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Battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution just announced that its Arizona subsidiary has signed a long-term supply agreement with US automaker Rivian for 4695 cylindrical batteries. The cells will be produced at LG Energy Solution Arizona’s new standalone US facility beginning next year and will power Rivian’s upcoming R2 BEVs. LG Energy Solution (LGES) is a spinoff entity of LG Chem specializing in battery development and manufacturing. In the four short years since the entity was founded, the Korean company has established partnerships and supply agreements with OEMs worldwide and is currently one of the leaders in its respective market behind…

Batteries bound for U.S. Rivian R2 models will come from Arizona LG will supply Rivian with 67 gigawatt-hours over five years 4695 format is set to be shared with R3, R3X Next-generation cylindrical battery cells for the Rivian R2 SUV will come from LG Energy Solution and its Arizona plant, the battery supplier and U.S. EV maker confirmed Thursday.  The agreement, LG says, will span five years and total 67 gigawatt-hours in total energy capacity and power R2 models for the North American market. Although LG didn’t note a starting date for supply, the R2 is due to go on…

The first U.S.-made Polestar 3s have started reaching customers in North America. It joins the Polestar 2 to become the second model in the U.S. lineup, with the smaller Polestar 4 arriving soon. Polestar needs the two new models to do well, as the China-built Polestar 2 faces a 100% tariff. Polestar has just started delivering its largest and most expensive model, the Polestar 3, in the United States and Canada. The Polestar 3 is the Volvo EX90’s sportier cousin, sharing its underpinnings but wrapped in a much more rakish-looking body. For European and Asian markets, the Polestar 3 will…

Ford will pause production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck from Nov. 18 to Jan. 6, reports Reuters. “We continue to adjust production for an optimal mix of sales growth and profitability,” the automaker said in a statement to Reuters regarding the six-week production pause, which overlaps with a week in December when all Ford factories are closed for the holidays. 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning pre-production Ford said this month that U.S. EV sales for its namesake brand were up 45% this year, and that Lightning sales had more than doubled to 7,100 trucks in the three months ending…

Song family models continued to rank as the top-selling BYD models with record sales of 114,938 vehicles in October. BYD today announced new energy vehicle (NEV) sales for October, followed by breakdown figures showing the performance of different models and sub-brands. The Song family of models continued to rank as the top-selling BYD model with 114,938 vehicles sold in October, surpassing the previous record of 89,135 in September. This represents a 79.69 percent increase year-on-year and a 28.95 percent increase from September. The Song family models on sale include the Song L EV, Song L DM-i and Song Pro DM-i…

BYD sold 189,614 passenger BEVs in October, up 14.57 percent year-on-year, and 310,912 PHEVs, the eighth consecutive record high since March, up 129.30 percent year-on-year. BYD (HKG: 1211, OTCMKTS: BYDDY) posted another record month of sales last month, as hybrid models maintained strong growth. The company sold 502,657 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in October, surpassing the 500,000 mark for the first time and marking the fifth consecutive month of record highs, according to data released today. That’s up 66.53 percent from 301,833 in the same period last year and up 19.84 percent from 419,426 in September. BYD ceased production and…

The manufacturing site will be used to produce the flying body portion of Xpeng Aeroht’s modular flying car, with a planned annual capacity of 10,000 units. (Xpeng Aeroht breaks ground on its flying car manufacturing base in Guangzhou on October 27, 2024. Image credit: Xpeng Aeroht) Xpeng Aeroht, the flying car subsidiary of Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV), has begun construction of its flying car manufacturing base, as it targets mass production and delivery by 2026. The flying car manufacturing base, located in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, broke ground on October 27, Guangzhou-based Xpeng Aeroht announced today. It is the world’s first flying…

Under a new agreement inked between Ford and LG, the companies will move production of EV batteries for the Ford Mustang Mach-E from Poland to its Michigan facility in 2025. This (of course) has everything to do with the IRA and tax credits. “To capitalize on competitive market conditions,” the new agreement moves Ford Mach-E battery production to the US, where those batteries can take advantage of America’s various incentives. Over in Europe, LG plans to take advantage of incentives over there by supplying a total of 109 GWh of batteries to Ford for its electric commercial vans starting in…

The Rivian R1T has a full-width storage area between the bed and the passenger compartment. EV Sportline, an aftermarket accessories company, made a slide-out drawer system specifically for the so-called Gear Tunnel. The Rivian R1T has a unique cargo space in the form of the so-called Gear Tunnel. Located between the bed and passenger compartment, it’s a lockable, full-width cargo area that can be accessed from both sides of the vehicle and from inside, so it has a lot of versatility. It’s where the ill-fated first-generation Camp Kitchen should have been fitted if it wasn’t canceled, but it doesn’t mean…

Audi commemorated the 25th anniversary of its cult-classic A2 hatchback by converting one into an EV. The Audi A2 E-Tron is a one-off project undertaken by apprentices. It’s not the first such project; Audi apprentices previously converted an NSU Prinz 4 from one of the automaker’s predecessor brands into a speedy EV concept to mark 150 years of manufacturing at the site of Audi’s Neckarsulm, Germany plant. Audi A2 E-Tron concept The hatchback is powered by a single electric motor from an Audi Q8 E-Tron, tuned for 197 hp and 261 pound-feet of torque. A 25.9-kwh battery pack from an…