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CATL introduces the 620-mile, 10-minute-fast-charging LFP battery

It looks like it is game over for the other battery manufacturers, given that LFP batteries are also the least costly and most environmentally friendly to manufacture.

CATL Unveils Shenxing PLUS, Enabling 1,000-km Range and 4C Superfast Charging

Gokhan May 18, 2024 Read More Replies: 55

Toyota and Kenworth Team up to Create a Fuel Cell Regional Semi

Toyota and Kenworth are making a 450 mile (724 km) range fuel cell Semi that can haul 82,000 lbs (37,195 kg).
Toyota supersizes battery in fuel-cell semi, teases formula for pickups
Yeah we've talked about something like this before:
Toyota's New Bet on Hydrogen | PriusChat

This is slightly different in that in addition to the 58.8 kg of hydrogen, it has a buffer Lithium NCA battery of 200 kWh. So what's the DCFC speed? Just what the fuel cell is capable of, because there is no DCFC or charge port of any kind. As many of us know the fuel cell's main weakness is slower dynamic reaction to power requests than batteries. The 200 kWh battery supplies a buffer for the fuel cell. Combine the large truck and payload going downhill along with 310 kW motors the battery pack can...

drash May 15, 2024 Read More Replies: 46

100% Tariff on Chinese EV's in the USA.

Chinese electric cars: why Biden is keeping cheap cars from BYD out - Vox
Biden announces new tariffs on Chinese EVs, semiconductors, solar cells and more - CBS News

These are a couple of articles on the new 100% tariff on Chinese EVs. I'm only adding these for information and would encourage others to not start a politcal debate. I don't share the political views of perhaps any news agency, much less these two.

Regardless, if one were hoping for those cheap Chinese EV's to come into the USA and give a person the opportunity to not only buy an EV, but also perhaps their only chance at buying a new car, well, that ship seems to have been sunk.

Isaac Zachary May 15, 2024 Read More Replies: 61