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Gasoline, diesel new cars all but disappear as Norway EV share hits 98.7 percent

Battery-electric vehicles took a record 98.7 percent share of Norway’s new passenger-car registrations in August, as total registrations slipped 3.4 percent from a year earlier to 13,451. Volkswagen led by brand, followed by Toyota, with BMW, Volvo and China’s Xpeng next. Tesla fell to seventh on sharp annual declines, though it still leads year to date. OFV said further emissions cuts hinge on replacing older gasoline and diesel cars.

Mobility

Robotaxi three-way race as China sprints to commercialise solid-state batteries

Nevada approved commercial robotaxi operations in Clark County for Tesla, Uber and Waymo, allowing up to 8,000 vehicles over the next 12 months. Tesla received the largest approval for up to 5,000 vehicles, while Waymo and Uber can each operate 1,000. Waymo is accelerating in-house vehicle computing and a 1,000-TOPS chip while maintaining cooperation with Nvidia and AMD. The article also covers Tesla’s technology plans, the Semi truck’s Europe rollout, and China’s push including Geely’s 500 Wh/kg solid-state battery testing.

Industry

BYD launches Seal 06 in China, Model 3-sized at half the price with 5-minute charging

BYD has launched the new Seal 06 electric sedan in China, a Model 3-sized car priced at about half of Tesla’s entry-level Model 3. It is offered as a battery electric vehicle and a plug-in hybrid across 12 trims. BYD says its fast-charging technology can charge the battery from 10 percent to 70 percent in 5 minutes. The car also offers a lidar-based driver assistance system and navigation-assisted driving.