Tuesday, 22 September 2026

Isuzu has begun a battery-swapping trial for electric trucks in Thailand's logistics sector, according to electrive.

The pilot uses the Elf EV light-duty truck, electrive reported. Isuzu has brought in two Thai partners for the initiative: logistics operator V. Cargo and home-improvement retailer Home Product Center, known as HomePro.

The trial will run until March 2027, per electrive. Isuzu plans to use the findings to assess the commercial feasibility of battery swapping and to identify potential issues and operational limitations of the technology.

Sunwoda has presented a new 15C lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery that it says can charge from 10% to 70% in five minutes and from 10% to 97% in nine minutes, adding roughly 60 miles of range per minute plugged in, according to Electrek.

Electrek reports those charging speeds were achieved at room temperature. At -20 degrees Celsius, Sunwoda's cell reportedly took 15 minutes to add 700 km, about 435 miles, of range while moving from 10% to 97% state of charge.

Sunwoda, which supplies batteries to Geely, Dongfeng and GAC, said the cells can meet warranty requirements of 10 years or 300,000 km with no cap on ultrafast charging sessions, according to Electrek.