During this year’s first quarter, used EV sales in the U.S. jumped 12 percent, year on year, and 17 percent compared to the previous three months, the Financial Times reported.
Tag: EV
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BYD BRINGS FIVE-MINUTE EV CHARGING TO EUROPE
BYD, China’s largest EV maker, is introducing a new model in Europe with a battery pack that can charge to 70 percent in five minutes and fully charge in 12 minutes.
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TOP TREND 2024: EV GO FU
Stellantis – the Amsterdam-based conglomerate that owns Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Maserati, Ram, and 11 other passenger vehicle brands – is writing down the value of its electric vehicle (EV) operations by €22.2 billion for 2025, or about $26.5 billion as its transition to electric mobility has stalled out.
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COMING THIS YEAR? A CHINESE EV WITH A 900-MILE RANGE
Solid state batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) have been in development for years. Now they’re about to hit the road, according to Chery, a major Chinese automaker.
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TECHNOCRACY BRIEFS: BIOTECH EUGENICS AND NYT TIMES EV GO FU?
Choosing whether or not to bring children to term based on their genetic attributes is set to go mainstream in 2026.
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SOLID-STATE SODIUM EV BATTERY COULD BE CHEAPER, LAST LONGER
A new solid-state sodium battery could do away with the need for lithium in electric vehicle (EV) batteries, making power packs both cheaper and safer without sacrificing the amount of charge a battery pack can hold.
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HONDA REINVENTS THE CAR FRAME
Automotive engineers have spent the last century attempting to make car frames stiffer.
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SPECIAL REPORT: TO BUILD A CHEAPER EV, FORD DITCHES THE ASSEMBLY LINE
Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley called 12 August “a Model T moment”—the equivalent of Henry Ford’s 1913 debut of the assembly line that would build his Model T car, make it affordable for the middle class, and revolutionize manufacturing for the 20th century.
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AN EV BATTERY THAT RECHARGES IN 18 SECONDS
The VarEVolt battery, made by Britain’s RML Group, charges to full in 18 seconds and has just been approved by U.K. regulators for mass production for electric vehicles (EVs).
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GERMANY: JA TO ELECTRIC CARS, NEIN TO TESLA
In May, sales of battery-powered cars in Germany jumped 45 percent year on year, but new Tesla registrations were a third lower, according to data from the country’s Federal Motor Transport Authority.