UBTECH Humanoid Bots In China EV Factories

UBTECH’s humanoid robot Walker S was introduced into the assembly line of electric car maker NIO’s advanced vehicle manufacturing center, as an “intern” assisting in the car production. Walker S is the first bipedal humanoid robot to complete a specific workstation’s tasks on a mobile EV production line. UBTECH humanoid robot will also be placed …

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BYD Building 30 GWh/year Sodium Ion Battery Gigafactory

BYD has signed a deal with local conglomerate Huaihai Holding Group to jointly build a sodium battery manufacturing base with an annual capacity of tens of GWh. FinDreams, BYD’s battery making unit, and Huaihai signed a deal on November 18 in Shenzhen, where BYD is headquartered, to build the sodium battery site in Xuzhou, Jiangsu …

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BYD Passes Ford Sales on the Way to 9-10 Million Per Year in 2027

BYD passed Ford as the world’s fourth best-selling auto brand in August, Ford’s sales dropped in Europe and the US, market research firm TrendForce said in a report today. BYD could reach 8-9 million China sales in about 4 years (2027). BYD is dominant with plug in hybrid but as China electrifies the plug in …

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Summarizing All 18 Days of Real World Electric Truck Data

The Run on Less electric truck and electric depot -truck stop event is over after 18 days. There were 22 trucks. Here we summarize what happened with all of the trucks and the complete payload, mileage and operation for the three Pepsi Tesla Semi. The three Tesla Semi trucks averaged 511 miles per day per …

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BYD Versus Tesla in 2023

BYD sold 128,196 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in June 2023, up 84.34 percent from 69,544 units in the same month last year and up 7.18 percent from 119,603 units in May. This is updating a comparison of BYD and Tesla from May 2023. BYD sold 616,000 BEVs in the first half of 2023. Tesla sold …

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Tesla Is Still The Battery Electric Vehicle Leader $TSLA $BYD

Tesla is still selling more pure electric cars (BEV) than its rival BYD. BYD had more hybrid and battery electric car unit sales. However, fewer pure BEV sales. May, 2023, BYD plug-in car sales results: BEVs: 119,603 (up 124% year-over-year) PHEVs: 119,489 (up 96% year-over-year) Total: 239,092 (up 109% year-over-year) BYD plug-in sales Jan-May 2023 …

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