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Toyota

Toyota Invests $912 Million In U.S. Hybrid Production As Competitors Abandon EVs Post-Tax Credit

Toyota announced a $912 million investment across five U.S. manufacturing plants to expand hybrid vehicle production capacity, creating 252 new jobs and marking the first U.S. production of hybrid-electric Corollas. The investment, revealed Tuesday, comes just six weeks after the federal EV tax credit expiration sent competitors’ pure-electric strategies into freefall. The timing couldn’t be…

Haye KestelooNov 18

Lotus

Lotus Emeya Shatters EV Charging Records With 443 kW Peak But Can Technical Brilliance Save A Struggling Automaker?

The Lotus Emeya has set a new benchmark for production electric vehicle charging performance, reaching a peak rate of 443 kW during independent testing conducted by Lotus Al Ghanim in Kuwait. Using Lotus’s proprietary 450 kW DC ultra-fast charger, the hyper-GT completed a 10-80% charge in just 13 minutes and 35 seconds, even under extreme…

Haye KestelooNov 18

Tesla

Tesla Wins Bid To Decertify 6,000-Worker Race Discrimination Class Action At Fremont Factory

A California judge has reversed a 2024 ruling that allowed more than 6,000 Black workers at Tesla’s Fremont factory to pursue racial harassment claims as a class action, delivering a significant legal victory to the electric vehicle maker amid mounting workplace discrimination allegations. California Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon ruled late Friday that the 2017…

Haye KestelooNov 17

XPeng

XPeng Forecasts Weak Q4 Revenue Despite Record Deliveries As China’s EV Price War Claims Another Victim

Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng issued a disappointing fourth-quarter revenue forecast on Monday, signaling that even record-breaking delivery numbers can’t shield automakers from China’s relentless EV price war that continues eroding profitability across the sector. The Guangzhou-based automaker projects Q4 revenue between 21.5 billion yuan ($3.03 billion) and 23 billion yuan, falling well s

Haye KestelooNov 17

BYD

BYD to Double European Dealers to 2,000 by 2026, Confirms Multi-Factory ‘Localization’ Strategy

Chinese automaker BYD is aggressively accelerating its European expansion, confirming plans to double its sales network to 2,000 locations by the end of 2026. The move is part of a broad “localization” strategy to build vehicles inside Europe, effectively neutralizing the threat of EU import tariffs according to a report from Reuters. This news confirms…

Haye KestelooNov 17

California

California Airport Pioneers V2G Technology: Nissan Leafs Power Critical Infrastructure Through Bidirectional Charging

A groundbreaking vehicle-to-grid project at California’s Redwood Coast Airport is demonstrating how electric vehicles can serve as more than just transportation—they’re becoming mobile power plants that strengthen grid resilience and reduce costs. PG&E, Nissan, Fermata Energy, and the Schatz Energy Research Center at Cal Poly Humboldt have successfully integrated two previous-generation Nissan Lea

Haye KestelooNov 16

Virginia Unveils $22M Investment for 35 New EV Charging Locations

Elon Musk

Biden’s $5 Billion EV Charging Program Failed Politically But Won On Policy. Then Survived Trump’s Attempt To Kill It

President Biden promised a national network of 500,000 EV chargers would “sprout up very quickly.” Four years later, only 25 charging locations had opened, handing Donald Trump perfect campaign ammunition to mock the program as government waste. But beneath the political disaster lies an unexpected success story: the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program forced America’s…

Haye KestelooNov 14

Hyundai

South Korea Boosts EV Subsidies 20% To Counter Trump Tariffs As Hyundai-Kia Struggle

South Korea announced Friday it will increase electric vehicle subsidies by 20% in 2026 as part of a broader support package designed to help the country’s automakers survive the Trump administration’s punishing tariffs. The move signals Seoul’s willingness to fight protectionism with government intervention—a strategy that’s becoming standard playbook as the global trade war reshapes…

Haye KestelooNov 14

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