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 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...
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 7, 2026 | Battery Technology, Policy & Regulations
On 1 September China started taxing the lithium battery. A 2% consumption tax now sits on every lithium-ion cell made or sold in the country, and it rises to 4% next September. Sodium-ion and solid-state cells pay nothing until 2029. Most of the coverage filed this...
