8,477 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in February, which corresponds to a 94.7 per cent share of total car registrations for the month. And none of the usual suspects are at the top of the model rankings; instead the Nissan Ariya took the lead. Read more…

Hyundai is preparing its plant in Turkey for the production of electric cars. From 2026, the factory in İzmit will build electric cars and combustion engines to meet the growing demand in Europe. Read more…

The provisional insolvency proceedings at air taxi manufacturer Volocopter are turning into regular insolvency proceedings. The search for investors that began in December is still ongoing, although a restructuring concept was supposed to be in place by the end of February. Volocopter’s future thus remains up in the air. Read more…

The battery company Volklec, founded in 2024, wants to build batteries using licensed Chinese technology. To this end, Volklec has signed an agreement with Far East Battery (FEB). The British company wants to use the technology to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles and stationary energy storage systems. Read more…

Fastned has opened its first fast-charging park in Italy. The new location at the Truck Park Brescia Est service area on the busy A4 motorway offers a total of eight HPC charging points. It is already the eighth country in which the Dutch company is represented with its own charging parks. Read more…

Empa, the Swiss federal laboratories for materials science and technology says its four-year EU project SeNSE, led by eleven teams from research and industry, made “significant improvements” in batteries for electric cars. The researchers say the prototype lithium-ion cells developed are more sustainable, safer, and have a higher energy density, although not as stable as desired. Read more…

Idemitsu Kosan is constructing a lithium sulphide plant in Japan to produce the intermediate raw material for solid-state battery electrolytes. The plant should be operational in June 2027. While the Japanese energy company is cooperating with Toyota to develop solid-state batteries, it also aims to also supply “various customers” in mass production. Read more…

The quota for electric bus subsidies under India’s PM E-DRIVE scheme is filling up fast. A little over four months into the launch, the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) has already approved the subsidy for 9,800 electric buses—70% of the total allocation. Read more…

According to research by Swedish television, the insolvent battery cell manufacturer Northvolt has hardly any batteries in circulation so far. Furthermore, those batteries that have already been installed are said to contain none of the Swedish company’s own cathode active material. The journalists conclude that Northvolt has failed with its promise of a ‘green’ electric car battery. Read more…

Shortly after Xpeng’s announcement of its expansion into Poland, the Chinese manufacturer has also announced its imminent market entry into Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. In all three countries, Xpeng will distribute its electric cars via the Hedin Mobility Group from the second quarter of this year. Read more…

UK recycling specialist Altilium has signed a letter of intent with Australian battery materials company Talga Group to supply Talga with up to 16,000 tons of recycled graphite over a three-year period from 2026. Talga is building Europe’s first anode refinery for natural graphite in Sweden and is developing an anode product made from recycled graphite. Read more…

The Prague city council’s transport committee is considering only permitting battery electric or hydrogen fuel cell electric taxis in the city from 2029. The final decision lies with the city councillors, who must approve this in the form of a decree. Read more…

Mazda plans to launch five electrified vehicles in Thailand by 2027, adopting a multi-powertrain approach like Toyota for cutting its CO2 emissions. The company will offer two of these upcoming models with a pure electric powertrain. Read more…

In South Tyrol, Italy, the charging tariffs of the province-owned company Alperia will fall significantly from March. At the same time, the provincial government has presented a new funding package for electromobility – and announced the expansion to 1,000 charging points by the end of 2026. Read more…

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer Gotion High-Tech is seeking a supply contract with SK IE Technology (SKIET) for its future production in North America and Europe. Specifically, the Chinese company is looking to secure the South Korean company’s battery separators for its new plants in Slovakia and the US state of Illinois. Read more…

Xiaomi has launched its flagship SU7 Ultra in China. Xiaomi has massively reduced the price compared to the pre-sale launch in November: the base price of the SU7 Ultra is now 529,900 yuan (equivalent to around 70,000 euros), compared to 814,900 yuan previously. Read more…

Skoda has started production of the revised Enyaq family in Mladá Boleslav. The larger MEB SUV from Skoda is now rolling off the production line together with the slightly smaller Elroq and the Octavia combustion model. Read more…

From 2026, electric cars of the Neue Klasse are to roll off the production line at BMW’s main plant in Munich. The car manufacturer is now setting the course for this and preparing production and logistics for the new electric platform – with a tight schedule. Read more…

Many car manufacturers find it extremely difficult to come up with an affordable small electric car. The first European models for around 25,000 euros are now on the road – and you can often see where the companies cut costs. Now, Hyundai is bringing the Inster to Germany for 23,900 euros, showing how an (almost) all-around successful small electric car works.

Read more…

Californian battery developer Amprius Technologies has received an order for its innovative lithium-ion cells worth 15 million US dollars. The customer wishes to remain anonymous, but it is a “leading Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) manufacturer,” according to Amprius. Read more…