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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 Tuesday 18 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…
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Sila Opens Nation’s First Automotive-Scale Silicon Anode Plant, Ushering in a New Era for US Battery Manufacturing First-of-its-kind facility begins operations of advanced silicon anode material, closing America’s innovation-to-manufacturing gap. ALAMEDA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sila, a next-generation battery materials company, today announced that it has begun operations at Sila Moses Lake, its new automotive-scale silicon anode…
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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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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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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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Opel showcases three distinctive all-electric models at IAA Mobility 2025. With the Opel Corsa GSE Vision Gran Turismo, the brand is presenting a world first in Munich. As the name suggests, the breathtaking concept car not only gives a preview of upcoming all-electric GSE models, but it also underlines Opel’s commitment to the small…
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The Tai 7 competes with SUV models including the GWM Tank 300 Hi4-T and Li L6 at a lower price point. As the second model in Fang Cheng Bao’s Tai series, the Tai 7 prioritizes family use compared to the off-road-focused Bao series. (Fang Cheng Bao Tai 7. Image credit: Fang Cheng Bao) Fang…
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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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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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LG Energy Solution spurs US growth with LFP battery rollout LG Energy Solution aims to further cement its market presence in the United States by starting mass production of lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, batteries for energy storage systems at its plant in Holland, Michigan, in June. The Korean battery-maker, which became the first…
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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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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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