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• The postal service has put 612 new electric mail trucks on the road, a small share of its 66,000 vehicle target set in 2022 and unchanged since3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Electric car charger funding delays lifted in August 2025, but states have reimbursed only 94 million dollars, 2%, of the 4.4 billion dollars now available3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Tesla adapter for my electric car does not work because Hyundai reverses which one the Ioniq 5 needs between 2024 and 2026, and 1,624 recalled adapters show the hardware can fail too3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The GM Samsung Indiana battery plant is still paused, and Samsung SDI now owns the entire 3.5 billion dollar project after buying out the stake General Motors sold3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Electric car insurance costs 42% more than gas car insurance, and the gap reaches 54% in Massachusetts3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Tesla Semi cost per mile versus diesel truck, real freight routes put electric at about 22 cents against diesel at about 100 cents a mile3 minute read. 5 sources.
• How much range does an electric car lose in cold weather, AAA found 39% at 20 degrees Fahrenheit3 minute read. 5 sources.
• United States battery factory investment cancellations reached 23.11 billion dollars, just over half of everything announced since 20223 minute read. 5 sources.
• 3 named American battery factories are actually making batteries in 2026, and a 3.5 billion dollar Indiana plant is not one of them3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Amazon has rolled out more than 40,000 electric delivery vans across the United States, and more than 50,000 worldwide, toward a 100,000 van goal by 20303 minute read. 5 sources.
• Battery dry room design splits one room into zones, the driest held at minus 40 degrees Celsius, and Fraunhofer says that dry air can cost 60% of a factory total energy3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Nigeria lithium industry grows on China investment after an export ban3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Copper wire demand from electric grids and EV chargers pushes a wire maker to spend 500 million dollars3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Copper mines are on pace for a 30% shortage by 2035, and electric cars are one reason why3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A wireless car charging standard turns 6 years old. Only 1 automaker has committed to selling it.3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A Baltimore utility pays electric vehicle owners an average of 240 dollars a year to let it choose when they charge3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Used electric vehicle values fell 4.2% in a single month, other used vehicles fell 1.1%3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Nio counts 4,006 battery swap stations in China, and a swap now takes 144 seconds3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Electric vehicle owners worldwide charge at home almost 75% of the time, and access to a home charger ranges from 52% to 90%3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The federal tax credit worth up to 7,500 dollars ended, and battery electric vehicle sales fell 46.7% in October 20253 minute read. 5 sources.
• Turkey taxes Chinese electric cars at 40%, but a Turkish built car enters Europe with no tariff at all3 minute read. 5 sources.
• BMW iX3 charges to 80% in 21 minutes, and the plant behind it has already built 50,0003 minute read. 5 sources.
• The cheapest of 6 real battery packs to take apart has no modules inside it3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Toyota targets a 1,200 kilometre range and a 10 minute charge for its first solid state battery3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The Japanese approval of Toyota battery plans happened in 2024, and it funds development, not permission to build3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A solid battery cell needs far more clamping pressure than a real structural pack applies today3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Only Nissan names one year for a solid state car. The maker with the best test result names none.3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Five companies set a launch date for a solid state battery since 2020, and none has shipped one by September 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
• Toyota holds more solid state battery patents than any other company in the world3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A solid state car battery passed 1,000 charging cycles with 95% capacity left, and its maker says demand will outstrip its ability to produce them3 minute read. 5 sources.
• 5 governments fund solid state batteries, and none of the amounts can be compared3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The furthest along solid state battery design still keeps one liquid inside it3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Solid Power sells the material inside a solid state battery to BMW, Samsung SDI and SK On, rather than building the battery itself2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Sulfide conducts fastest, oxide survives heat, polymer needs heat just to work3 minute read. 5 sources.
• NGK is halting production of the sodium sulphur battery that stores power at over 250 sites worldwide2 minute read. 5 sources.
• A sodium battery pack retains 90% of its charge at 40 degrees below zero2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Sodium for batteries needs no new mine3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Redwood Materials says its Nevada plant produced more than 60,000 tons of battery metals last year3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The last battery cost target the government and automakers set was beaten. Their new one is a 60 dollar cell.3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Shenzhen electrified its whole bus fleet by 2017, and numbers from one operator show what it cost3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Samsung SDI built a solid battery pilot line in 2023, and one automaker has signed on3 minute read. 5 sources.
• 2 robot arms cut electric car battery disassembly time by 43%, and still failed half the time on the hardest task3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Redwood Materials recycles more than 20 gigawatt hours of batteries a year, equal to about 250,000 electric vehicles3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Redwood Materials targets 100 gigawatt hours of battery material a year, rising to 500 by 20303 minute read. 5 sources.
• The battery recyclers that survived had a customer signed before construction finished3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Umicore has recycled factory scrap from Automotive Cells Company since 2022, and separately agreed to supply Automotive Cells Company with 46 gigawatt hours a year of cathode material by 20303 minute read. 5 sources.
• Recycled battery cathode material still costs more than mined material in the United States3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Recycled material supplies 3% of world lithium demand and 12% of world cobalt demand, but almost none of it comes from old car batteries3 minute read. 5 sources.
• An electric car battery still holds enough charge to spark a fire after recyclers call it empty3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Lithium sulphur targets 2030 while a solid state rival aims for 20273 minute read. 5 sources.
• A thick battery electrode fails at fast charging where a thin one does not3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Hydrometallurgy recovers more than 90% of the lithium in a dead battery, and the smelting method it replaces cannot recover any3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Grading a used electric car battery can take 3 minutes or 15 months, depending on which test is trusted3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Battery factories waste a smaller share of what they make, but the total scrap keeps rising3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Retired electric vehicle batteries are still not the main source of battery recycling material3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Electric two and three wheelers cut African farm and running costs, but not by the doubled profit margin often claimed3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A real electric tractor already for sale carries a battery that weighs 175 kilograms, and soil science says every extra kilogram raises the risk of compacting a field3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Electric buses cost less to maintain than diesel in every United States transit fleet studied3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A two stage heat treatment restores a used battery cathode to match new material2 minute read. 5 sources.
• The metal inside a dead electric car battery pack is worth about 2,960 dollars3 minute read. 5 sources.
• CATL claims 500 watt hours per kilogram for aircraft and 350 for cars under its condensed battery brand, and no outside lab has checked either number3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The United States Clean School Bus programme has awarded 2.7 billion dollars since 2021, and no new round is open to award the rest3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The United States now requires black mass from recycled batteries to be sold at home, not exported3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The furthest dated battery commitment found here is 2028, not 20403 minute read. 5 sources.
• Only 1 of 4 named United States battery recycling plants is actually running today3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Four early battery chemistries have been tested through as few as 5 charge and discharge cycles and as many as 1,0003 minute read. 5 sources.
• A lithium battery cell is built from the same 4 parts in every design, and the chemistry chosen decides whether it stores 90 or 260 watt hours of energy for every kilogram it weighs3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Tesla promised a battery cell with 5 times the energy, nearly 6 years later the pack it ships gives a car less range2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Volkswagen built one battery cell for 80% of its future electric cars3 minute read. 5 sources.
• CATL expects sodium ion batteries to eventually replace 30% to 40% of the whole battery market3 minute read. 5 sources.
• QuantumScape has not published cycle life, safety and energy density results from the same battery cell3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A sodium ion truck reached the road while 3 rival battery chemistries have not shipped3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Battery makers worldwide have committed to 6,500 gigawatt hours of factory capacity by 2030, and the United States alone has 700 gigawatt hours under construction now3 minute read. 5 sources.
• New battery plants scrap 15% to 30% of what they make, mature plants scrap about 10%3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A car battery pack usually weakens in 1 cell first, not evenly everywhere3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The battery share of a Nissan Leaf starting price grew even as battery prices fell3 minute read. 5 sources.
• BloombergNEF forecasts battery prices will fall again in 2026, and its own data names 2 reasons that could be wrong3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A kilowatt hour of battery pack costs 84 dollars in China and 44% more in North America3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Battery pack prices hit a record low in 2025, even as the metals inside them cost more2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Nissan built a solid state battery pilot line in Yokohama, and the 2028 launch date has not moved3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A single battery module can cost a fraction of a full pack, but few shops will swap only one3 minute read. 5 sources.
• An artificial intelligence system screened 32,000,000 battery materials, and 1 became a working prototype3 minute read. 5 sources.
• World lithium demand grows 3.4 times by 2040 in the main scenario for the energy transition3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A lab tested battery chemistry was projected in 2019 to last 1,000,000 miles, and the warranty on a new electric car still stops at 100,0003 minute read. 5 sources.
• Adding manganese to a cheap battery cathode costs about 3% more but raises its voltage 17%3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Lithium prices more than doubled in a year, and a battery cell absorbed only a fraction of that rise3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Lithium iron phosphate neared half of world electric vehicle battery sales in 20243 minute read. 5 sources.
• Iron phosphate battery cells needed more heat to lose control than nickel cells in a matched laboratory test3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Idemitsu began construction on its solid electrolyte plant on the schedule it set in 20243 minute read. 5 sources.
• High nickel battery cells pack more energy, and lose it faster each cycle3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Hot climates cost an electric car an extra 0.4% of battery capacity every year2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Grid battery packs are now cheaper than car battery packs, for the first time3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Geotab measured 22,700 electric vehicles and found 2.3% degradation a year3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Electric cars that fast charge often and mostly above 100 kilowatts lose battery capacity at about twice the yearly rate of cars that rarely fast charge3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A denser battery pack adds 69 miles without adding weight or trunk space3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Nio put 2 battery chemistries in 1 pack. By 2024 it switched back to 1.3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Bolts beat glue when an electric car battery pack has to come apart3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Lithium iron phosphate battery share in China is forecast to climb from 64% in 2024 to 76% by 20302 minute read. 5 sources.
• The battery chemistry a producer is actually building in 2026, and the 1 that still is not.3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The 5 battery chemistries expected to matter through the 2030s, and the reason for each3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A real battery assembly line joined cells to modules with 21 wire bonders before it was sold at auction3 minute read. 5 sources.
• No single electric car battery shape wins on cost, safety and packing3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Battery factories can build more than 3 times what electric cars used in 20253 minute read. 5 sources.
• CATL sodium ion cells reached mass production in 2025, and the first mass produced car followed in 20263 minute read. 5 sources.
• The most cited battery figure for an 8 year old electric car is a projection, not a measurement3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A long, flat shape kept BYD Blade battery cells from catching fire in a nail test3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The 8 year, 100,000 mile electric car battery warranty looks the same everywhere, the number that decides when it pays out does not3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Battery prices fall about 19% every time global production doubles3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A dry room built to assemble batteries holds air so dry that water only condenses below minus 45 degrees Celsius, and running it used 29% of the total energy at a factory3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Electric car batteries are projected to last longer than the average car on the road3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Africa has no shared standard for swapping an electric motorcycle battery, so a rider cannot take one to a rival company3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Renault has sold cars with no permanent magnet in the motor since 20113 minute read. 5 sources.
• A battery factory could save up to 6 million dollars once it can coat the cathode with water3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Sulfur costs a fraction of the cobalt it could replace in a battery3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Tesla and BYD now build the battery pack into the car body instead of bolting it underneath2 minute read. 5 sources.
• A Vancouver company joins a South Korean plan to turn silicon wafer waste into battery anode material3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Silicon can add electric car range, and it just became a critical mineral too3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Recycled aluminium saves 95.5% of the energy needed to make new metal, and fills up to 75% of a Jaguar car body panel2 minute read. 5 sources.
• BMW ships an electric motor with no rare earth magnet, and a government funded study measured what going magnet free costs3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A car part is 100% recycled ocean plastic, and it weighs 5 grams3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The document federal law required for the Thacker Pass lithium mine was never signed by the tribe living 40 miles away3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Manganese sulfate costs 0.80 dollars a kilogram, the cheapest of the 4 metals used to build an electric vehicle battery cathode3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Chile mines the most lithium in the triangle even though it holds the smallest share of the resource3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A lithium sulphur cell reached 761 watt hours per kilogram after 10 cycles3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Lithium prices more than doubled in 7 months, the average electric car rose 1.6%2 minute read. 5 sources.
• A lithium mine approved on 5,700 acres sits beside federal land leased for oil and gas that is 2,170 times as large2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Cutting weight from a car body lets its battery shrink too3 minute read. 5 sources.
• 2 of 9 leather alternatives clear the wear test leather passes3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Form Energy iron air battery stores power for over 4 days without lithium3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A pilot plant in Sweden turned hydrogen reduced iron into prototype car parts, not a finished car3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Synthetic graphite already supplies as much as 71% of the graphite in a battery3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A power bank sold as a graphene battery had no graphene in it when tested3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Continental tyre on sale since 2023 reaches 65% renewable and recycled material3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A magnet with no rare earth material costs a motor extra weight or speed, but Ola Electric already has one certified to match performance3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A dry battery coating process needs up to 16.5% less factory floor space, and Tesla already builds cars this way3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Recycled copper meets a third of world demand, and electric cars will need much more of it2 minute read. 5 sources.
• A cheaper battery chemistry made a cheaper car, until a tariff removed the saving3 minute read. 5 sources.
• CATL says removing the module from a battery pack cut the number of parts by 40%3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Ford replaces 25% of the polyol in car seat foam with soybean oil2 minute read. 5 sources.
• Australia became the biggest lithium producer in the world in 2023, then its lithium price collapsed3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Argentina doubled its running lithium mines since 2021 while Chile stayed at 23 minute read. 5 sources.
• Construction at the largest confirmed lithium deposit in North America will not finish before late 20273 minute read. 5 sources.
• Two solar projects at mines reported more than they delivered, and one delivered exactly as promised3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The United States Geological Survey estimates 5 to 19 million tons of lithium in Arkansas brine already produced for oil and gas3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The Salton Sea could hold enough lithium for 375 million electric vehicle batteries, and none of it is being pulled from the brine yet3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Pennsylvania oilfield wastewater could supply 38 to 40% of United States lithium demand, researchers say3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Cobalt mining per electric vehicle is falling, lithium mining is not3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Miners are recovering gold, copper and cobalt from tailings dumped decades ago3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A lithium mine reclamation bond can start 40 times smaller than the amount required before construction begins3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A peer reviewed comparison of 2 real lithium plants found direct extraction used more freshwater than an evaporation pond3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Nevada now has about 12 times more lithium ready to mine in clay than in brine3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Lithium iron phosphate needs no cobalt and no nickel at all3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A North Carolina lithium mine that closed in 1993 has finished its last federal permit3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The heaviest electric car battery chemistry weighs 120 kilograms more than a lighter nickel based chemistry, for the same 300 mile range3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A lithium and geothermal project in California called Hells Kitchen has spent 185 million dollars but has not started construction3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Average copper ore grade fell 25% in a decade across 25 mines worldwide3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Over a lifetime, the fuel a petrol car burns outweighs the battery metal an electric car permanently loses by 300 to 400 times3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A Chinese coal mine now runs 100 battery electric haul trucks that do the work of 300 diesel trucks and 1,200 drivers3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Direct lithium extraction recovers 90% of lithium from brine in about a week, evaporation ponds take up to 18 months for less than half3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The Congo set its 2026 cobalt export quota at less than half of what its mines produced in 20253 minute read. 5 sources.
• Cobalt inside an average battery fell 73% since 20153 minute read. 5 sources.
• Bacteria mining in Finland produced 1.2% of the world nickel supply in 20203 minute read. 5 sources.
• No single scheme traces a battery cell from mine to car, so 3 separate layers do the job instead3 minute read. 5 sources.
• The European Union will require a battery passport on every electric vehicle battery from 18 February 20273 minute read. 5 sources.
• Named programmes pay, train and track hand dug cobalt diggers in Democratic Republic of Congo3 minute read. 5 sources.
• McIlvenna Bay ordered 20 battery electric vehicles before it mined any ore, and Media Luna already runs more than 70% of its fleet on batteries3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Waymo counts 94% fewer serious injury crashes than human drivers, on a comparison that leaves freeways out3 minute read. 5 sources.
• Two new electric cars list under 30,000 dollars, and the average new vehicle sold for 49,855 dollars3 minute read. 5 sources.
• A motorcycle taxi rider in Kenya spends up to 60% of daily earnings on petrol, and under 2 dollars a day on electricity3 minute read. 5 sources.