November 18, 2025

Don’t miss Tuesday’s edition of the newsletter—quick, sharp, and packed with the latest, including: 

• Nissan LEAF named Car of the Year, Best EV and Best Budget Vehicle

• Lucid Group prices $875,000,000 convertible senior notes offering

• Joint venture between Volkswagen Group and Rivian shows strong progress

• Waymo: taking riders further, safely with freeways

• Mazda's first bespoke EV spotted ahead of 2027 launch

• Harbinger raises $160 Million in Series C funding co-led by FedEx, Capricorn and THOR Industries

• Video: Pivotal eVTOLs Pre-Flight Checks & First Flight!

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1. The all-new 2026 Nissan LEAF swept the first-ever Buzz Awards, earning Car of the Year, Best EV, and Best Budget Vehicle honors for its blend of affordability, advanced technology, and practical electric range.

2. An $875 million offering of 7% convertible senior notes due 2031 has been priced by Lucid, with most proceeds going toward repurchasing 2026 notes and bolstering the company’s capital for future growth.

3. One year after its founding, the Volkswagen–Rivian joint venture reports strong progress on next-generation software-defined EV architecture, expanding to a 1,500-person global team and preparing VW, Audi, and Scout vehicles for winter testing in early 2026.

4. Rolling out autonomous freeway rides across the Bay Area, Phoenix, and Los Angeles—and expanding to San Jose and beyond—Waymo is leveraging millions of real-world highway miles to deliver faster, safer, and more convenient driverless travel.

5. As part of a $10 billion electrification push, Mazda has begun testing prototypes of its first bespoke EV platform—targeting a 2027 launch—with early models hinting at a CX-5–sized EV designed to preserve the brand’s signature driving dynamics.

6. A $160 million Series C round led by FedEx, Capricorn, and THOR Industries—and an initial FedEx order for 53 electric trucks—highlights how Harbinger is meeting rising demand for modular, cost-efficient medium-duty EVs.

7. Strong Q3 2025 growth was reported by Zeekr, with 140,195 vehicle deliveries, higher revenues and margins, and a sharply reduced net loss, driven by increased sales across its Zeekr and Lynk & Co brands.

8. Revealing the presence of key rare earth elements—including all five principal magnet REEs—at its Alaska Graphite Creek deposit positions Graphite One’s project as a major dual-source critical minerals asset vital for EV motors, and has prompted new testing with a DOE National Lab to assess by-product recovery potential.

9. With a new Sourcewell cooperative purchasing contract in place, public agencies can now access NCC’s vetted EV charging solutions more quickly and easily, accelerating compliant and cost-effective fleet and community electrification.

10. Founded by Matt Carey, Teradar is developing an affordable, high-resolution terahertz sensor for advanced driver assistance and self-driving cars, already attracting top automakers and securing $150 million in Series B funding with plans for production-ready deployment by 2027.

11. Nissan, Fermata Energy, the Schatz Energy Research Center, and PG&E demonstrated how previous-generation Nissan LEAFs paired with bidirectional charging and Fermata’s V2X platform can support a California microgrid by providing grid services, cost savings, and enhanced energy resilience.

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