The latest regulatory filings from the Chinese MIIT reveal new additions to BYD’s fast-growing lineup of NEVs – or New Energy Vehicles. They are the all-electric Sealion 05, hybrid Seal 05, and hybrid Seal 07. The Sealion 05 EV will be the second pure electric model in the Sealion series, following the Sealion 07. This five-seat SUV measures 4,520 mm… Read more…
Stellantis & CATL official confirm plant for LFP battery cells in Spain
Stellantis and CATL have announced that they will form a 50:50 joint venture to establish an LFP battery cell production facility in Spain. The two companies are investing up to 4.1 billion euros in the factory for LFP battery cells in Zaragoza near an existing Stellantis plant. Read more…
Preview drive: 2025 Lucid Gravity reshapes SUV universe
Lucid Gravity follows efficiency approach of Air sedan 450 miles of EPA range, 3.4-sec. 0-60 mph, available third row Grand Touring arriving soon, Touring coming later in 2025 Something felt amiss as I hustled this prototype 2025 Lucid Gravity around cloverleaf ramps near Lucid’s California Bay Area headquarters last week. I’d flown… Read more…
2025 Lucid Gravity First Drive: A Promising Start For A 450-Mile SUV
First impressions are good. But is it enough to take Lucid to the next level?
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BYD enters Peru with launch of 5 NEV models
BYD has launched the Song Pro, Tang, Yuan Up, Seal and BYD Shark in Peru, with plans to open 6 to 7 stores in the country in 2025. Read more…
Hubject and the EasyPark Group become roaming partners
Hubject announces a roaming partnership with the EasyPark Group, making it easier for customers to access over 600,000 charging stations in Europe. The partnership will extend EasyPark’s current reach beyond Sweden, Norway and Slovenia to large parts of mainland Europe. Read more…
Archer commercializes air taxis in Abu Dhabi
Archer Aviation has signed a cooperation agreement with companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to advance the development of electric air taxi operations in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. The cooperation also aims to see Archer manufacturing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Abu Dhabi. Read more…
Electric hydrofoil by Vessev goes into commercial operation
The New Zealand company Vessev has received commercial approval for its VS-9 electric hydrofoil. The first customer, Fullers360, plans to put it into operation in Auckland on 29 January 2025. Read more…
Details of three new vehicles from BYD leaked through MIIT filings
The latest regulatory filings from the Chinese MIIT reveal new additions to BYD’s fast-growing lineup of NEVs – or New Energy Vehicles. They are the all-electric Sealion 05, hybrid Seal 05, and hybrid Seal 07. The Sealion 05 EV will be the second pure electric model in the Sealion series, following the Sealion 07. This five-seat SUV measures 4,520 mm… Read more…
BYD Fang Cheng Bao unveils new Tai lineup, 1st model coming in H1 2025
The Tai lineup becomes Fang Cheng Bao’s second major product series after the Bao series, and will focus primarily on the family car market. Read more…
Hyundai starts accepting orders for the Inster in Germany
Hyundai Germany is now accepting orders for all variants of the Inster small electric car. The basic version is available from 23,900 euros, with the large battery the Inster starts at 25,400 euros. Read more…
Avatr follows up with the Avatr 06 electric mid-size sedan
The Avatr brand from Changan, CATL and Huawei has unveiled its Avatr 06 mid-size sedan. It is technically related to the recently unveiled Avatr 07 crossover and, like the latter, will be launched on the Chinese market as a purely electric car and as a hybrid with range extender. Read more…
Xiaomi’s new electric SUV is called the YU7
The name, images and some key technical data for Xiaomi’s second electric model have now been released from the registration application in China. The electric SUV will be called YU7 and will be five metres long. Read more…
Automakers’ share of China NEV market in Nov: BYD tops with 32.9%, Tesla 4th with 5.8%
In the January-November period, BYD ranked first in China’s NEV market with a 34.5 percent share, while Tesla ranked third with a 6.0 percent share. Read more…
Watch now: EV Infrastructure Virtual Conference starts today
The Charged Virtual Conference on EV Infrastructure starts today, Tuesday, December 10th, 2024. Join us here. This free-to-attend conference is broadcasting December 10 – 12, 2024, and will feature live presentations, interactive Q&As, on-demand webinars, and whitepaper downloads. All live webcast sessions will also be recorded and available on demand after the event. The virtual… Read more…
It’s Getting Cheaper To Charge At Tesla Superchargers
EV drivers in the United States and Europe have noticed slight price reductions in the past week. Read more…
CATL, Stellantis to form JV to jointly build battery plant in Spain
CATL and Stellantis will build a $4.26 billion battery plant in Spain with a designed annual capacity of 50 GWh. Read more…
Making powertrains faster with the aid of AI
Monumo has used two forms of artificial intelligence (AI)
to speed the development of powertrain systems for e-mobility, writes Nick Flaherty.
Time pressures often limit collaboration between sub-system teams in the early stages of design, which means genuine system-level optimisation is limited, said Simon Shepherd, head of hardware development at Monumo. Read more…
China EV insurance registrations for week ending Dec 8: Nio 3,700, Tesla 21,900, Xiaomi 5,400, BYD 85,000
Li Auto had 12,600 insurance registrations last week, Xpeng 7,000, Zeekr 5,400, Leapmotor 8,500 and Aito 6,000. Read more…
BYD makes regulatory filings for multiple models
BYD has filed for the all-electric Sealion 05, hybrid Seal 05, and hybrid Seal 07, with the Sealion 07 starting to be offered in variants with a more performance-oriented DM-p system. Read more…