Electric
BYD's new megawatt platform charges an EV with about 400 km of range in just 5 minutes at a record 1,000 kW, roughly as fast as a petrol fill-up
By Bruno Teles · June 23, 2026
Electric
Electric Mobility
The battery, the range, the charge and the catch, electric cars seen through what actually matters.
Electric
Electric
China won the electric car race, but now it faces a wave of worn-out batteries heading for a million tonnes a year by 2030
By Bruno Teles · June 23, 2026
Electric
Solid-state batteries promising up to 1,000 kilometres of EV range just hit a real pilot line in 2026, and the catch is not the chemistry
By Bruno Teles · June 23, 2026
Electric
An EV battery loses only 2.3 percent of capacity a year across 22,700 real cars, so it still holds more than 80 percent after eight years on the road
By Bruno Teles · June 23, 2026