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LG’s experimental LMR cells held 92.2% of their energy after 883 cycles

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LG Energy Solution and Seoul National University report experimental lithium manganese-rich cells retaining 92.2% of their energy after 883 cycles, achieved by changing charge and discharge voltages rather than materials. The chemistry replaces nickel and cobalt with manganese, a strategic raw material China refines almost all of and Europe barely produces. LG Energy Solution and […]

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Solid-state batteries just went into mass production. The line makes 6,000 packs a year

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ProLogium says it has begun mass-producing all-solid-state cells in Taiwan at 381 Wh/kg, verified by TUV Rheinland and tested against a Chinese all-solid-state standard. Its subsidised Dunkirk gigafactory broke ground in February and its published staging starts at 0.8 GWh in 2028, in a Europe that has already lost Northvolt. ProLogium says it has begun […]

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Plug-in hybrids emit six times their official rating, and carmakers want the fix cancelled

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Plug-in hybrids registered in the EU in 2024 emitted an average 145 grams of CO2 per kilometre against an official rating of 24 grams, according to Transport and Environment’s reading of onboard monitor data from 220,000 cars. Carmakers want the 2027 correction to that calculation cancelled, weeks before the Council debates the file. Plug-in hybrids […]

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Dacia moves Spring production from China to Slovenia and keeps the range under €20,000 for the new EV

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Dacia has revealed a second-generation Spring built at Renault’s Novo Mesto plant in Slovenia, and the entire range is priced below €20,000 before government subsidies. The first-generation car, which sold more than 210,000 units across forty countries since 2021, was built in China. That relocation is the story, and the press materials do not mention […]

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Jaguar Land Rover cuts 4,000 jobs and resets break-even to 300,000 cars

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The number that matters in Monday’s Jaguar Land Rover announcement is not 4,000. It is 300,000. That is the annual sales volume at which the company now intends to break even. Its brands have historically sold well over 400,000 vehicles a year. Just Auto made that comparison in its report on the statement. JLR is […]

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Audi built an efficient EV in Germany. It is 12cm too long for the rules meant to help

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Audi has revealed the A2 e-tron, its cheapest electric car, built in Ingolstadt and priced from EUR 38,200 with up to 646km of WLTP range. At 4.32 metres it is 12 centimetres too long for M1E, the small-car category the Commission proposed in December to make affordable European EVs viable. Audi has revealed the A2 […]

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Hybrids are outselling everything in Europe. That’s bad news for 2035

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American buyers are leaving electric cars for hybrids and petrol after the $7,500 federal credit ended, with 42.6% of second-quarter EV trade-ins going to a combustion car. Hybrids are already the biggest-selling powertrain in the EU at 37.3%, and the Commission has proposed keeping them legal after 2035. Americans who bought an electric car are […]

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More plugs beat more power, a Finnish charger maker says

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A white paper from the Finnish charger maker Kempower argues that adding connectors raises site utilisation far more than adding power, with eight-plug sites reaching almost 10% against 2% for two-plug sites. Every AFIR target is expressed in kilowatts or kilometres rather than in numbers of connectors. A Finnish charger maker has published a white […]

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ChargePoint CEO says growth is starting to accelerate after a 70% stock surge

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ChargePoint shares rose more than 70% after second-quarter revenue of $116.1M beat the $105.2M expected and losses came in far below forecast. Its Level 3 rollout targets Europe, where AFIR mandates a 150kW charging point every 60km on the trans-European core network. ChargePoint’s shares rose more than 70% on Thursday. Chief executive Rick Wilmer called […]

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Electric cars outsold every other powertrain in Britain last month

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Battery-electric cars took a record 29.8% share of UK registrations in August, outselling every other powertrain, though year-to-date uptake of 25.6% remains below the 33% zero emission mandate. The Commission has proposed cutting the EU’s 2035 target from 100% to 90%, permitting plug-in hybrids and range extenders. Electric cars were Britain’s best-selling powertrain last month. […]

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