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Latest on this desk

The verified stories this desk has filed so far, newest first.

• //evt/industryThe $108 battery pack: what’s actually inside EV battery economics
  BloombergNEF’s latest survey puts the average lithium-ion pack at $108 per kWh — but China pays $84, Europe pays 56% more, and the cheapest chemistry costs barely half of the most expensive.Colin Mercer · 2026-10-11
• //evt/industryFrom mine to pack: how the EV battery supply chain actually works
  Four stages, five critical minerals, and a map where the mining and the refining rarely happen in the same country — the industry’s most consequential geography.Nathan Pryce · 2026-10-11
• //evt/industryAmpol’s A$225m Evie Networks buy reshapes Australia’s charging map
  1,031 DC charging bays across 322 sites join Ampol’s AmpCharge network — a combined 1,425 bays on more than 400 sites, subject to ACCC clearance, closing in the first half of 2027.Doug Simmons · 2026-10-11
• //evt/industry2026 in EV policy: America pulled back, Britain accelerated
  A DOT letter targeting charging grants, a court ruling saving NEVI, and a British grant extended to 2030 with £1.3bn more — the policy moves that defined the year’s EV markets.Colin Mercer · 2026-10-11

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What this desk files

Coverage areas plus the stories filed so far on this desk.

• ManufacturingFactories, capacity, and the buildout of the EV supply base.Now filing
• Supply chainsFrom mine to pack: who supplies what, and where it bottlenecks.Now filing
• Policy and regulationThe rules that move markets — the policy beat.Now filing
• Market dataSales, share, and pricing trends, sourced to published figures.Now filing

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In the pipeline

Technical explainers feeding this desk — researched against documented sources, published starting at launch.

• In the pipelineElectric Vehicle Supply ChainsFrom mine to pack: who supplies what, and where it bottlenecks.
• In the pipelineThe Economics of Battery ManufacturingWhat goes into the price of a cell, and what moves it.

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Running franchises

Named, recurring editorial products on this desk — each with a defined remit and a cadence you can set a watch by.

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