Sep 21, 2026 | Battery Technology
CATL supplied 39.9% of the world’s electric-vehicle batteries in the first half of 2026 and does not build a single car. BYD supplied 14.4% and put almost all of them in its own vehicles. That one difference — merchant versus captive — decides what a battery...
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 15, 2026 | Battery Technology, Charging & Infrastructure
BYD’s new Denza N8L, launched on 14 September 2026, charges its 130 kWh pack from 10% to 70% in five minutes and to 97% in nine. That five-minute burst alone means roughly 900 kilowatts flowing into a single car. No public charger outside BYD’s own network...
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 14, 2026 | Battery Technology
Lithium manganese iron phosphate — LMFP — is lithium iron phosphate with manganese swapped in for some of the iron. That one substitution raises the cell’s working voltage from about 3.2 volts to roughly 3.7, and with it the energy density: manufacturers quote...
