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  • September 22, 2025
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Rivian spinoff focuses on small EVs, “ways to move beyond cars”

Spinoff starts with $105 million VC investment, Rivian maintains “substantial minority stake” Products to be affordable, vastly more efficient than today’s cars or SUVs In-house-built for core components, may share sales space with Rivian Flagship product coming in early 2026 Do we really need a new generation of EVs that are bigger and heavier…

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  • September 18, 2025
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The Tesla Model Y Could Get A Huge Range Boost From Panasonic’s New Cells

Japanese battery maker and Tesla supplier Panasonic is working on a breakthrough electric vehicle battery chemistry. The company is working on anode-free lithium metal batteries, which can boost energy density and reduce pack weight. With these new cells, Teslas could potentially get substantially more driving range. The Tesla Model Y got a much-needed upgrade…

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  • September 15, 2025
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Accelerating EV Charging Network Growth — EV Connect

Remember when ride-sharing was just yellow taxis and black cars? Uber and Lyft revolutionized the industry not by simply adding more vehicles, but by building sophisticated service platforms that transformed how people think about transportation.  The EV charging landscape is facing a similar watershed moment. While everyone scrambles to plant their charging station flags,…

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  • September 6, 2025
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Tesla Shareholders To Vote On Proposal For Investment In Musk’s AI Startup xAI

Tesla shareholders will vote in November on whether the electric carmaker should invest in Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI, according to a proxy filing that also includes a proposed $1 trillion pay package for the CEO. The shareholder proposal was submitted by Stephen Hawk, a Florida-based investor holding about $2,000 worth of Tesla…

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  • September 3, 2025
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20 Mar 2025 | BYD Dolphin Surf To Launch In UK, Audi CEO Hints At TT Revival and Bentley Begins Building Assembly Line For Delayed EV – EV News Daily

Good morning, good afternoon, and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, your trusted source of EV information. It’s Thursday 20 March, I’m Martyn Lee and I go through every EV story so you don’t have to. Patreon supporters get the episodes ad free. Be like them by…

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  • August 28, 2025
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2026 Nissan Leaf details: Affordable EV will face 2026 Chevy Bolt EV

Next-generation Nissan Leaf will launch first in U.S. and Canada, be fully revealed this year Rogue Hybrid and Rogue PHEV are on the way over the next two model years A broader range of U.S.-made Nissan and Infiniti EVs starts to arrive in 2028 Affordable EVs? Widely available hybrids? A plug-in hybrid? As it…

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  • August 25, 2025
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Where Rivian’s CEO Sees EV Batteries Going Next

Electric vehicle batteries have gotten remarkably better and cheaper over the last decade as cleaner cars have exploded in popularity. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe thinks there’s still room for improvement.  During an interview on this week’s Plugged-In Podcast, Scaringe told InsideEVs that his startup’s main focus right now on the battery front is making…

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  • August 22, 2025
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Latest EV Charging Industry Report Shows Areas of Growth in 2025 — EV Connect

Highlights from The U.S. EV Fast Charging Q2 2025 Report EV Charging Industry Growth Site hosts are delivering what drivers really need – more EV chargers, larger charging sites, and faster chargers! In Q2 2025, the U.S. added 4,242 new DC fast-charging ports across 784 stations, a 23.3% quarter-over-quarter increase, bringing the national total to…

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  • August 19, 2025
  • 9 minutes Read
Tesla Model Y L is launched in China

Tesla Model Y L also listed as Tesla Model YL has been launched in China. The vehicle’s price starts at CNY 339,000, which is roughly USD 47,180. The first units will be delivered to customers in China next month. Here are the complete Tesla Model Y L specifications for China. More details will be…

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