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Verge Motorcycles vs. The Solid-State Hype Machine: Why Scientists Don’t Believe Finland’s ‘Holy Grail’ Battery Claims

Finnish electric motorcycle maker Verge Motorcycles and its technology spinoff Donut Lab just announced the world’s first production vehicle with solid-state batteries at CES 2026. The $30,000 TS Pro promises 200+ miles of range, sub-10-minute charging, and 100,000 charge cycles. There’s just one problem: the company has shared zero technical data, zero third-party validation, and…

Haye KestelooJan 19

Ford and GM Spark Tesla's Charging Dominance. Tesla Model # Performance at a Tesla Supercharger location. Copyright EVXL.co

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EV Battery Degradation Study Reveals The Real Threat Isn’t Your Battery – It’s How You Charge It

For years, the biggest anxiety holding back prospective EV buyers wasn’t range – it was battery degradation. We’ve been covering this concern since EVXL’s founding, watching the narrative shift from “EV batteries die after 5 years” to something far more nuanced. Now, a comprehensive new study from fleet telematics company Geotab analyzing over 22,700 electric…

Haye KestelooJan 15

Tesla Senior Engineering Executive Bids Adieu for New Venture

Elon Musk

Cobalt Mining Exposé Reveals the Uncomfortable Truth Every EV Buyer Should Know

The electric vehicle revolution runs on cobalt, and a devastating new book exposes exactly whose hands dig it out of the ground. “The Elements of Power” by New Yorker journalist Nicolas Niarchos traces the battery supply chain from Congolese mines to Chinese factories to the EVs parked in American driveways, and the picture isn’t pretty.…

Haye KestelooJan 15

Tesla’s German Sales Collapse 55% While BYD Surges in 2025

Elon Musk

Tesla’s $2.9 Billion Battery Deal Collapses to $7,386, Confirming 4680 Program Failure

We’ve been tracking Tesla’s 4680 battery saga since Elon Musk unveiled it at Battery Day in 2020, promising it would enable a $25,000 EV within three years. Five years later, we have the clearest evidence yet that those promises have collapsed: a $2.9 billion supply deal reduced to $7,386. That’s not a typo. That’s a…

Haye KestelooDec 30

China's EV Market Now Belongs to Chinese Brands, and Detroit Just Took a $25 Billion Hit to Prove It - BYD's Price Cuts Under Fire: China's Bold Move Against EV Overcapacity

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China’s ‘No Fire’ Battery Mandate Validates BYD, Challenges Tesla

I’ve been covering the EV battery fire saga for months, from Li Auto’s 11,000-vehicle recall to cargo ships sinking with burning EVs. Now China has done something no other country has attempted: mandating that EV batteries simply cannot catch fire or explode under any test conditions. This isn’t incremental regulation. It’s Beijing declaring that Chinese…

Haye KestelooDec 30

EU Plans December Announcement For Affordable Small EVs To Counter Chinese Competition

Tesla

Global EV Battery Prices to Drop 3% in 2026, BloombergNEF Forecasts

Battery pack prices will fall to $105 per kilowatt-hour next year as Chinese overcapacity and LFP adoption continue driving costs down. Why it matters: Cheaper batteries make EVs more affordable and accelerate grid-scale energy storage deployment worldwide. The Details By the Numbers What They’re Saying “Cutthroat competition is making batteries cheaper every year. This is…

Haye KestelooDec 9

Tesla

Lexus LFA Returns as $500K Electric Supercar, Ditching Iconic V10 for Silent Speed

The Lexus LFA is back, but don’t expect that spine-tingling V10 wail. We’ve been tracking Toyota’s halo car development for months, and today’s reveal confirms what many enthusiasts feared: the successor to one of the most celebrated supercars ever made is going fully electric. Lexus unveiled the LFA Concept on December 5, 2025 at Woven…

Haye KestelooDec 5

Tesla

Tesla Megapack Powers New $30M Battery Storage Facility in Japan as Energy Business Booms

A new Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system has gone live in Sapporo, Japan, marking another expansion of the company’s utility-scale energy business at a time when its automotive division faces mounting pressure. Manoa Energy announced today the start of commercial operations for the Helios 50MW Battery Energy Storage System in Sapporo City, Hokkaido, Japan.…

Haye KestelooDec 1

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