Aug 14, 2026 | Battery Technology, Cars, Electric Vehicles
BYD opened pre-orders for the Sealion 08 on 13 August, and the two numbers doing the rounds are 900 km of range and a charge from 10% to 97% in nine minutes. Both are real claims from BYD. Both mean something different from what they sound like. The car itself is...
Aug 2, 2026 | Cars, Electric Vehicles
Geely showed the Galaxy Cruiser 700 in China in the last week of July, and in Milan on 26 July: a boxy plug-in hybrid off-roader with 830 kW, or 1,113 horsepower, from a petrol engine and three electric motors. That power figure is real and it is remarkable for the...
Aug 1, 2026 | Cars, Electric Vehicles
Leapmotor’s refreshed B01 saloon and B10 SUV went on sale in China on 16 July from ¥95,800 and ¥99,800 — about $14,100 and $14,700. The long-range versions carry an 800-volt silicon-carbide platform, peak at 210 kW on DC, and claim 670 km and 610 km on the CLTC...
Aug 1, 2026 | Cars, Electric Vehicles
Xiaomi opened pre-sales of the SkyNomad on 30 July at ¥259,900 for the N70 Max and ¥299,900 for the N90 Max — about $38,400 and $44,200. Lei Jun claimed the N70 Max has the longest pure-electric range of any production extended-range vehicle in the world, at 505 km on...
Jul 30, 2026 | Battery Technology, Electric Vehicles
A Chinese electric car advertising 1,000 km of range and an American one advertising 500 km may cover almost the same distance on the same road. The gap is mostly the test, not the car: CLTC figures run roughly 35% above EPA ratings, and WLTP roughly 22% above, which...
