EV Motor Supply Chains Shift Away From Rare Earth Reliance: IDTechEx

China’s 2025 rare earth export licensing system has disrupted EV motor production globally, with manufacturers including Maruti Suzuki, Lucid Motors, Ford, Suzuki Motor, Bajaj Auto, and Ather Energy forced to delay or reduce output. The restrictions target dysprosium and terbium, heavy rare earth elements used in the neodymium magnets that account for 1-3kg per motor… Continue reading EV Motor Supply Chains Shift Away From Rare Earth Reliance: IDTechEx

Hon Hai Tech Day 2025 Opens To Showcase Foxconn’s Powerful Partnerships And Vertical Integration Strengths

NVIDIA, OpenAI, Alphabet, IBM, ABB Robotics, Uber, FUSO Participate Onstage TAIPEI, Nov. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Accelerating its transformation into an AI-powered technology platform service company, Hon Hai Technology Group (“Foxconn”) (TWSE: 2317) on Friday welcomed powerful partnerships, including NVIDIA, OpenAI and Alphabet, and shared its unrivalled strength in vertical integration at its annual flagship… Continue reading Hon Hai Tech Day 2025 Opens To Showcase Foxconn’s Powerful Partnerships And Vertical Integration Strengths

Clean Technica: A Tale of Two Markets — BEVs Up 20% YoY & PHEVs Down 10% YoY in China004260

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BEVs represented 36% the total Chinese car market in October. We saw plugins score another million-plus sales in September (1.3 million plugins, in a 2.2-million-unit overall market, down 1% YoY), but growth has been slowing down, with October showing only a 7% increase over October… Continue reading Clean Technica: A Tale of Two Markets — BEVs Up 20% YoY & PHEVs Down 10% YoY in China004260

Clean Technica: Tesla Is Back on the Offensive: The USA’s EV Giant Has Just Entered Colombia’s Market Looking for Blood004258

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I hope our readers will pardon my hyperbolic language, but believe that nobody, nobody, expected to see what’s now unraveling in the Colombian market. I knew Tesla was going to (finally) arrive on our shores at Bogota’s 19th International Automobile Hall, but to be completely… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Is Back on the Offensive: The USA’s EV Giant Has Just Entered Colombia’s Market Looking for Blood004258

QuantumScape Holds Second Annual Battery Symposium in Kyoto

QuantumScape Corporation hosted its second annual Solid-State Battery Symposium in Kyoto, bringing together automotive industry leaders, government representatives, and technology partners to discuss developments in solid-state battery technology. The event featured presentations from senior officials representing Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, as well as executives from Nissan, Honda R&D, and Murata Manufacturing. The… Continue reading QuantumScape Holds Second Annual Battery Symposium in Kyoto

Indonesian state-run firm to buy 320,000 vehicles for its cooperative programme, CEO says

Indonesia’s state-led Agrinas Pangan Nusantara is set to purchase 160,000 trucks and motorbikes as part of a $12 billion initiative to establish 80,000 cooperative markets. Indonesia’s state-led Agrinas Pangan Nusantara is negotiating the purchase of 160,000 trucks and as many motorbikes to kick off a $12 billion programme to build cooperative markets across the archipelago,… Continue reading Indonesian state-run firm to buy 320,000 vehicles for its cooperative programme, CEO says

Clean Technica: We’re Not in Norway, China, or California, But EVs (Mainly Teslas) Are Swarming in Utah004255

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. Tesla lineup at V4 Supercharger. Far West, Utah. October 12, 2025. Norway has further cemented its position as the world leader in electric vehicle (EV) adoption, with an unprecedented 97–98% of new cars sold in the country being fully electric now. 25% of new car… Continue reading Clean Technica: We’re Not in Norway, China, or California, But EVs (Mainly Teslas) Are Swarming in Utah004255