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Chinese battery maker CATL said it will build the first 300 quick battery swap stations for heavy-duty electric trucks by the end of 2025.
China's Changan has launched its first overseas full-service electrified vehicle (NEV) plant.
In China, a Tesla Model Y owner has prepared his electric car for a trip to the high mountains of Tibet by turning it into a hybrid-like Extended Range Electric Vehicle.
The world's largest fleet of fully autonomous electric mine dump trucks has begun operations at the Yimin coal mine in China. The project was implemented by the state-owned Huaneng Group Energy Corporation.
On 16 May, the production electric crossover FAW-Toyota bZ5 has rolled off the assembly line at the FAW plant in Tianjin. Sales of the novelty on the Chinese market will start in June.
The Sports Edition features an aggressive design and is available both as a pure electric vehicle and as a version with a hybrid powertrain with extended range (Range Extender).
From 2026, Volkswagen will start dropping the ID. prefix in electric car names and move to using familiar names.
Renault has revealed the R4 Savane concept car, an off-road interpretation of an electric crossover with two electric motors and all-wheel drive. It is the first modification based on the Renault 4 E-Tech model to receive an additional motor on the rear axle.
Mitsubishi has announced a new generation of the Eclipse Cross crossover for Europe, where the model will be all-electric.
The updated GMC Hummer EV Pickup is capable of accelerating from a standing start to 60 mph (97 km/h) in just 2.8 seconds. Just as fast as the Porsche 911 GT3 and Chevrolet Corvette Z06.
Tesla slipped from third to eighth place in the ranking of electrified car market share in the PRC in April.
Toyota has extended the European range of the all-electric bZ4X with a new Touring version. It is taller and longer than the regular version, resulting in a boot increase of around 33 per cent.
Toyota has revealed the starting price of the new Urban Cruiser electric car on its official website. Although there is no detailed price list yet, it can be assumed with a high degree of probability that we are talking about a front-wheel drive version with a power output of 106 kW (144 hp) and a range of about 300 kilometres.
VW's most anticipated electric car, the compact ID.2, will be introduced in a production design in 2026. This model will launch a number of major changes for the German brand's battery-electric models that will spread to the rest of the Volkswagen range.
Toyota is bringing the C-HR name back to the US market - but now not with a petrol engine, but as an all-electric crossover.
