How a Japanese entrepreneur built Ethiopia’s fastest-growing EV maker
Dodai plans to introduce motorcycles with exchangeable batteries as a strategy for growth.
BYD’s annual sales top $100bn for first time
Chinese electric vehicle company has benefited from rising demand for plug-in hybrids in its domestic market
Electric vehicle battery prices are expected to fall almost 50% by 2026
Filipinos are embracing electric three-wheelers faster than officials can regulate them
Unregistered three-wheelers big enough for whole families are a popular antidote to the country's terrible gridlock.
VW Turns on Germany as China Targets Europe’s EV Blunders
Losing ground in the race to produce electric vehicles, German and French carmakers are heading toward a disruptive wave of factory closures
The Uruguayan company teaching people how to turn regular cars into EVs
Organización Autolibre is teaching individuals and companies across 14 countries to retrofit vehicles. Critics worry about the process’s safety.
Ethiopians are struggling to keep up with the new “EV or nothing” policy
Ethiopia became the first country in the world to ban the import of gas and diesel cars. But the country has only around 50 charging stations.
Justin Guay on Twitter / X
Chinese *public EV chargers* use more electricity than Greece 🤯 pic.twitter.com/ySfP7HHVem— Justin Guay (@Guay_JG) January 8, 2024
Australian student invents affordable electric car conversion kit
Australian design student Alexander Burton has developed a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric.
It begins: Ethiopia set to become first country to ban internal combustion cars
Ethiopia's Transport and Logistics Ministries have announced that automobiles cannot enter the country unless they are electric. (!)
Car wars
A flood of cheap Chinese imports is upsetting the global industrial order.