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The binding 10-year take-or-pay deal doubles disclosed contracted volume to 16,000 tonnes a year alongside Trafigura, but the 22,500-tpa Arkansas project is still pre-FID and targets commercial production in 2029.
The Aug. 31 agreement turns their earlier SDV research into a joint development program, but the companies did not name a U.S. or Canadian model and do not describe the shared architecture as EV-only.
The five-year contract runs from 2027 through 2031; SK On previously said part of its Commerce EV-battery lines would be used for U.S. storage batteries, but the new announcement does not identify which Georgia plant will make the NeoVolta cells.
Frank Blome told FAS the factory is moving into large-series production; Volkswagen had already produced validation cells there in 2025 and calls Salzgitter the lead plant for St. Thomas, Ontario.
The FY2026-27 application fees are non-refundable and are not total project cost; operators also face a $10,000 public-property maintenance endowment at permit issuance plus additional site approvals before installation.
The former BrightDrop plant remains idled, and Unifor says the ratified package extends income-maintenance benefits for eligible laid-off members through May 2028 while its bargaining report still shows no product commitment.
University of Maryland-led researchers also raised their tested critical current-density/capacity point from 1.2 mA/cm² at 0.6 mAh/cm² to 2.2 mA/cm² at 1.1 mAh/cm² by grain-refining a lithium-magnesium anode.
The VIN-specific Customer Satisfaction Program is not a model-wide sales stop or safety recall; GM says modules can be several versions behind and may need up to three programming passes.
The live quality role covers FMEAs, control plans, inspection criteria and supplier non-conformance. The listings show what Tesla is staffing, not that Roadster production has started or a launch is imminent.
Transport Canada reports a 27:1 national ratio using those dated snapshots. Its separate Q1 market-share table says 11.7%, while Statistics Canada’s own Q1 survey reports 10.8%.
SB 913 would open resource-adequacy pathways for qualifying aggregations of distributed energy resources, a definition that includes EVs. The bill does not itself make individual vehicles automatically qualify, and device-level telemetry still depends on a later CPUC accuracy determination and standards.
Ola’s broader S1Z launch release says only ‘46 series LFP,’ and its current product page says ‘LFP Cell.’ The reviewed public materials do not explain what the different number means.
City Council still has to approve the closure. Raincross Gazette reports RPU received 219 applications but only 30 completed installation and inspection, while the utility’s current process requires a separate meter, panel and clearance checks, permitting and final inspection.
The independent app formerly sold as IONIQ 5 Companion now lists eight E-GMP models and adds navigation, charger search and arrival-charge estimates. It requires a separate BLE OBD-II adapter, and signal coverage varies by model, year and trim.
The recruiting description calls it a new role and assigns it partner-support infrastructure, incident escalation and team building. The posting does not name Uber or Nuro.
The Aug. 24 draw is Lucid’s third from the facility this year. Because Lucid counts unused credit as a liquidity source, the borrowing should not simply be added to the $3.0 billion total-liquidity figure it reported for June 30.
The state’s 2025 plan specified two BEASTs plus one Mega BEAST, and GreenPower said the Mega BEAST would handle V2G. Its Aug. 28 deployment announcement instead names three standard BEASTs; the reviewed public materials do not explain why.
Shawn Mirabal and Angela Zepeda will report to customer chief Billy Hayes, while Mike Molino reports to CFO Alexander De Bock. The appointments follow Lucid’s July leadership restructure and August operational reset, but Lucid has not said Molino replaces former principal accounting officer Gagan Dhingra.
Einride’s Aug. 18 announcement said the phased rollout starts in September; CEO Roozbeh Charli now says the remainder is targeted by the end of 2027, but ‘deployed’ does not by itself prove Tesla delivery or active customer operation.
BYD says the network spans 332 Chinese cities and has more than 1.83 million users, nearly one-third from other brands; its current release does not establish that every counted site is publicly operating.
NHTSA says certain 2022–2026 Airs have an exterior-lighting circuit that may overheat; Lucid released a free over-the-air software update, and owner letters are expected Oct. 16.
The quarter is calculated from BYD’s filed H1 and Q1 numbers; the H1 filing also shows PRC automotive-and-related revenue down 33.6%, while BYD says overseas NEV growth helped lift group gross margin to 18.85%.
Four regulators say key local manufacturers should report self-audit fixes by the end of December; the notice also tells companies that find defects to file recall plans, but China’s underlying recall duty predates this campaign.
The state says it is moving toward FHWA 'Fully Built Out' status, a federal gate that would let remaining NEVI money be used more flexibly; Round 9 awards are expected in September.
Across three July days, TÜV recorded 4.23–4.75 kWh on the high-voltage line with ±1.3% measurement uncertainty; Aptera converted those values to 42–47 miles using its still-targeted 100 Wh/mile efficiency.