General Motors said on 29 September that its Ultium Cells plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee will be upgraded to build lithium manganese-rich battery cells, betting on cheaper chemistry while global electric truck sales set a record.
French charging provider Electra opened its most powerful urban high-power charging site in Europe in Madrid on 2 October, with 26 charging points delivering up to 600 kW, according to EVMagz.
Geely Auto Group says its new Ultra Short Blade Battery can peak at nearly 1,100 kilowatts while holding degradation in check, with a demo showing a Lynk & Co 10 going from 10 to 97 percent in 8 minutes and 40 seconds. The automaker detailed the chemistry on 30 September, the same day fresh data showed electric truck sales hitting a record.
Waymo tops the Road to Autonomy Robotaxi Index at 86.7, up 2.7, in a snapshot published 12 hours ago. A Cox Automotive study out this week finds 55% of Americans would ride in a robotaxi, but only 18% have.
Orange Business was named trusted network partner for TESTA-EIRIS on 29 September, giving the EU a single private backbone for public administrations, while EVgo pushed its 750 kW charger to 2027 and the Philippines proposed a sevenfold budget increase for its charging build-out.
General Motors will mass-produce prismatic lithium manganese rich (LMR) battery cells at its Spring Hill, Tennessee plant, its Ultium Cells joint venture with LG Energy Solution said on Tuesday, claiming a world first for the chemistry.
Up to 100 two-way chargers will be installed in Auckland homes and businesses to test whether electric cars can double as household batteries, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority said on 29 September.
The newest deployment signal in the dossier is the 840-bus order SWITCH Mobility is supplying for Delhi public transit under the PM E-Drive scheme, reported on 28 September, while IEEE Spectrum's 29 September feature describes how Delhi brought aggregate grid losses down from around 50 percent to about 5 percent.
New Zealand's Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority said on 29 September that it will install up to 100 two-way chargers in Auckland homes and businesses, in a trial testing whether electric cars can double as household batteries.
Electric trucks are already the cheaper option in six of nine major EU markets, according to a Transport & Environment analysis published on 28 September, but the charging network they depend on is still being designed. The newest evidence, from 29 September, shows how uneven that build-out is.
Auckland's new two-way charging trial, announced on 29 September, will put up to 100 vehicle-to-grid chargers into homes and businesses, turning parked electric cars into household backup power.
Apple's new chief executive John Ternus is planning small-scale layoffs and project cancellations to offset a memory chip shortage that has already pushed prices sharply higher, according to a Bloomberg report on Wednesday.
Vermont's largest utility now runs what has quietly become the state's biggest power source, built from home batteries installed in more than 5,500 households, the BBC reported on 29 September.
BYD's ultra-luxury Yangwang brand is testing a 5.5-metre flagship sedan that is expected to be the company's first EV to use solid-state batteries, as GM announced on Tuesday that its Spring Hill plant will be the first in the world to mass-produce prismatic LMR cells.
Volkswagen will pull the wraps off the electric ID. Tiguan in early October, the company said on 29 September, while Tesla picked up a US patent for a four-fan downforce system the same day.
Delhi's power grid cut losses from 50 percent to 5 percent over two decades, IEEE Spectrum reported on 29 September, a fix that matters as electric bus fleets scale up on the same networks.