The Solid-State Battery Everyone's Been Waiting For!

In this month’s episode of Almost Breaking News, UK EV sales just overtook petrol cars for the first time despite heavy lobbying from oil companies, carmakers, and unions! Toyota's 750-mile solid-state battery, Nio's 62% sales jump, France's mandatory solar carports, retired EV batteries getting a second life, a billionaire's small modular nuclear bet, a new battery recycling alliance from CATL and Ellen MacArthur, and a Tesla Gigafactory battery heist spree! Catch us live at Everything Electric Greater London (Twickenham, 11-12 Sept) and Sydney (18-20 Sept). 0:00 - Intro: back from Italy in a Polestar 3 1:55 - UK EV sales overtake petrol for the first time! 6:33 - France's solar carport law vs the UK caving to lobbyists 7:59 - Toyota's 750-mile solid-state battery breakthrough! 9:35 - Nio's sales up 62% this year 10:30 - Giving retired EV batteries a second life 12:44 - Billionaire's plan for 14 small modular nuclear reactors 15:47 - CATL and Ellen MacArthur's battery recycling alliance 18:52 - Millions in EV batteries stolen from Tesla's Gigafactory 21:19 - Outro Links to the stories; Italy in a Polestar 3 https://llewellyn.substack.com/p/is-i... EVs outsell ICE in UK https://m.arenaev.com/evs_outsell_ice... https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-... Car Park solar not in UK https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl... https://eastangliabylines.co.uk/envir... Toyota solid state battery https://mavigadget.com/blogs/auto/toy... https://electrek.co/2024/01/11/toyota... NIO sales https://www.nio.cn/news/20260601001 https://cleantechnica.com/2026/07/01/... Vancouver 2nd life battery factory https://electrek.co/2026/07/02/worlds... SMR from billionaire https://www.theguardian.com/business/... https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/... CATL - beyond the mine https://www.electrive.com/2026/06/29/... Tesla stolen batteries https://electrek.co/2026/06/29/tesla-... Why not come and join us at our next Everything Electric expo: https://everythingelectric.show Check out our sister channel Everything Electric CARS:    / @fullychargedshow   Support our StopBurningStuff campaign:   / stopburningstuff   Become an Everything Electric Patreon:   / fullychargedshow   Become a YouTube member: use JOIN button above Buy the Fully Charged Guide to Electric Vehicles & Clean Energy : https://buff.ly/2GybGt0 Subscribe for episode alerts and the Everything Electric newsletter: https://fullycharged.show/zap-sign-up/ Visit: https://FullyCharged.Show Find us on X: https://x.com/Everyth1ngElec Follow us on Instagram:   / officialeverythingelectric   To partner, exhibit or sponsor at our award-winning expos email: commercial@fullycharged.show EE GREATER LONDON (Twickenham) - 11th & 12th Sept 2026 EE SYDNEY - Sydney Olympic Park - 18th - 20th Sept 2026 #fullychargedshow #everythingelectricshow #homeenergy #cleanenergy #battery #electriccars #electric-vehicles-uk