MKBHD: The 2026 Porsche Cayenne Electric
The 2026 Cayenne Electric is here in full production form, and it is a serious car. Three trims: 435 horsepower in the base, 657 in the S, and 1,139 in the Turbo, which is now the most powerful production vehicle Porsche has ever built. All three share a 113-kWh battery and an 800-volt platform that hits 400 kW of peak charging, which means 10 to 80 percent in about 16 minutes. It tows up to 7,700 pounds, seats five with real rear legroom, and becomes the first production car with optional wireless home charging. Miles gets behind the wheel and works through all of it. The question hovering over the whole thing: does this make the Taycan feel like the wrong choice? Starting around $112,000, Porsche is not exactly lowering the bar, but reviewers across the board are having a hard time finding serious complaints.

The InEVitable: Inside the Ionna Charging Network
Ionna, the joint venture built by eight automakers including BMW, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis, and Toyota, just crossed 100 active charging sites in the United States. Every location runs 400-kW DC fast chargers with both CCS and NACS connectors, so almost any EV on the road today can plug in. The long-term goal is 30,000 stalls by 2030. This video goes inside how the build-out is actually working, including a construction partner that recently put a full site in Oklahoma City's Bricktown district together in five business days. That kind of work used to take months. The charging infrastructure story is moving faster than most people realize. This is a good video to understand where it is headed.

The Verge: The State of E-Bikes Right Now
E-bikes are not a niche thing anymore. The Verge takes a look at where the category stands in 2026, a market that has grown quickly and now spans everything from entry-level commuters to machines with solid-state batteries and hubless motors pushing ranges above 370 miles. The regulatory conversation is picking up speed alongside the bikes themselves, with states debating speed limits and school districts reconsidering who can ride one to campus. Whether you already own one or just keep seeing them everywhere, this is a useful 10 minutes.

BYD Is Coming to Canada
Canada cut its tariff on Chinese-built EVs from 100 percent down to 6.1 percent in January, and BYD is not sitting still. The world's largest EV manufacturer, which outsold Tesla in pure battery-electric vehicles in 2025 with 2.26 million units delivered, is now scouting locations for up to 20 Canadian dealerships within its first year of operations. The plan starts in the Greater Toronto Area and spreads to Vancouver, Montreal, and Calgary. There is a 49,000-unit import cap shared across all Chinese automakers, which is thin volume for 20 stores, but BYD is clearly betting the quota expands. For Canadians looking for an affordable EV in the $30,000 to $40,000 range, this is the most significant market development in years. The rest of the industry is paying attention.

We Got Written UP by Bill Pierce at EVinfo.net

Bill Pierce at EVinfo.net ran a piece on nexusEVnews this week, covering the origin of the site and what it is trying to do. It is a fair and generous writeup, and it is a little strange to be on this side of a story. Pierce covers the EV space with the same independent, no-nonsense approach we are going for here, so being recognized by him means something. If you found nexusEVnews through his piece, this is your first newsletter. Glad you are here. If you have been around since Issue 01, now you know how new readers are finding us. Worth a read either way.