Sam Evans

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11,513 appearances 100 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 17 Aug

Sam Evans’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Electric Viking · LFP Battery Failures Just Forced GAC to Double Its EV Warranty to 300,000km · 24 Jul 2026 podcast

nmc battery made by calb i mean i've done 24 000 kilometers in that car it's been fantastic i've had no issues whatsoever however that got me to thinking matched

Look at what's been happening lately for CALB. matched

It's not great. matched

One of China's biggest battery makers is in some trouble and the story behind it might want to worry some car makers that are buying cells on the cheap. matched

CALB is the fourth largest EV battery manufacturer on the planet. matched

Fourth largest on the planet. matched

And last month it overtook Goshon Hi-Tech, matched

which is part owned by the Volkswagen Group, to become number three in China, behind only Cadle, CATL and BYD. matched

Its installations grew 36% in the first five months of this year to 23.8 gigawatt hours. matched

That's massive for five months. matched

Now, we might know how they achieved it. matched

GAC Aon S vehicles fitted with CALB's 177Ah lithium-ion phosphate cells have seen a surge of failures. matched

Cell swelling, electrolyte leakage, and insulation faults. matched

This is not a few isolated cars, unfortunately. matched

China's state-run news agency reported this on the 14th of July, and according to National Business Daily, complaints about these batteries hit 182 cases in just the first 18 days of July. matched

The first 18 days of July, they had 182 complaints. matched

Third-party inspections ruled out crashes and water damage. matched

The faults trace back to internal manufacturing defects. matched

Here's the part that has made owners furious. matched

The failures cluster between 150,000 and 300,000 kilometers, right where commercial vehicles like taxis and ride-how cars matched

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