Livium, previously known as Lithium Australia, has signed agreements with EV supplier BYD Australia and national metal recycling business Sell & Parker to expand battery recycling. Through its subsidiary Envirostream Australia, Livium has entered into a new expanded recycling agreement with BYD Australia to better address the growing requirements of the broader BYD business in… Read more »
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BYD claims its new EV charging system is almost as fast as refueling with gas
Chinese automaker BYD has announced an ultra-fast EV charging system that it says can deliver a full charge to its latest EV models within five to eight minutes, similar to the amount of time needed to fill a fuel tank with gas. The company says its one-megawatt flash chargers can provide enough energy for nearly… Read more »
BYD launches three new battery packs for electric construction machinery
EV industry colossus BYD, in collaboration with XCMG, China’s largest producer of construction machinery, has launched a trio of battery models specially designed for construction machinery. The new batteries are expected to debut in vehicles manufactured by XCMG, potentially giving BYD a first-mover foothold in this rapidly growing vehicle segment. All three battery models—Super-hybrid, Super-fast… Read more »
BYD and CATL to release EV batteries supporting 6C fast charging this year
Chinese battery suppliers are making their wares cheaper and faster. Two of the country’s largest battery-makers have announced plans to release EV batteries supporting 6C fast charging this year. CarNewsChina reports that BYD will launch its Blade 2.0 battery in the second half of the year, and CATL will launch its Qilin 2.0 battery by… Read more »
Congress takes aim at Chinese battery companies, including EV maker BYD
A bill aimed at cutting major Chinese battery manufacturers out of the Department of Homeland Security’s supply chain recently advanced in the US House of Representatives. The Decoupling from Foreign Adversarial Battery Dependence Act, which was sponsored by Congressman Carlos Gimenez (R—Florida), has strong bipartisan support and appears likely to pass. The proposed legislation would… Read more »
BYD introduces two new bus models
Chinese EV maker BYD has introduced its 40-foot BYD B12 and its 45-foot double-decker BYD-UNVI DD13 electric bus models, the latter in collaboration with Spanish bus manufacturer UNVI. The BYD B12 integrates a lithium-iron-phosphate blade battery within the chassis structure. The battery pack has a maximum capacity of 500 kWh. BYD says the 6-in-1 controller… Read more »
As 2023 wanes, legacy automakers fall farther behind Tesla and BYD
Ever since Tesla’s 2003 founding, industry observers (and even the company’s own execs) have been predicting that the giant global automakers would respond to the new company’s challenge, produce their own compelling EVs, and surpass (or perhaps even acquire) the upstart. Two decades later, that scenario seems more unlikely than ever. As Tom Randall writes… Read more »
China’s BYD delivering EVs in Germany
Chinese EVs continue to roll onto the streets of Europe. Xpeng started delivering EVs to Norway in 2020, and today Nordic drivers can choose models from MG, BYD, NIO and Golden Dragon. Now BYD, the world’s largest seller of EVs, is delivering cars to Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, following a 2021 launch in Norway… Read more »
Rental agency Sixt to buy 100,000 BYD EVs for European market
After a decade of talking about renting EVs, major car rental companies (including Hertz) are now starting to place serious orders. This is excellent news, because offering EVs to rental car customers could have a multiplier effect—who’d want to go back to their gas-burner after driving electric for a week? The latest rental giant to… Read more »
BYD and Castrol to collaborate on fluids and greases for EVs
Chinese automaker BYD and bp-owned lubricant company Castrol have signed a three-year collaboration agreement for Castrol ON products, which include fluids and greases designed for EVs. BYD will officially recommend Castrol ON EV Transmission Fluid for its Han EVs, and will use Castrol ON fluids in its EVs. “BYD (China) will promote Castrol ON products… Read more »
