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  • November 13, 2025
  • 6 minutes Read
Toyota Charges into US Battery Manufacturing – Batteries News

Toyota Charges into US Battery Manufacturing Production Begins at New $13.9 Billion North Carolina Facility $2.7 Million in Education Grants to Local Schools Company Commits Additional U.S. Investment up to $10 Billion LIBERTY, N.C., Nov. 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Toyota supercharged its multi-pathway approach to global vehicle electrification with the highly anticipated start of production…

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  • November 11, 2025
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Afreximbank’s FEDA commits $75 million to Spiro’s electric vehicle growth in Africa 

The Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA) has announced a $75 million strategic investment in Spiro, Africa’s leading electric two-wheeler company and the continent’s fastest-growing battery-swapping infrastructure provider. FEDA is the development equity impact investment arm of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). “This investment is fully aligned with Afreximbank’s broader automotive strategy, to…

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  • November 10, 2025
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New $A22,000 EV takes 88 seconds to have a fully charged battery

In November, GAC, an Australian-bound automotive giant from China, unveiled an electric hatchback called the Aion UT. Then in September this year, a pink Aion UT was spotted testing on Australian roads, hinting at the potential of that car making it into our market in the near future. Now, a new variant of the…

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  • November 10, 2025
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Quentin Willson, Top Gear Presenter And Electric-Vehicle Advocate, Dies At 68

For all its countless contributions to modern car enthusiast culture, the famed BBC motoring show Top Gear was never especially thrilled with the idea of an electric future. But then there was Quentin Willson—one of the original hosts of the show in the 1990s alongside Jeremy Clarkson and others—who had old-school gearhead cred with the…

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  • November 10, 2025
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Southern US states are set for the most EV range, data suggests

Extreme temperatures can affect electric vehicle range, but the extreme heat of the South is nothing to offset the extreme cold in other parts of the U.S., according to new findings. Vaisala, a Finnish instrumented measurement firm, analyzed the effect of weather and road conditions on EV range across the Lower 48 states, looking…

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  • November 7, 2025
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Hyundai expands European R&D capabilities with new technical center – Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology International

Hyundai opens advanced square campus R&D facility in Germany Hyundai Motor Group announced the opening of a new 150-square-meter facility at Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center in Rüsselsheim am Main, Germany, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to European innovation and engineering excellence. Square Campus represents the most substantial investment in R&D facilities…

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  • November 7, 2025
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Reps to scrutinise Tinubu’s N1.15 trillion loan request

• Senate advances Kalu’s EV Bill, targets green mobility shift• Protesters shut N’Assembly over contract debts Having received a request from President Bola Tinubu seeking approval to raise N1.15 trillion from the domestic debt market to finance part of the 2025 Appropriation Act, the House of Representatives, yesterday, expressed readiness to study the request. The…

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  • November 7, 2025
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2026 BMW i4 M60 gains power and range

The autumn of 2025 will bring increased efficiency, range, and in some cases more power to BMW’s most popular lineup of battery electric vehicles. The 2026 i4 eDrive40 is expected to achieve over 300 miles of range irrespective of which wheel and tire package is fitted. And the range-topping performance model gets a significant…

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