Sep 16, 2026 | Battery Technology, Charging & Infrastructure, Electric Vehicles, Trucks
At IAA Transportation 2026 in Hanover, Europe’s electric trucks stopped competing on range. MAN’s new eTGX claims up to 720 km on a charge, Volvo’s FH Aero Electric up to 700, and BYD’s ETT 44 around 600 — roughly a full legal day’s...
Sep 14, 2026 | Electric Vehicles, Policy & Regulations
China’s new plan for its car industry sets one headline target: new-energy vehicles should reach 70% of passenger-car sales by 2030. The market already passed 65% in August. Five points over five years, against a number the market is brushing this year — that...
Sep 9, 2026 | Battery Technology, Electric Vehicles
On 4 September Li Auto paid 2.65 billion yuan, about $390 million, for 8.79% of Sunwoda EVB — a board seat at China’s seventh-largest battery maker, so it can design its own cells and pay someone else to build them. It is the third premium Chinese carmaker,...
Sep 2, 2026 | Electric Vehicles, Policy & Regulations
For the first time, BYD earns more from the rest of the world than from China. Overseas revenue reached 181.3 billion yuan in the first half of 2026 — 52.6% of the total, up 34% on a year earlier — while revenue at home fell 31%. The largest maker of electric cars on...
Aug 29, 2026 | Boats, Electric Vehicles
An electric boat is a much harder problem than an electric car, and the reason people reach for first — batteries do not hold enough energy — is the least of it. A battery pack carries roughly a twentieth of the usable energy of the same weight of diesel. That wall is...
Aug 27, 2026 | Electric Vehicles, Other, Trucks
A single diesel mine haul truck can burn through more than $850,000 of fuel in a year while never leaving a fixed loop inside the pit. That combination — an enormous fuel bill and a completely predictable route — is why the vehicles electrifying fastest on pure...
