Real-time reporting on the electrification revolution — covering new EVs, batteries and storage, charging infrastructure, clean power and humanoid robots. Built on first-hand English sources, not translation.
On September 4, 2026, HiNa Battery Technology — the Chinese Academy of Sciences spin-out that was among the first companies on earth to commercialize the sodium-ion battery — signed a five-year agreement to supply 10 GWh of sodium-ion cells to…
On September 4, 2026, Xiaomi held a “Dragon Armor battery” strategy event with two battery makers, CALB and Sunwoda — and announced a battery that Xiaomi does not manufacture, does not own a factory for, but guarantees for the life…
Xiaomi Auto used the media day of IFA Berlin 2026 to make its European intentions concrete. On September 3, the company confirmed it will enter Germany and other European markets in 2027 — and signed memorandums of understanding with eight…
This article has been corrected, and the correction matters more than the original claim did. The ten ships we attributed to BYD on September 3 are not BYD’s: shipbroking sources have identified the buyer of that Guangzhou Shipyard International order…
BYD Semiconductor unveiled the V-305B on September 2 — a 1000V silicon-carbide power module whose headline number is not its voltage but its stray inductance: 5.5 nanohenries. That single figure is the quiet enabler behind BYD’s claim that its megawatt…
BYD has moved from passive investor to active robotics builder. A strategic partnership with tactile-sensing startup PaXini Tech, signed at BYD’s Shenzhen headquarters on August 25 and disclosed this week, hands the world’s largest EV maker something rarer than capital:…
¥229,900Starting price (~$31,700 at 7.25 RMB/USD) 900 kmMax CLTC range (BEV variant) 4.95 mTurning radius (rear-wheel steering) 10,000BYD flash-charging stations built BYD opened sales Tuesday for the Sealion 08, a 5.1-meter flagship SUV that makes air suspension, LiDAR-assisted driver assistance…
400m+Stable detection range 0.05mParking-grade range resolution 8T8RTransmit / receive channels on one die 150°CUpper junction temp (AEC-Q100 Grade 0) BYD Semiconductor Tuesday that BYD’s chip arm has put a home-grown 4D imaging radar chip into mass production — a part…
$1.09BEstimated value (₩1.5T, undisclosed) 9 GWhLFP pouch cells, 2027–2031 18 GWhTotal cooperation incl. add-on 100 GWhSK On’s US production capacity SK On, the battery arm of South Korea’s SK Innovation, has landed a U.S. energy-storage order worth roughly $1.1 billion…
3,200+Zeekr robotaxis imported to the US since 2024 127.5%Stacked US tariff on Chinese EVs ~$110kLanded cost per unit, fully outfitted $200k+Cost of the Jaguar I-PACE it replaces Waymo has imported more than 3,200 China-built Zeekr robotaxis into the United States…
