EVs
Kia EV Sales Rise for Third Straight Month on Mass Market Lineup
Kia links its May growth to affordable EVs and hybrid SUVs, with the EV2 flagged as the model that could drive higher volumes once it reaches showrooms.
Jun 1, 2026 · 1 min read
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EVs · Asia
China EV Sales Rebound in May While Overcapacity Persists
Deliveries rose for several makers after fresh models arrived with better batteries and driver assistance features, yet excess factory capacity keeps price pressure high across the market.
Jun 1, 2026 · 1 min read
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Polestar 5 outlines 800 volt platform for electric grand tourers
The reddit-electricvehicles discussion covers Polestar plans for battery capacity and power delivery in the upcoming Polestar 5 model aimed at grand touring use.
Jun 1, 2026 · 1 min read
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Musk's 100 GW Solar Plan Runs Into Manufacturing Math
Elon Musk wants SpaceX and Tesla to stand up 100 GW of US solar cell and module capacity in three years. The supply chain says otherwise.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
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Kia PV5's 1000 km Run Shows Where the 400V Ceiling Bites
The PV5 Passenger can cover real distance on the highway, but the charging curve is the story Kia's PBV pitch keeps glossing over.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
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Do Americans Want Chinese EVs? The Tariff Wall Makes It a Hypothetical
A Reddit thread asks what BYD and Xiaomi actually offer beyond cheap labor. The honest answer involves batteries, ADAS rollout speed, and vertical integration.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
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A Model 3 Plaid Is Possible. Tesla's Priorities Say It Is Not Coming.
Lars Moravy says a tri-motor Model 3 lives in his head rent free. The product roadmap, the margin pressure, and the robotaxi pivot say otherwise.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · US
DC's Streetlight EV Chargers, Paid For By Diesel Drivers
Washington is converting lampposts into Level 2 chargers, with the bill landing on diesel fuel sales rather than the city's general fund.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
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Daily Level 1 Charging Is Fine. Here Is What Actually Hurts Your Battery
A new EV owner asks if plugging in every day at work will wreck the pack. The fleet data and the engineering manuals agree: it will not.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
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Where Classic EV Conversions Actually Work, and Where They Don't
France wrote a rulebook, the UK leans on individual approval, and Norway leaves builders stuck. The gap shapes where the conversion trade can grow.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
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Tesla vs BYD Is Not One Scorecard. Here Is What To Watch.
Five decision signals matter more than the headline volume race: BEV-only mix, margins, Europe routing, autonomy revenue, and ownership experience.
May 30, 2026 · 3 min read
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Mercedes-Benz Could Lose the US Over Who Owns Its Shares
A draft bill targeting Chinese ownership of automakers reaches past Chinese brands and lands on Stuttgart, where BAIC and Geely together hold roughly a fifth of the float.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
China's Robotic Hand Race Is an EV Story, Not a Robotics Story
Xiaomi and Li Auto are funding Xynova because the same factories that build their cars need cheaper hands on the line, and soon.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
Lynk & Co 10 undercuts BYD on price, claims to beat it on charging
Geely's premium-leaning brand launches a sub-$25,000 sedan in China and says its peak charging rate tops BYD's Flash Charging, but the spec sheet matters more than the slogan.
May 30, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · Asia
CATL Pushes Sodium-Ion Into Volume Production With a 600 km Range Claim
Wu Kai says CATL will scale sodium-ion cell lines through 2026 with a pack targeting 600 km. The chemistry is finally leaving the pilot stage.
May 30, 2026 · 2 min read
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Honda Backs Nexeon's Silicon-Carbon Anode Bet
Honda is taking an equity stake in UK anode developer Nexeon, betting that blended silicon-carbon chemistry can lift EV energy density without rewriting the cell.
May 28, 2026 · 2 min read
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BYD's Denza Z9GT Hit 97% in 12 Minutes at -22°C. The Cold-Weather Excuse Is Shrinking
If BYD's deep-freeze charging numbers hold up outside a controlled test, the winter-range argument against EVs gets a lot weaker this decade.
May 28, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
Geely's Xingyuan refresh pushes China's best-seller to 480 km
The Geome Xingyuan, already China's top-selling car, gets a longer range and small price bump while Geely cements its lead in the sub-100,000 yuan EV segment.
May 28, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
CATL's Xiamen testbed is the new center of gravity for grid storage
The world's largest battery maker just put a stake in the ground for stationary storage, and it sits next door to its Fujian headquarters.
May 28, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
China's 2026 Auto Standards Plan Targets Chips, AI, and Batteries
Beijing's MIIT is writing the technical rulebook for EVs, vehicle chips, and autonomous driving, and global suppliers will have to read it.
May 27, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
Xpeng ships robotaxis, Tesla ships FSD in China, Nio shouts at the rain
Three signals from a two-week stretch in China: silicon goes in-house, Tesla finally lands its driver-assist stack, and Nio's CEO calls the price war a dead end.
May 27, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · US
US EV Sales Are Stuck. Gas Prices and Subaru May Move Them.
A billboard campaign, a Middle East shock, and a late-arriving Subaru electric crossover all hit the US market at the same uncomfortable moment.
May 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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XPENG's GX Order Wave: 50,000 in May, If It Holds
Deutsche Bank thinks the new GX pushes XPENG to roughly 50,000 May orders, which would be a step change for a company that spent 2023 looking like a write-off.
May 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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Ferrari's Luce Selloff Looks Like Ford's Mach-E Moment
RACE shed about £3 billion in market cap on the Luce reveal, but the playbook here looks a lot like Ford's Mustang Mach-E launch in 2019.
May 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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IEA pegs 2026 EV sales at 23 million. The mix matters more than the headline.
The agency's 28% share forecast hides a widening split between China, Europe, and the US, and that split is now the story automakers have to plan around.
May 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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EV Slowdown? Not Outside the US. Global Sales Grew 20%
The IEA says plug-in sales rose 20 percent in 2025, with China and Europe absorbing most of the growth while US adoption stalls under policy whiplash.
May 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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Reddit Wants A Small Cheap EV. The U.S. Market Doesn't Sell One
A buyer on r/electricvehicles asked for a sub-Bolt commuter with 100 miles of range. The cars exist. Tariffs and homologation keep them out.
May 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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Volvo Bakes Tesla Supercharger Access Into Its Own App in Europe
Volvo drivers in Europe get plug-and-charge style access to more than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers from the Volvo Cars app, skipping the Tesla app entirely.
May 26, 2026 · 2 min read
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Ferrari's Luce reveal: what to watch past the styling
Ferrari is livestreaming its first EV today, but the parts that matter for buyers, cells, charging, and service, are still missing from the official deck.
May 25, 2026 · 2 min read
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XPENG P7+ Review Hype Meets the Pure-Vision ADAS Bet
A reviewer calls it luxury for less. The real story is XPENG dropping lidar on its new flagship sedan and betting its assisted-driving roadmap on cameras alone.
May 25, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · US
What an R2 Deposit Holder Wants, and What Rivian Has Actually Said
A Performance-trim R2 reservation holder posted a wish list on Reddit. Here is what Rivian has confirmed in writing, and what it has not.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Europe
One Polestar Owner's Cargo Mat Hunt Is a Note for the Accessory Team
An r/Polestar post about measuring trunk lips reads as one owner's account, and it points to where official accessory fit could do more work.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · US
Rivian 2026.15 Rollout Appears to Slow, Owners Want a Status Note
A community-run tracker and an owner thread suggest the 2026.15 over-the-air update stopped advancing this week, and Rivian has not said why.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
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NACS Is Becoming the Standard. The Rollout Is the Problem.
A new EV buyer asks why everyone is switching to a plug they have never seen. The answer is messy, and the timeline is longer than the automakers admit.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
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Volvo Promises Another Cheap EV for the US After EX30's Retreat
Volvo says it will build another affordable electric SUV for US buyers after tariffs and supply problems pushed the China-built EX30 off the menu here.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
Xiaomi's Reported 'Sky Nomad' Sub-Brand Splits Battery Bets
A CarNewsChina report says Xiaomi will route its next SUV line to Sunwoda and CALB packs, a single-source claim worth watching but not yet confirmed.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
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EVs Are Mechanically Simple. The Cabin Electronics Are Not.
Drivetrains shed parts. Dashboards added them. Reliability surveys and a new Euro NCAP rule say the cabin is now the failure surface that matters.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
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Skoda Epiq: A €25,000 EV Promise Meets MEB Entry Reality
Skoda's smallest EV is meant to slot under the Elroq at around €25,000. The question is whether VW's MEB Entry platform can hit that price and ship on time.
May 20, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
BYD Seal 08 Brings 1,000 kW Charging and Rear-Wheel Steering to Q2
BYD is pushing its Super e-Platform down a price tier within a year of launch, and pairing it with rear-axle steering on a mainstream sedan.
May 20, 2026 · 3 min read
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What a Digital Twin of an EV Drivetrain Is Actually Worth
A mechatronics student asked Reddit whether a system-level digital twin of an e-drive is industry-relevant. The honest answer is yes, with caveats.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · Asia
China's Battery Fair Quietly Pivots From Hype to Hardware
CIBF 2026 in Shenzhen made the message obvious: Chinese cell makers are done with concept theater and are selling the machines that build the factories.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · Asia
BYD hires Nissan kei veteran for Racco, its Japan-only EV bet
A career kei-car engineer from Nissan moves to BYD's Racco team, signaling BYD treats Japan's 660cc segment as a serious product line rather than a showroom prop.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · Asia
BYD delays Great Tang as preorders outrun Blade Battery 2.0 supply
CarNewsChina reports the refreshed Tang SUV launch has slipped after preorders hit 100,000 and newer Blade cell output could not keep pace.
May 18, 2026 · 2 min read
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GM Builds the New Bolt in Batches of 30. That Is the Whole Trick.
The cheapest new EV in America is cheap because Chevy stopped pretending Fairfax was a high-volume assembly line, and started running it like a job shop.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
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BYD Blade teardown: 170 cells, 40-hour freeze, 8 hours to crack open
A filmed disassembly of BYD's Blade pack put the LFP design through a 40-hour deep freeze before the team spent roughly eight hours pulling out 170 prismatic cells.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · Asia
VW's Refreshed ID. UNYX Bets on XPeng's Brain to Stay Relevant in China
A 60kWh battery, 528km of range, and City NOA via the new CEA architecture: Volkswagen's China joint venture is finally shipping software that looks competitive.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
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The Garage Is The Real EV Onboarding Problem
A used Model Y buyer's first project is not a road trip, it is clearing space to reach a 220-volt outlet, and that says a lot about home charging in 2026.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · US
Renting With a Leaf: The Honest Math on Public-Only Charging
A Reddit renter asked whether a Nissan Leaf works without a home plug. The answer is mostly about your local charger map, not the car.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · Asia
BYD wins appeal against EV blogger, court keeps $293K defamation award
A Chinese appellate court upheld BYD's defamation win over a video creator, locking in a 2 million yuan payout and a court-ordered public apology.
May 18, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · Asia
BYD's Blade 2.0 Survives an 8-Hour Livestream Beating. So What?
A grinder, a saw, and a hammer on a livestream is good marketing. The real test is whether Blade 2.0 clears China's new no-fire-no-explosion rule.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
EVs · Asia
China's robotaxis are the AI agent test case nobody wants to fail
Experts say agentic AI is too risky for healthcare and aerospace. China's robotaxi operators are running that experiment on public roads at scale.
May 18, 2026 · 3 min read
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Sodium-ion's end-of-life problem nobody is funding yet
Cheap sodium cells are coming fast, the chemistry is safer than lithium, and the recycling economics already look broken before the first wave retires.
May 18, 2026 · 4 min read
EVs · US
The $130 EV Fee Is About the Highway Trust Fund, Not EVs
House Republicans want EV owners to pay $130 a year into federal road funding. The number is small. The signal is not.
May 18, 2026 · 2 min read
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Neighborhood Batteries Start Pulling EV Chargers Into the Stack
Community-scale storage is moving from a rooftop-solar buffer into something that can host curbside fast charging, if utilities let it work that way.
May 18, 2026 · 2 min read
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BMW's Cheaper Neue Klasse: Reading The Entry EV Move
BMW is reportedly working on a smaller Neue Klasse car below the iX3 and i3, which says more about cost structure than product line.
May 18, 2026 · 2 min read
EVs · US
NACS won. Now the chargers have to actually work.
The connector war is over. The reliability war is just starting, and it's the one that decides whether EVs become normal.
May 1, 2026 · 2 min read