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Two cobalt-blue Walmart-branded 400 kW EV fast chargers with CCS and NACS connectors stand in a Walmart parking lot under a clear blue sky, with yellow safety bollards and a white BMW SUV parked nearby.
Charging
1h ago5 min

Walmart and Ionna look like the start of a fast-charging price war

Both are undercutting established networks on price while installing 400 kW hardware. Owners have not had this leverage before.

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A row of EV charging stations mounted along a concrete barrier in a parking garage, with orange EV-only parking signs designating the spots under a clear blue sky.
Charging
1h ago5 min

Public charging failed less often this year, unless you were parked

J.D. Power says failed charging attempts hit a record low of 12%. The gains are all on the highway, not at the mall.

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A row of used Tesla and other electric vehicles parked in the lot of a CarMax dealership on a sunny day, with white sales stickers in the windows.
Used EVs
1h ago6 min

Used EV sales jumped again in July while new EV sales collapsed

Used electrics rose 10.1% year over year as new EV volume fell 41.5%. The fuel shock is doing the selling.

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Rows of used cars parked on a dealership lot
Used EVs
Aug 46 min

Used EV prices are rising for the first time — and the dead tax credit is why

Prices are up mid-single digits this year despite record off-lease supply. The cheap-used-EV window is closing faster than the inventory suggests.

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An electric crossover parked at a public charging point
Used EVs
Aug 35 min

The used EV dealers who are winning treat the car like a computer

Three retailers hold 22% of the used EV market and turn cars in 30 days. Everyone else takes 59. The gap is not marketing.

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An electric vehicle connected to a public DC fast charger
Batteries
Aug 36 min

Read the battery report before you read the price

Used EV pricing still barely reflects real pack health. That mispricing is where the remaining bargains are — if you know how to read one.

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Used lithium-ion battery cells collected for processing
Batteries
Aug 36 min

The Next EV Boom Isn't Building Batteries — It's Taking Them Apart

Recycling has moved from pilot plants to industrial competition, and the winners become the refineries of the electric era.

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An electric vehicle charging cable plugged into a car in a retail parking lot
CHARGING
Aug 35 min

Walmart May Quietly Become America's Largest EV Charging Network

A second charging partner, almost no press release, and 4,600 stores worth of parking lot. Do the math.

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A DC fast-charging station screen and connector
Technology
Aug 35 min

AI Is Moving From Inside the Car to Inside the Charging Station

Failure prediction, dynamic pricing, and load scheduling are doing more for charger uptime than any hardware refresh.

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An electric crossover parked at a public charging point
Automakers
Aug 35 min

Is Mitsubishi Becoming the Next Automaker to Outsource Its EV Future?

Supplier filings point to a North American electric push built almost entirely on other companies' platforms.

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A home wall-mounted EV charger connected to a parked electric car
Home Charging
Aug 34 min

Lectron's Nexus Launch Says the Cheap Home Charger Is Disappearing

Dual NACS and J1772 support, OEM-grade validation, and a price that no longer pretends to compete with a $299 box.

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Battery cells and energy storage modules
Infrastructure
Aug 36 min

Battery-Backed Charging Is Quietly Becoming the Industry's Default

Everyone is talking about megawatt charging. The actual fix for slow build-outs is a cabinet full of cells.

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A row of DC fast charging stalls at a retail parking lot
CHARGING
Aug 35 min

GM and ChargePoint are building up to 500 fast chargers at up to 500 kW

The headline number is a ceiling almost no car on the road can reach. What matters is the thermal headroom underneath it.

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A NIO battery swap station in a Chinese residential neighborhood, with a dark green NIO SUV inside the swap bay and a small dog resting on the curb across the street
Technology
Aug 35 min

NIO opens its 4,000th battery swap station — and the case for swap keeps getting stronger

Five minutes, no cable, no queue behind a slow car. The reason it has not crossed to the US has almost nothing to do with the technology.

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