Europe's Most Popular Plug-In Hybrid Last Year Was This BYD In its first full year on sale in Europe, BYD’s PHEV crossover outsold fan favorites like the Volkswagen Tiguan and Volvo XC60. By Iulian Dnistran Sales - Jan 21 -
Why LFP Became The Dominant EV Battery Chemistry In 2025 Lithium-iron phosphate is now the most widely deployed EV battery chemistry in the world. Thank China's dominance in the space. By Suvrat Kothari Battery Tech - Jan 20 -
'Absolutely Rolled': U.S. Officials Blast Canada's Cheap Chinese EV Deal China Inc.'s biggest move into North America yet has industry officials and politicians on edge. But affordability concerns take center stage. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Jan 19 -
Cheap Chinese EVs Are Coming To Canada. Not Everyone Is Happy About It As Canada lifts 100% tariffs on Chinese-made EVs, some politicians and labor groups aren't thrilled about where this could lead. By Kevin Williams China - Jan 17 -
Canada Just Opened The Door To Cheap Chinese EVs Breaking with the U.S., Canada will slash 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars, opening the doors to imports that cost less than $25,000. By Patrick George China - Jan 16 -
Trump Is Ready For Chinese EVs: 'Let China Come In' Plus, three automakers named most innovative in EVs and Ford explains its $19.5 billion writedown. By Rob Stumpf News - Jan 15 -
Tesla Just Can't Bounce Back In Europe On today's EV news roundup: Tesla suffers in Europe, the Chevy Equinox wins big and Nvidia's bet on autonomous cars. By Tim Levin Critical Materials - Jan 7 -
Tesla Dominated EVs For Years. BYD Just Left It In The Dust As Tesla contends with an aging lineup and the controversial politics of its CEO, Chinese juggernaut BYD isn't slowing down. By Patrick George Industry Outlook - Jan 2 -
67 EVs Were Range-Tested In Sub-Zero Conditions. Here's Where The Teslas Ranked Dozens of modern EVs were range-tested in freezing temperatures in Mongolia. Here's how they ranked. By Suvrat Kothari Range / Efficiency - Dec 29 2025 -
Meet The Affordable EV Beating Tesla And BYD At Their Own Game Geely’s latest EV is now outselling even the Tesla Model Y and the BYD Seagull. By Suvrat Kothari China - Dec 27 2025 -
All Major EV Battery Chemistries, Explained Here’s all you need to know about the magic that happens inside your EV battery and how it impacts range, charging and performance. By Suvrat Kothari Battery Tech - Dec 24 2025 -
‘A Bastion For Yesterday’s Technology’: Why The EU's Gas-Ban Retreat Could Backfire A lifeline for Europe's automakers, or "a wake-up call for the industry?" Plus, new data on what America's fuel economy cutback really means. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Dec 15 2025 -
Europe Is Stuck Between Gas-Car Bans And China’s EV Takeover Today on Critical Materials: the EU's EV mandate explained, EVs are selling 18% slower and Uber pulls back EV incentives. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Dec 11 2025 -
'Absolutely Relentless': What Tesla Had To Learn From Tearing Down Chinese EVs Tearing down Chinese EVs taught Tesla one important lesson that it applied in the Model 3 and Model Y. By Andrei Nedelea Manufacturing / Production - Dec 1 2025 -
BYD's 5-Minute Flash EV Charging Is Headed Here Next The Chinese auto giant is serious about extending its fast-charging lead all over the world, and Europe could experience it soon. By Patrick George Charging - Nov 29 2025 -
BYD's Latest European Car Shows It's Getting Smarter And More Tactical The BYD Atto 2 DM-i gains a gas engine for Europe. It could end up being the cheapest PHEV crossover sold there. By Kevin Williams Europe - Nov 25 2025 -
Xpeng Is Running Tesla’s Playbook For World Domination. It May Just Work Robots. Self-made chips. Self-driving cars. Xpeng’s plan sounds familiar, with just as much to prove. But it may beat Tesla at its own game. By Kevin Williams China - Nov 21 2025 -
‘Unchallenged’: The World’s Best-Selling EVs Are Still American. But There's A Problem The Tesla Model Y and Model 3 are still global favorites. But Chinese electric vehicles dominate the rest of the list. By Suvrat Kothari Sales - Nov 19 2025 -
BYD Is Speedrunning Its Takeover Of Europe Plus, Tesla to squeeze China out of its U.S. supply chain and the Germans are in too deep. By Rob Stumpf Critical Materials - Nov 18 2025 -
BYD's European Takeover Continues—And Tesla's Feeling The Pain Meanwhile, BMW is a bright spot in Europe's EV race, and Rivian's Q3 was a mix of growing pains and good news. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Nov 5 2025 -
Tesla's Future Rides On Elon Musk's $1 Trillion Payday—One Way Or Another Plus, it's a season of mixed results for Chinese automakers like BYD and Xpeng, and the world may get relief from the Nexperia chip shortage. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Nov 3 2025 -
Another Chip Shortage Could Disrupt The Auto Industry We also discuss why BYD’s profits are shrinking and how Volvo turned back on its EV promises. By Suvrat Kothari Critical Materials - Oct 31 2025 -
BYD Racco: This Electric Kei Car Will Lead BYD's Japanese Blitz (Updated) BYD will soon reveal the world’s first kei car not made by a Japanese manufacturer—but we already know what it's going to look like. By Andrei Nedelea News - Oct 29 2025 -
Toyota Bet Right On Hybrids. Its Timing On EVs May Pay Off Next Plus, China's getting ready to pull the plug on EV subsidies, and Rivian says it's not ready to tap a U.S. government loan yet. By Patrick George Critical Materials - Oct 29 2025 -
