,900 yuan ($48,650), with official pricing to be announced at the launch event. Read more…
A new solution for flame-retardant tapes in EVs and energy storage applications: CleanTape® FR (Webinar)
Henkel introduces LOCTITE SOLVE, an AI-powered virtual adhesives hub to accelerate EV component design and optimize battery manufacturing simulations. Read more…
Waymo believes Tesla is climbing the wrong mountain
Every hiker (even a weekend warrior like yours truly) knows the sickening feeling of a false summit. You sweat for hours, legs aching, lungs burning, 100% convinced that the final peak is just over the next ridge – only to climb over it and discover a near-vertical rock face stretching into what feels like the clouds themselves. In the multi-billion-dollar… Read more…
VW’s €20,000 electric car likely to be named ID. Up
Volkswagen’s planned electric small car for 2027, with a base price of around €20,000, will be called ID. Up and not ID.1 – according to a Spanish media report. The publication writes that VW has already finalised the model’s name as ID. Up. Read more…
BYD Q2 profit jumps 30% as record exports offset weak China sales
BYD posted its first quarterly profit increase in more than a year, with second-quarter net profit rising 29.8% to 8.2 billion yuan ($1.22 billion) as a record surge in exports offset a weak Chinese market. Read more…
Volkswagen unveils the first California EV camper, and it’s based on the ID. Buzz [Images]
The ID. California Cruise is Volkswagen’s first fully electric California camper. Based on the ID. Buzz, the camper van comes with a bed, window blinds, and other camping gear. Read more…
Renewables’ installed capacity to beat natural gas within a year – EIA data
Including new small-scale solar, renewables’ capacity is likely to surpass natural gas by summer 2027 or sooner, according to new data just released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), and reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. Read more…
Huawei-Dongfeng’s Epicland weighs battery-swap model as more new brands explore similar moves
If the plan materializes, Epicland would be among the first brands in Huawei’s automotive partnership ecosystem to explore battery swapping. Read more…
Indian bus operator Fresh Bus adds 400 electric buses to ChargeZone’s charging network
ChargeZone expands its EV charging network in India with 400 new electric buses from Fresh Bus, adding 30 MW capacity across 20 cities and 17 towns. Read more…
Nickel exposure at CATL plant in Hungary
The occupational safety authority in CATL’s battery plant in Debrecen, Hungary, has temporarily suspended work in three areas when nine employees were found to have experienced elevated nickel exposure. The incident affects CATL amid the already delayed ramp-up of its cell production. Read more…
UK order books are open for Chery’s first all-electric SUV
Lepas has confirmed full UK specifications for the new L6 EV, the Chery brand’s first all-electric SUV. The L6 EV offers up to 279 miles of range. Order books are due to open early in the fourth quarter of 2026. UK customers can choose between two trim levels. Read more…
Wheel-E Podcast: Powerful Bafangs, cops on Sur-Rons, Qronge, more
This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new e-bikes from Flit and SONDORS (yep, that one), testing a battery charging cabinet and the Qronge e-moto, London cops riding Sur-Rons, and more. Read more…
Private equity bribed Trump $1M, then got $900M for a methane terminal
The largest benefactor of the Interior Department’s most recent illegal wind buyout is an Australian-American billionaire whose private equity firm will receive $900 million in exchange for a stake in a methane gas terminal in Louisiana. The near-billion-dollar buyout comes after the same billionaire gave a $1 million bribe to the originator of the deal. Read more…
IM Motors launches all-new L6 sedan to take on Tesla and Xiaomi
The all-new L6 starts at a limited-time promotional price of 199,900 yuan ($29,480) and offers up to 850 km of CLTC range. Read more…
BYD H1 profit falls 20.5% as overseas growth fails to offset China weakness
Overseas expansion lifted gross margin to 18.85%, but NEV weakness and foreign-exchange losses weighed on profit. Read more…
600 Wh/kg energy density is here – almost
Colin Chapman’s sacred motorsport gospel – “Simplify, then add lightness” – has taken a proper beating in the electric era. Every time I fling a modern, high-voltage missile into a tight hairpin, I can feel the tortured rubber screaming under the mass of it all. We have built remarkable machines with earth-shattering torque, but the dirty secret beneath every carbon-trimmed… Read more…
Study highlights potential solutions to economic barriers in battery recycling
Recycling EV batteries is currently not economically viable in Europe even thought it is technically well advanced. A study conducted as part of the EU project called Safeloop estimates the current loss at around 1.90 euros per kilogram of battery pack. Researchers estimate this could be rectified with different approaches – particularly in business models and more efficient processes. Read more…
Hubject advances Plug&Charge in Japan in collaboration with Plugo
The roaming specialist Hubject is advancing Plug&Charge initiative with a cooperation in Japan. There, the Berlin-based company is joining forces with Plugo, a charging infrastructure company that wants to implement Plug&Charge in the Japanese market. Read more…
Nio Onvo L60 deliveries reach 110,000 as August sales rebound
The L60 delivered at least 3,201 units in the first 28 days of August, compared to 4,949 units in July. Read more…
The electric camper van ID. California Cruise is on its way!
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is presenting the ID. California Cruise at the Caravan Salon 2026 – the first representative of a new all-electric California family. The recreational vehicle is based on the ID. Buzz Pro. Prices for the electric camper in the Bulli format start at 60,761 euros. Read more…
