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The electric trucks at Hannover are ready. Europe's plugs are not
CATL launched a 1,000 km truck battery at IAA Transportation, Scania and BYD brought hardware you can order, and Germany promised 4,200 motorway charging points. Electric trucks remain 3% of the German fleet.
Sodium-ion batteries are closing in on LFP cost parity, and the last excuse is energy density
CATL expects sodium-ion to match LFP on cost by the end of 2026. The chemistry's remaining problem is density — and two 2025 research papers just attacked it from different angles.
BYD's battery share fell while the market grew 20%. Its own factory was the bottleneck
SNE Research has CATL at 39.9% of global EV battery installations and BYD down to 14.7%. BYD's chairman has already explained why: the second-generation Blade line could not keep up.
Why one failed EV battery module can still trigger a whole-pack quote
A Nissan Leaf case, an independent UK workshop and CATL repair rollout show why service access, not just battery health, shapes used-EV risk.
CATL's first sodium-ion sedan was held up by the factory, not the chemistry
CATL's Naxtra sodium-ion cell is going into the Changan Nevo A06 this year. The 45 kWh pack is a winter specialist, not a lithium killer, and CATL itself only plans 10,000 to 20,000 cars.
Why 2027 does not mean solid-state EVs are ready
Geely, CATL, BYD and several Chinese battery makers are aiming for solid-state trials around 2027. Their plans describe pilot lines and validation fleets, not mass-market cars.