Oct 5, 2026 | Battery Technology, e-Bikes, Electric Vehicles
An e-bike battery is sold on three numbers: voltage (V), amp-hours (Ah) and watt-hours (Wh). Multiply the first two to get the third — a 48-volt, 14-amp-hour pack holds 672 watt-hours — and watt-hours is the one that predicts how far you will ride. The number that...
Oct 1, 2026 | Battery Technology, Charging & Infrastructure, Electric Vehicles
Geely is buying 30% of Nio’s battery-swapping arm at a valuation of about 16 billion yuan ($2.2 billion), and the market is reading it as the moment car battery-swapping finally cleared the problem that has always defined it: nobody else’s cars can use the...
Sep 29, 2026 | Battery Technology, Electric Vehicles, Policy & Regulations
China launched more than 600 new vehicle models in the first half of 2026 — close to four a day — and the man whose company builds the batteries in a third of them thinks that is the problem. At the World Power Battery Conference in Yibin in early September, CATL...
Sep 28, 2026 | Boats, Electric Vehicles
A Candela C-8 electric hydrofoil carries a 69 kWh battery and covers 57 nautical miles at 20 knots. A conventional electric boat with a 110 kWh pack — 60% more battery — manages 20 to 30. The bigger battery loses. The reason is not the cells or the motor. It is a wave...
Sep 24, 2026 | Battery Technology, Cars, Electric Vehicles
Denza, BYD’s premium marque, launched the Z9S on 23 September 2026 with a record bolted to the press release: at 1,100 km on China’s CLTC cycle, it is the longest-range mass-produced electric car on sale. The figure is genuine. It is also the least...
Sep 18, 2026 | Electric Vehicles, Policy & Regulations
Europe’s electric-car share hit a record 30.5% in August, and the number travelled around the world in a day. It is real, and it is misleading. The figure covers one month, in sixteen hand-picked markets, compiled by an electric-vehicle industry group. The...
