The Volkswagen Group’s upcoming family of electric small cars will be built in Spain. At the IAA, Seat’s interim CEO expressed himself “absolutely optimistic” about ramping up production under the company’s responsibility to a capacity of 800,000 electric cars per year by the end of the decade. Read more…

Starting next month, single-occupant drivers of electric vehicles in California will no longer be permitted to use carpool lanes under the federal Clean Air Vehicle (CAV) decal programme. It expires after Congress and the Trump administration declined to extend the initiative. Similar programmes in 13 other US states will also come to an end. Read more…

Volkswagen Group used the 4th Semiconductor Summit at IAA Mobility to outline its semiconductor procurement strategy and highlight its new cooperation with Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies. The initiative introduces a procurement model spanning more than 50 semiconductor categories. Read more…

Leapmotor presented an attractive electric compact car at the IAA in the form of the B05. However, the vehicle on display in Munich surprised visitors with one detail: its windows were completely covered up. Here’s what that’s all about. Read more…

The electric car startup WM Motor, once supported by Chinese internet group Baidu, went bankrupt in 2023 but wanted to get back into business quickly with a restructuring plan. This took longer than expected, but now the company has announced that it wants to start producing cars again this month. Read more…

Celebrating the annual World EV Day this year, India’s Tata Power opened the largest Tata.ev MegaCharger hub so far in Mumbai (Maharashtra). The company set up this facility under a collaboration with Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited, Tata Motors’ electric car subsidiary. Read more…

The freight forwarder Ceva Logistics is introducing a comprehensive return logistics service for the transport, storage and processing of end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. The company is investing several million euros in the necessary battery logistics centres. Read more…

Finnish manufacturer Kempower has installed its first megawatt charging stations with the MCS standard in Denmark and Sweden. They are being used at the depots of logistics companies Danske Fragtmænd in Odense and Alfredsson Transport in Norrköping. Read more…

BYD is showcasing its European commitment and progress at IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich with the public debut of the only partially electric Seal 6 DM-i Touring, and also displaying the Dolphin Surf, which was awarded a five-star EuroNCAP safety rating and has been confirmed as the first BYD passenger car to be made in Europe. The Chinese carmaking giant has also announced a new BYD Certified Pre-owned scheme. Read more…

The French government wants to introduce an additional bonus of €1,000 for the purchase of electric cars on 1 October, provided they are assembled in Europe and equipped with a European battery. The bonus will be granted in addition to the existing environmental bonus. Read more…

With its Superchargers, Tesla has a very large fast-charging network in Europe. Now, the car manufacturer has introduced the ‘MultiPass’, a solution that allows Tesla account holders to charge their vehicles at other operators’ charging stations with centralised billing. The service is launching in the Netherlands, with other countries to follow. Read more…

Ride-hailing service Uber and Momenta, a Chinese specialist in autonomous driving, plan to test Level 4 autonomous driving in Munich starting next year. The goal is to establish a robotaxi service not only in the Bavarian capital, but also in other European cities. Read more…

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has made an analysis of the progress made by European truck manufacturers in meeting the EU’s first CO2 targets for trucks and buses. Five out of the seven main manufacturers in the European Union are already compliant with their 15% target two years in advance. Read more…

The BMW Group and E.ON are jointly launching the first commercial vehicle-to-grid (V2G) offering for private customers in Germany. The bidirectional charging technology will initially be available on the market with the BMW iX3 and will gradually be introduced in other BMW model series. Read more…

The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University has launched the Kreisläufer research project. The aim is to design electric motors in such a way that their rotors can be easily recycled at the end of their service life. Read more…

Toyota Tsusho is purchasing Huayou Cobalt’s 25 per cent stake in a cathode material plant owned by LG Chem and Huayou Cobalt in Gumi, South Korea. The plant is aiming to sell to battery manufacturing customers in North America. Read more…

At IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich, Dr. Liu Jincheng, Founder and Chairman of EVE Energy, offered rare insights into the evolution of the global battery sector, the company’s growing role in automotive electrification, and the technological and strategic challenges shaping the industry’s next decade. Read more…

Chinese manufacturer GAC announced the European market launch of the Aion V at the IAA. As GAC’s first global model, the Aion V will officially arrive in Europe with a price tag starting at €35,990. It will be available in the first EU markets later this month. Read more…

Volkswagen subsidiary Elli presented a pilot project for bidirectional charging in private households for the first time at IAA Mobility. An important component of the bidirectional pilot project is an 11 kW wallbox that complies with calibration regulations and connects the home solar system and the electric vehicle using a modular software platform developed by Elli. Read more…

Following raids by US immigration authorities a few days ago at a car battery factory under construction by Hyundai and LG Energy Solution and at Hyundai’s electric car plant in Georgia, where hundreds of South Korean workers were arrested, LGES has suspended construction of the battery factory until further notice. Read more…