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.
Chicago startup Pure Lithium says its lithium-metal battery ran 9,315 charge-discharge cycles — more than triple a conventional pack — by ditching graphite for a deposited lithium anode. Unlike the solid-state vs liquid battery debate playing out across the industry,…
A team from Tianmushan Laboratory and Beihang University reports a deceptively small tweak — a single electrolyte additive that rewires how lithium ions are solvated — to stabilize the lithium-metal anode and reach 600 Wh/kg-class cells. The chemistry sits at…
Fall 2027Shanghai plant start of production ~1,000/moInitial output, ramping to tens of thousands a year by 2028 20%Body-part weight cut from gigacast (Toyota first) 60%China’s share of global EV sales Toyota will build its next-generation Lexus electric SUV in Shanghai…
10,000Flash-charging stations in China (Aug 28) ~80/dayPace needed to hit 20,000 by year-end 1,500 kWPeak output per charging connector 210M kWhEnergy delivered in under 6 months BYD opened its 10,000th flash-charging station in Shenzhen on Friday, doubling its self-built network…
2%Lithium tax from Sept 1 (4% in 2027) 11 yrsBattery tax holiday comes to an end ¥0.365314 Ah cell avg price per Wh (≈ $0.05) 56%Overseas share of storage shipments (H1) China’s energy-storage battery prices are climbing for the first…
25 MWhAll-solid-state pilot line 200°CCells stay non-flammable 380 Wh/kgEnergy density (400 target by 2026-end) 2027Mass-production line goes live China’s oldest automaker is making its boldest technology bet in decades. FAW Group has stood up a 25 MWh all-solid-state battery pilot…
4Patent directions published 12Electrically-actuated telescoping ribs 200 km/hMust stay round at speed Oct 2025Filed (published Apr 2026) BYD has patented a tire that senses the road, changes its own pressure and adjusts its own sidewall stiffness — turning the last…
30,000 kmIn 8 days 19h 58m 240 km/hAverage speed 98.7%Battery health after 350Fast-charge cycles The BYD Yangwang U7 endurance run covered 30,000 kilometers in 8 days, 19 hours and 58 minutes at an average speed of 240 km/h — a…
8.86s100m sprint (new world record) 9.58sUsain Bolt’s human mark (2009) 4Human records broken by Tiangong 2,000+Robots at the Games China’s Tiangong Ultra humanoid robot ran 100 meters in 8.86 seconds at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on August…
4,000mFlight altitude (world-first) 67mAirship length 10–35 kVOutput voltage 20 yrService life China has moved a step closer to turning the sky into a power plant. Lin Yi Yunchuan Energy Technology (临一云川) said its S4000 stratospheric airborne wind-power system completed a…
