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Why Your Next EV Battery Will Cost $700 More
And tariffs on Chinese graphite anode will be to blame.
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Christopher Chico
China is the EV market. CATL is the benchmark.
H1 2025 hit 9.1 million EVs, up 28 percent.
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Christopher Chico
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A startup just bought Northvolt’s empire.
Can it survive?
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Christopher Chico
The battery passport is coming and the industry won’t be the same.
It will push for more transparency.
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Christopher Chico

July 2025

Transporting End-of-Life EV Batteries Can Be a Nightmare.
Collecting EoL batteries sounds simple. It’s not.
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Christopher Chico
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AI marks a new chapter for the battery industry
From lab to factory, AI is changing the rules.
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Christopher Chico
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The European Critical Raw Materials Act: a missed opportunity
Europe’s battery law skips the market incentive. That’s a problem.
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Christopher Chico
The U.S. is giving up on the battery race
It's a step backward.
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Christopher Chico

June 2025

Xiaomi builds an EV every 76 seconds.
Wait, how?
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Christopher Chico
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You were told battery swapping failed. China proved everyone wrong.
China didn’t kill battery swapping. It scaled it.
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Christopher Chico
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Tesla Energy Is Quietly Becoming the Real Tesla.
Tesla Energy is hiding in plain sight. And it's scaling fast.
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Christopher Chico
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BYD is deploying ships now?
The Chinese OEMs are investing in maritime fleet to support overseas growth.
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Christopher Chico
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