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The BrightVolt Take: France’s Fix for Too Much Solar

The BrightVolt Take: France’s Fix for Too Much Solar

Oct 22, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids

France has run up roughly 800 hours of negative or zero wholesale electricity prices in 2026, an all-time high — and already more than the whole of 2025 with a quarter of the year still to run. The government’s answer, fleshed out this month, is the right one....
Battery Swap vs Flash Charging: the Peak-Week Test

Battery Swap vs Flash Charging: the Peak-Week Test

Oct 21, 2026 | Charging & Infrastructure, Electric Vehicles

Over China’s seven-day National Day holiday, Nio’s battery-swap network performed 1,192,221 swaps and BYD’s megawatt flash-charging network delivered about 1.22 million charges. The two totals are within three percent of each other. That near-tie is...
China’s Holiday EV Charging Hit a Record. So Did the Waits

China’s Holiday EV Charging Hit a Record. So Did the Waits

Oct 15, 2026 | Charging & Infrastructure

Over China’s eight-day National Day holiday, electric vehicles drew 163 million kilowatt-hours from expressway chargers — up 51 percent on a year earlier, and a record 28 million kWh on October 1 alone. The network carried it. At a handful of service areas,...
The BrightVolt Take: Geely’s Nio Deal Won’t Fix Car Swapping

The BrightVolt Take: Geely’s Nio Deal Won’t Fix Car Swapping

Oct 1, 2026 | Battery Technology, Charging & Infrastructure, Electric Vehicles

Geely is buying 30% of Nio’s battery-swapping arm at a valuation of about 16 billion yuan ($2.2 billion), and the market is reading it as the moment car battery-swapping finally cleared the problem that has always defined it: nobody else’s cars can use the...
BYD Unveils Revolutionary 5-Minute EV battery Charging Technology

BYD Unveils Revolutionary 5-Minute EV battery Charging Technology

Mar 31, 2025 | Battery Technology, Cars, Charging & Infrastructure, Electric Vehicles

BYD Unveils Revolutionary 5-Minute EV battery Charging Technology Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD has announced a groundbreaking new battery technology that promises to significantly reduce charging times. The company unveiled its “Super e-Platform”...