In mid-February this year, Ford announced plans to launch a plant in Michigan by 2026 to produce traction batteries for electric vehicles using Chinese CATL technologies. It was supposed to be the first company in the USA to produce so-called LFP...
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The management of Toyota Motor, which actively declared its intention to produce one and a half million electric vehicles in 2026, recently received “medium details” thanks to representatives of the publication. Nikkei. Toyota expects to produce...
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer Nio held an event where it talked about its achievements, shared its plans for the future and also introduced the Nio Phone smartphone. In an exclusive interview with the resource CNBC The company’s co...
According to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, the cost of lithium-ion batteries fell 10% in August to $98.2 per kWh, officially allowing electric vehicle makers to offer cars that are priced comparable to their ICE-based counterparts are. This is the...
By 2026, Toyota expects to produce 1.5 million electric vehicles annually using its brands and aims to increase this number to 3.5 million units by the end of the decade. Without advances in traction battery technology, the company cannot achieve...
According to industry association SEMI, productivity of 200 mm silicon wafers will increase by 14% from 2023 to 2026 inclusive, to a record 7.7 million silicon wafers per month. During this period, 12 new companies will be created and their total...
Lithium batteries are generally quite heat-loving, as they significantly reduce the remaining charge when it is cold and only by gradually warming up can some of their performance be restored. A new study has shown that prolonged exposure to...
Images of Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio’s debut smartphone, which will be unveiled next week on September 21, have surfaced online. At the recent presentation of the second generation NIO EC6 electric crossover, the smartphone was...
It is widely accepted that automakers and their partners are most interested in developing solid-state electrolyte batteries as they will address a number of shortcomings of current generation electric vehicles, such as: B. limited range and long...
German automaker Mercedes-Benz has no reservations about lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, which have historically been used primarily in low-cost electric vehicles. In 2021, he was credited with the use of CATL LFP batteries in the flagship...
Yesterday, Chinese automaker NIO officially confirmed its intention to launch an own-brand smartphone later this month, which would allow owners of NIO electric vehicles to more tightly integrate a mobile device into a proprietary ecosystem. As it...
Chinese car group Nio will soon release its own smartphone called Nio Phone. Qin Lihong, co-founder and president of the company, said during a recent conference call that the company will unveil a new product on September 21, and a week before...
The recently unveiled Mercedes-Benz CLA concept suggests that even one of the oldest automakers in the world recognizes the relevance of using lithium and iron phosphate (LFP) batteries as they are less expensive to manufacture. Chinese company CATL...
At the IAA Mobility in Munich, German car manufacturers BMW and Mercedes-Benz tried to present a technological breakthrough that would allow them to close the gap with Tesla, at least in their usual price range, for the next few years. They are...
Chinese consumer electronics maker Xiaomi saw second-quarter sales fall 4% year over year to $9.2 billion as demand for smartphones in China continued to fall. According to company officials, the implementation of the strategy to prepare for the...
The recent activities of Xiaomi management related to the preparation of the announcement of the brand’s first electric car could be triggered by the upcoming start of production of the MS11 model. Accordingly ReutersChinese regulators have...
As early as May, the German Handelsblatt newspaper contacted Tesla and reported that it had confidential information about customers and employees of the American automaker. The investigation found the leak could have come from two Tesla employees...
For the North American market, Honda Motor and its subsidiary Acura intend to use GM’s Ultium platform in electric vehicles in the coming years with the Honda Prologue and the Acura ZDX. General Motors’ decision to switch to using the...
The Chinese company CATL controls 36.8% of the world market for traction batteries for electric vehicles and owes its success to the cheapest and most widely used lithium iron phosphate-based (LFP) batteries. This week, she introduced the Shenxing...
Fisker will also equip its electric vehicles with connectors compatible with Tesla charging stations
Last November, Tesla opened the NACS charging port up for licensing in hopes of making it a regional standard in North America, but the process didn’t really gain momentum until this summer, when automakers began gradually guaranteeing its...
