Zeekr is one of the most elegant, most advanced, and most high tech EV producers in the world. The brand is underneath the wing of Chinese auto giant Geely, but Zeekr has always seemed like a brand focused on conquering the European market. Recall that Geely also owns Volvo Cars … [continued]
EV battery technology continues to advance, sometimes at what seems to be a rapid clip. Much of the progress is subtle, incremental, nearly ignored progress that eventually adds up to a lot. Some of the progress, though, is golden. To be specific, there’s a new golden battery going into the … [continued]
In case you haven’t caught wind of the hottest new show on YouTube, it’s Jo Borras and me talking about electric vehicles! Jo has decades of experience in the EV world, and even deeper history in the auto world. I’ve been covering the EV sector for more than a decade … [continued]
Chinese automakers have been busting out the news today. Naturally, there’s a big auto show just getting underway in China — Auto Guangzhou 2023 — and hence the flurry of announcements. We have new EV news from Zeekr, BYD, and XPeng that I’m packaging all together here. Zeekr 007 First … [continued]
167,217 passenger vehicles were sold in Israel in the overall market from January to June of this year. 28,834 were full battery-electrics, meaning that 17.2% of vehicles sold in the first half of the year were fully electric. In terms of brand market share, Geely was in second place with … [continued]
We’ve got some notable news from two Chinese EV startups from this past week or so. NIO has hit a big sales milestone, and Zeekr is looking to go public in the USA and raise at least $1 billion. NIO EV Sales Milestone The Chinese EV startup NIO has now … [continued]
Who knows which companies will be able to provide scaled-up, high-volume robotaxi service profitably? It feels like we’ve come a long way in recent years with Waymo and Cruise now providing limited robotaxi service in certain markets. Of course, they are far from profitability, but each step forward feels momentous. … [continued]
I just wrote about Zeekr’s strong sales surge in the past few months, after just a year on the market. The Chinese EV startup has relied on the Zeekr 001 up till now, but parent company Geely stated at launch that it would introduce a new electric vehicle each year … [continued]
Following in the footsteps of NIO and XPeng, Zeekr is a relatively new and hot EV startup from China. It was formed in March 2021 as a premium electric vehicle brand from Geely, one of China’s largest automotive groups. Deliveries began in the 4th quarter of last year, 2021, and … [continued]
Five years ago, few had heard of CATL. Today … well … few outside of EV enthusiast circles have heard of CATL, but a large portion of EV enthusiasts are familiar with CATL. It’s the largest EV battery producer in the world. The Chinese company supplies everyone from Tesla to … [continued]
