The Scottish government has just awarded £6.3m to eight local authorities to help grow public charging in the south of Scotland. It’s the final round of funding to come from the £30m Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Fund. Read more…

The Californian city of Pasadena has just authorised the purchase of 17 new fuel cell electric buses. They’re expected to enter service in spring 2027. Read more…

Logistics service provider Gebrüder Weiss is expanding its electric truck fleet in Austria. Two new Mercedes eActros 600 trucks are now in service at the company’s headquarters in Lauterach, transporting general cargo. By the end of 2025, 14 new electric trucks are expected to be in service. Read more…

The Danish government has just increased the amount of funding available for its heavy transport electrification scheme. Logistics companies can now apply for up to 4 million Danish kroner (€535k) each to invest in electric trucks and charging infrastructure. Read more…

The Danish government has just increased the amount of funding available for its heavy transport electrification scheme. Logistics companies can now apply for up to 4 million Danish kroner (€535k) each to invest in electric trucks and charging infrastructure. Read more…

BMW has unveiled the iX3, the first model in its revolutionary “Neue Klasse” family. The mid-size SUV marks a near quantum leap in technology while coming at only a slightly higher price. Its charging performance and range are particularly impressive. Read more…

A few days ago, General Motors cut back production of the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Escalade IQ at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant. Now, an agency report says GM is also scaling back production of another electric Cadillac duo in Spring Hill. Additionally, there are supposed to be cuts in Kansas as well. Read more…

While the insolvent air taxi startup Lilium continues to wait for the final contract to be signed with potential buyer AAMG, Munich-based electric aircraft startup Vaeridion now wants to take over an important specialised building from Lilium at Oberpfaffenhofen Airport near Munich. This building is used for battery production. Read more…

The Malaysian automobile manufacturer Proton has opened its first local electric vehicle assembly plant, as the Southeast Asian nation looks to boost development of its EV industry. Read more…

Following the announced acquisition of Northvolt’s assets in Europe, US battery developer Lyten has appointed several executives for Sweden and Poland. These are primarily Northvolt managers who are moving to Lyten. Read more…

It was the last stronghold of petrolheads, the bastion of diesel warriors: the Audi A6. Famous for drivers who can cover 1,000 kilometres a day, fill up only once and hog the left lanes across Germany. Now, this long-distance cruiser is also available as an electric version. It is called the A6 Sportback e-tron – and it does its job really, really well.

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The Stelato car brand from Huawei and BAIC has started pre-sales in China for the S9T, a station wagon version of the luxury S9 sedan. The Stelato S9T is available as a BEV and EREV and costs from 328,000 yuan (approx. £39,000). Read more…

BMW has just unveiled the new Motorrad Vision CE concept, an electric two-wheeler featuring a roll cage and a seatbelt. The company says it removes the need for a helmet or “the usual protective clothing”. Read more…

After 2035, only new cars with CO2 emissions of zero grams per kilometre will be allowed to be registered in the EU. Critics have long been calling for this target to be abolished or at least watered down, for example, by means of plug-in hybrids and range extenders. A new study from France suggests that hybrid electric vehicles will no longer be needed by 2035. Read more…

Thanks to the recently introduced Innovation Booster, new special depreciation rules for electric vehicles are now in place in Germany. These apply not only to newly registered cars but also to used EVs, as an industry enquiry has now confirmed. Read more…

Fleet giant Ayvens is turning to Plugsurfing to cut through the complexity of charging 600,000 electric vehicles across 42 countries. The partners will launch a white-label charging app in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium and the UK, with plans to expand further across Europe. Read more…

Eve Energy started construction of a production facility for solid-state batteries in Chengdu, China, where it will launch production of the ‘Longquan II’ all-solid-state battery cell. The first phase is to be completed by the end of 2025. Read more…

The Chinese EV maker says it has just signed agreements with ‘leading distributors’ in Morocco and Tunisia. Following its earlier entry into Egypt, Xpeng says it now has a ‘solid foundation’ on the North African Mediterranean coast. Read more…

Toyota has joined “TOKYO H2,” a new hydrogen project launched by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The initiative introduces Toyota’s Crown fuel cell saloon into the taxi fleet and aims to accelerate hydrogen adoption across Tokyo’s mobility sector. Read more…

Porsche announced that it has brought an inductive 11 kW charging system with a one-box base plate for battery-electric vehicles to market maturity. Following a presentation in the UK, Porsche will show off the technology at the IAA. Read more…