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The BrightVolt Take: China’s EV Boom Is Outrunning Battery Validation

The BrightVolt Take: China’s EV Boom Is Outrunning Battery Validation

Sep 29, 2026 | Battery Technology, Electric Vehicles, Policy & Regulations

China launched more than 600 new vehicle models in the first half of 2026 — close to four a day — and the man whose company builds the batteries in a third of them thinks that is the problem. At the World Power Battery Conference in Yibin in early September, CATL...
Waymo Is Importing Chinese Robotaxis at Double Price. Here’s Why.

Waymo Is Importing Chinese Robotaxis at Double Price. Here’s Why.

Aug 14, 2026 | Cars, Electric Vehicles, Policy & Regulations

Americans cannot buy a Chinese electric car. Waymo has imported more than 3,200 of them. Alphabet’s robotaxi arm has brought over 3,200 Zeekr CM1e vehicles through the Port of Los Angeles, more than 2,600 of them this year, at a tariff rate that roughly doubles...