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 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 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
China threw away an estimated 360 terawatt-hours of wind and solar in the first half of 2026 — more clean electricity than the entire country’s power demand grew by, and up 49% on a year earlier. In the same six months it switched on 30 gigawatts of new coal....
