Electric trucks haul iron ore 4,000 feet underground
LKAB is running two 130-ton Scania battery-electric trucks at Sweden’s Malmberget mine.
Cars, two-wheelers, buses, trucks, chargers: the moment electric becomes the obvious choice.
The switch to electric is no longer a debate, it is a timetable — and this section keeps it up to date: new models and their real prices, measured rather than advertised range, charging networks spreading, trucks, buses and two-wheelers following the cars. We cover the markets where everything moves faster — China first, Scandinavia, Southeast Asia — because what happens there arrives everywhere else next.
An article in this section states figures: a sale price, a market share, a charging time, a running cost compared with combustion. Statements of intent have no place here; factories opening, registrations tipping over and charge points being counted do. Sources attached, always — releases, registration data, documented tests.
LKAB is running two 130-ton Scania battery-electric trucks at Sweden’s Malmberget mine.
MV Yampu carries limestone from Klein Point to Birkenhead in South Australia.
TÜV Rheinland measured 4.23 to 4.75 kWh per day at Aptera’s California headquarters.
The two-door pickup uses a 65-kilowatt-hour battery and quotes 205 miles of range.
The 1.32-kWh battery supplies devices through a 230-volt socket with up to 3.6 kW.
China sold about 140,000 new-energy heavy trucks in the first half of 2026, up 78.6% year over year.
Chery has launched the pure-electric compact SUV in China across three trims.
The mid-size Mako uses a 1.5L engine, electric motor and 12.9 kWh battery.
Volvo is adding alerts for large animals, pedestrians, cyclists, roadwork and accidents.
Made in Timișoara, the Romanian wallbox measures 19 cm across and weighs 3.6 kg.
Orders open at 1,399,000 rupees with a battery rental charge of 4.9 rupees per kilometer.
The M560RS reaches 1,700W on 48V; the M510RS peaks at 1,300W.
The SUV comes in battery-electric and extended-range versions for China’s family market.
- The plug-in hybrid launches in October and takes almost all of its technology and design from the Toyota RAV4.
The $4,500 Swoop ASM uses Shimano Cues Di2 to select among 10 rear gears without a shift cable.
The updated crossover will launch in China as the Lynk & Co 20.
The small electric SUV is expected to offer about 220 miles of range in its base trim.
The TMCS2100-Q1 measures magnetic fields in two directions inside an EV traction inverter.