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The most innovative companies in automotive for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Chinas largest car company, BYD , became the worlds second-biggest EV maker in 2024 due to the rollout of its ultra-affordable models such as the $11,000 Seagull as it grows its global footprint. But the mid-2023 launch of BYDs most affordable modelthe four-figure Seagull compact carignited BYDs exponential sales run.

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Ford is making an electric Explorer, boosts EV investment by $8 billion

The Verge

Ford will spend $30 billion on electric vehicles by 2025, and says 40 percent of its global fleet will be all-electric by 2030. The company had previously committed $22 billion to EVs and had announced a goal to be all-electric in Europe by 2030. Lithium iron phosphate battery packs for commercial vehicles will be called IonBoost Pro.

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Two Chinese auto majors unveil big solid-state battery plans amid global race

TechNode

17, entering a global competition to bring the potentially transformative technology to play in electric vehicles (EVs). Meanwhile, the Chinese partner of Toyota and Honda expects its first wholly-owned battery plant to start rolling out conventional lithium-ion batteries later this month. Heres what the two automakers said on Nov.

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Next China: YOUIBOT, China’s industrial mobile robot pioneer is going global

TechNode

Credit: YOUIBOT About YOUIBOT YOUIBOT is a leading global provider of mobile robot solutions, applying high-precision Slam navigation mobile robots and application software systems. Credit: YOUIBOT With this logic, industries such as semiconductors and lithium batteries become our primary focus.

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Renault to develop cheaper EV batteries with CATL, LG Energy

TechNode

Renaults electric vehicle arm Ampere on Monday announced it will integrate lower-cost lithium iron batteries into several models under the Renault and Alpine brands over the next years in partnerships with Chinese battery maker CATL and South Koreas LG Energy Solution. The goal is to reduce by 2026 roughly 20% of vehicle battery costs.

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Energy Dome uses CO2 for long-term power storage for solar energy

TechCrunch

Energy Dome today announced the close of its $11 million Series A fundraise, with the goal of deploying the first commercially viable CO 2 battery in a demonstration project in its native Sardinia, Italy. The tech is pretty neat — the company is using CO 2 in a closed-loop cycle where it changes from gas to liquid and back to gas.

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CATL targets small-scale production of solid-state batteries by 2027: report

TechNode

Why it matters: Presenting a promising solution to conventional lithium-ion battery limitations, producers maintain that solid-state batteries offer enhanced safety, higher energy density, improved performance, increased durability, and reduced environmental impact.

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