Friday, 28 August 2026

BYD has installed 10,000 second-generation Flash Chargers in China, half of the 20,000 units it announced for the year, according to electrive.

The T-shaped stations each carry two charging cables and 1,500 kW of charging power, electrive reported.

The pace of the build-out is set by the second half of the programme. BYD completed 4,239 of the charging stations in the first two months of 2026, per electrive. Reaching the 10,000 mark leaves the same volume again outstanding against the announced target.

BYD plans to install the remaining 10,000 units in the final four months of the year with the help of partners, according to electrive.

Those roll-out partners include Sinopec, PetroChina, CNOOC, Teld, and JD.com, electrive reported. The line-up puts three state oil and gas groups alongside a charging network operator and an e-commerce logistics firm in the same deployment programme.

The 1,500 kW rating per station applies across the two-cable configuration described by electrive, placing each site well above the power levels of conventional direct-current fast chargers and making grid connection capacity a determining factor in siting.

Hubject is extending its Plug&Charge authentication system into Japan through a cooperation with Plugo, a charging infrastructure company that wants to bring the system to the Japanese market, electrive reported.

Hubject is based in Berlin, electrive reported. The underlying technology follows ISO 15118-2, an international standard, according to electrive.

Plugo has run Plug&Charge on the CHAdeMO standard in Japan so far, the company said. "Through our partnership with Hubject, we will expand this experience to NACS and other charging standards used internationally," Plugo said.

That covers two connector families under one authentication layer: CHAdeMO on the Japanese side and NACS, one of the standards Plugo named as a target for the rollout.

Over five million electric vehicles worldwide already support Plug&Charge, according to Hubject, cited by electrive.

California's Ontario International Airport has won roughly USD 4.15 million from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expand zero emission infrastructure and buy additional electric ground support equipment (GSE), according to Electrek.

The award totals USD 4,147,752. Electrek reported that once the airport adds its 25% cost match, combined spending on electric GSE at Terminals 2 and 4 reaches USD 5.53 million.

The money comes through the Federal Voluntary Airport Low Emissions (VALE) grant program, which funds eligible airport projects that cut greenhouse gas emissions and helps operators meet air-quality goals.

Atif Elkadi, chief executive officer of the Ontario International Airport Authority, described the FAA decision as "a tremendous vote of confidence in the work we are doing to build a more sustainable Ontario International Airport". He said three VALE grants in three years "represents meaningful progress," and that the latest award lets the airport and its airline partners keep reducing emissions while investing in infrastructure the airport will need.

Hyundai is adding a global D-segment electric SUV positioned slightly above the IONIQ 5, Electrek reported.

The vehicle sits inside a wider product plan. Hyundai and Genesis intend to launch 100 new or refreshed vehicles worldwide between now and 2030, according to Electrek. The rollout is weighted toward North America with 58 launches, followed by 49 in South Korea, 41 in Europe and 26 in India.

Hyundai aims to sell 5.5 million vehicles globally by 2030, up from 4.1 million in 2025, Electrek reported.

Electrified vehicles are targeted to account for 60% of the mix by 2030, against 23% in 2025. Electrek describes that category as covering hybrids, fully electric vehicles and extended-range electric vehicles (EREVs).

In the first half of 2026, Hyundai sold 2 million vehicles and posted record revenue of 95.2 trillion won, about USD 69 billion, per Electrek.

US retail sales hit a record 490,000 vehicles in the first half of the year, according to Electrek.

Hyundai plans to apply Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to its first mass-produced software-defined vehicle in 2028, through a partnership with NVIDIA, Electrek reported.

Kia is recalling 21,290 EV9 electric SUVs from the 2025 and 2026 model years over a defect that can leave the front passenger airbag armed when a child occupies the seat, according to Electrek.

The fault traces to the supplier, which routed the Occupant Detection System mat bladder tube improperly, Electrek reported. Documents submitted to the NHTSA describe a tube that may become pinched after the front seat is adjusted several times. Where that happens, the system may fail to deactivate the airbag when a child or child seat is in the front seat.

The recall population covers 21,290 vehicles across the two model years. Kia estimates only 6% of the EV9s included in the recall actually carry the defect, per Electrek.

Build location determines exposure. The affected vehicles came off the line at Kia's manufacturing plant in Georgia. All 2025 EV9s and certain 2026 models are covered. Kia said 2025 EV9 SUVs built in Korea are not affected.