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BYD to stop making pouch batteries for its hybrid EVs on leakage concerns – sources – ET Auto

Baua Electric

BYD sold 98% of its hybrid cars at home last year, and eight of the 10 top-selling plug-in hybrid cars in China, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. It exported only a small number of the Song, Qin Plus and Destroyer 05 PHEV models, which use the pouch batteries, to markets such as Brazil.

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R?sselsheim Engineering Center developing next four-cylinder gasoline engine generation for Groupe PSA; optimized for hybrids

Green Car Congress

The Rüsselsheim Engineering Center will take on the global responsibility for the development of the next-generation of high-efficiency gasoline engines for all Groupe PSA brands (Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall). Market-introduction will begin in 2022.

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All you need to know about lithium miners & battery producers 

Electric Vehicles India

The electric vehicle (EV) supply chain is reaching an inflexion point as consumers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and governments accelerate the shift away from internal combustion engines (ICEs) and towards battery-powered vehicles. Lithium-ion batteries . Key efforts for the adoption of electric vehicles.

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EV Charging: A Look at the International Landscape

EV Connect

Europe Is Getting Organized In February 2021 , the European Union was advised by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association that binding targets should be set to have one million electric vehicle charging stations set up by 2024 and three million in place by 2029.