Vietnamese electric motorbike maker Dat Bike obtained $22 million in fresh funding as it takes on established players such as Honda Motor and Yamaha in one of the world’s fastest-growing two-wheel EV markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/tech/vietnam-startup-ev-motorbike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #vietnam #carmakers #electricvehicles
Linktour Automotive’s two new ‘Alumi’ all-electric models are technically motorized quadricycles, meaning they’re exempt from the European Union’s EV import tariffs set in place last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/tech/chinese-startup-ev-europe/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #china #electricvehicles #byd #europe
China is sending its world-beating auto industry into a tailspin as symptoms of a vastly oversupplied market emerge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/18/markets/china-auto-industry-tailspin/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #electricvehicles #carmakers #china #byd #faw #xiaomi #geely #chinaassociationofautomobilemanufacturers
When Audi executives first saw the Zeekr 001 in 2021 it was a wake-up call for the premium German auto brand — if it wanted to compete with the Chinese, it needed their technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/14/tech/chinese-electric-vehicle-tech/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #electricvehicles #cars #carmakers #china #saic #audi #catl #xpeng
At the IAA auto fair in the German city this week, Chinese electric vehicle makers were out in force, highlighting the determination of the country's fast-growing car giants to make inroads into Europe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/tech/europeans-warm-china-electric-cars/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #europe #china #electricvehicles #cars #byd
Electric recreational vehicles promise to make summer road trips vastly cleaner, more convenient and quiet than their gas-guzzling predecessors. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/02/tech/road-trips-rv-electric/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #electricvehicles #carmakers #tesla
CEO Elon Musk's pronouncements about expanding Tesla’s robotaxis at a "hyper-exponential rate” contrast the deliberate approach of Alphabet's Waymo ahead of entering new markets. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/01/tech/tesla-waymo-robotaxi-industry/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #tesla #waymo #electricvehicles #tech #carmakers #selfdriving
Overseas automakers have launched a wave of new electric vehicles in Japan, a market where EVs have struggled to gain wider adoption. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/25/companies/foreign-carmakers-electric-vehicles-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #carmakers #electricvehicles #hybrids
Is a fast battery swap (rather than charging) the answer to many electric vehicle drivers' concerns about charging times?
In Chine a EV start up (Nio) working with the world's biggest battery maker (CATL) already have a network of battery swap sites & are looking to expand the technology/service.
Given battery rental has occasional been mooted as a cost-reduction strategy for EVs, coupling it with quick swap stations could be an interesting step for EVs?
#ElectricVehicles #technology
h/t FT
In the rebel-controlled Congolese town of Rubaya, laborers produce 15% of the world's coltan ore, a mineral that is pivotal in the production of mobile phones, computers, aerospace components and gas turbines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/world/congo-cobalt-mine-tech-m23-rebels/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #africa #congo #cobalt #tech #electricvehicles #batteries #mining #africa
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Ford says it's cracked the code on cheap EVs, thanks to more streamlined manufacturing processes and lithium iron phosphate batteries that the company says are more durable, faster charging and more affordable than what it currently uses. There will be more use of automation and robots, but the company declined to specify how this compares to current manufacturing. Ford announced a "family" of low-cost vehicles that will be made in Kentucky, starting with a four-door mid-sized pickup that will arrive in 2027 and will cost $30,000. Here's more from @theverge.
Ford says it's cracked the code on cheap EVs, thanks to more streamlined manufacturing processes and lithium iron phosphate batteries that the company says are more durable, faster charging and more affordable than what it currently uses. There will be more use of automation and robots, but the company declined to specify how this compares to current manufacturing. Ford announced a "family" of low-cost vehicles that will be made in Kentucky, starting with a four-door mid-sized pickup that will arrive in 2027 and will cost $30,000. Here's more from @theverge.
Lithium prices and stocks spiked after battery giant Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. halted operations at a mine in China, spurring speculation Beijing might move to suspend other projects. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/08/11/markets/lithium-market-cat-mines/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #markets #catl #batteries #electricvehicles #china #catl #mining
The number of gas stations across Japan as of the end of fiscal 2024 fell 1.5% from a year earlier to 27,009, the industry ministry has said, with the total now less than half its peak marked at the end of fiscal 1994. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/society/gas-stations-decrease/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #meti #gas #electricvehicles
Toyota saw record global sales during the first half of 2025 as strong demand for hybrid vehicles in core markets helped offset headwinds from U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on cars imported to the United States. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/30/companies/toyota-record-global-sales/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #toyota #carmakers #cars #electricvehicles #hybrids #tariffs #honda #nissan
Life at the top is proving complex for BYD, China’s leading automaker, and there are fresh challenges on the horizon. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/21/companies/china-car-market-byd/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #byd#zeekr #geely #electricvehicles #china #carmakers
Japan's Nidec is building an almost totally "made-in-China” electric car motor to help Toyota compete in the world’s largest auto market. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/16/companies/nidec-china-toyota/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #nidec #toyota #carmakers #china #electricvehicles
The venerable George from Tulsa takes us through the history of batteries and EVs and where these technologies are headed.
https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2025/07/george-tulsa-batteries/
The venerable George from Tulsa takes us through the history of batteries and EVs and where these technologies are headed.
https://www.podfeet.com/blog/2025/07/george-tulsa-batteries/
Xiaomi succeeding in the electric vehicle space where Apple failed has burnished founder Lei Jun’s reputation, making the tech company one of the most valuable in China. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/07/tech/xiaomi-founder-bet-ev-apple/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #xiaomi #electricvehicles #apple #tech #china