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A German startup believes it has the recipe for electric vehicle battery cells that are cheaper, more energy dense, and less problematic for the environment than current lithium-ion cells. But commercialization seems a long way off. Theion announced Thursday in a press release that it is close to completing a 15 million euro (approximately $16.2 million at current exchange rates) Series A round to development of its sulfur-crystal battery chemistry. It’s based on proprietary anode technology that Theion hopes will extend battery life—one of the main obstacles to sulfur-based chemistries. Theion sulfur-crystal EV battery development With this chemistry, Theion is…

In 2024, public charging in California expanded at record levels The state has double the publicly accessible chargers versus 2022 Nearly 30% of U.S. EV sales go to California customers In California, drivers are now much more likely to encounter an electric vehicle charging connector than a gas pump nozzle. The state reached 178,549 public chargers in 2024 (including shared private chargers), Governor Gavin Newsom’s office announced Thursday in a press release. That gives California 48% more publicly accessible chargers than gas pumps, according to the California Energy Commission (CEC), which estimates about 120,000 gas pumps in the state. Installation…

Owners report more than ten times the issues with Shell Recharge, EVgo, or Blink than with Tesla Rivian’s own charging network was second only to Tesla Hardware-related issues have become more prevalent than payment problems Charging networks operated by Tesla and Rivian tended to have fewer problems than non-automaker efforts, according to a recent Consumer Reports survey. Electric vehicle owners experience a problem in one out of every five public charging sessions, according to the survey, which draws from ongoing responses from CR’s EV Charging Community project. In this edition, Consumer Reports includes information from about 5,700 total charging sessions,…

Yangwang said it has completed development and testing of the DiSus-Z body control system, which would soon follow the U7 to market. The U7, a sedan priced in the RMB 1 million range, went on pre-sales last November. (Yangwang U7. Image credit: Yangwang) Yangwang, the ultra-luxury sub-brand of BYD (HKG: 1211, OTCMKTS: BYDDY), announced today that its new model, the U7 luxury sedan, would be launched soon, after pre-sales began last November. “The never-before-seen DiSus-Z has now completed its development and testing, and will soon meet you with the launch of the Yangwang U7,” Yangwang wrote on Weibo today. Yangwang…

Toyota’s bZ3X seems to be seeing good initial acceptance, securing over 10,000 orders in its first hour of launch. The model is Toyota’s first all-electric SUV in the RMB 100,000 class and comes with Momenta’s smart driving system. (Image credit: GAC Toyota) Japanese auto giant Toyota has launched its cheapest battery electric vehicle (BEV) model to date, the bZ3X, in China in an attempt to break traditional perceptions that Japanese EVs are expensive and unintelligent. GAC Toyota, Toyota’s joint venture with GAC Group, officially rolled out the Toyota bZ3X at an event last night with a starting price of RMB…

Telo Trucks on Thursday unveiled the first pre-production unit of its MT1 compact electric pickup truck. The next step toward getting the tiny truck into customer hands, California-based Telo said in a press release, is safety and durability testing, followed by regulatory homologation, which Telo hopes to finish next winter. Telo MT1 electric truck prototype. (Mar. 2025) Unveiled in 2023 in an early concept form, the MT1 stands in stark contrast versus current electric trucks, with a very compact size and focus on efficiency. It’s just 152 inches long—the same as the outgoing-generation Mini Cooper SE two-door hatchback—yet Telo claims…

Many of you are worried about the long-term reliability of electric vehicle batteries. I know because you ask me all of the time. Among skeptics and prospective buyers alike, it’s one of the first things to come up: Will the battery last? Yet more and more data is showing that modern EV traction batteries just don’t fail in significant numbers. You don’t have to worry about them. It’s the damn 12-volts that’ll leave you stranded in the office parking lot. Internal combustion drivers know that risk. Traditional cars use a 12-volt battery—usually a chunky lead-acid unit—to start the vehicle and…

In January-February, Xpeng delivered 60,803 vehicles, up 375.21 percent from 12,795 in the same period last year. Xpeng CEO said last month that the company was confident of seeing deliveries double in 2025 compared to last year. Xpeng’s (NYSE: XPEV) deliveries stayed strong in February, despite the start of the year being a traditionally slow period for auto sales in China. The company delivered 30,453 vehicles in February, up 570.03 percent from 4,545 in the same month last year, and essentially flat from 30,350 in January. In January-February, Xpeng delivered 60,803 vehicles, up 375.21 percent from 12,795 in the same…

Kia EV9 (Source: Kia) Massachusetts is launching a first-of-its-kind statewide vehicle-to-everything (V2X) pilot program. This two-year initiative, backed by the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC), aims to deploy 100 bidirectional chargers to homes, school buses, municipal, and commercial fleet participants across the state. These bidirectional chargers will enable EVs to serve as mobile energy storage units, collectively providing an estimated 1.5 MW of new storage capacity. That means EVs won’t just be getting power – they’ll be giving it back to the grid, helping to balance demand and support renewable energy use. The program is also focused on ensuring that…

Report suggested GSA may pull the plug on thousands of EVs and chargers GSA provides vehicles to federal agencies; 20% of 2024 light-vehicle orders were EVs Could affect chargers at national parks, VA hospitals, other venues The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), which manages all federal government buildings and has been nicknamed by some as the largest landlord in the world, might be planning to shut down its EV chargers and offload some or all of its EVs, according to a report last week by The Verge, citing a GSA email and a source familiar with the plans. The move,…