The car manufacturer Stellantis has announced that it will also produce eDCT (Electrified Dual Clutch Transmission) gearboxes for hybrid vehicles at its Termoli plant in Italy starting next year. However, there is no update on the battery cell factory of the ACC joint venture that is also planned there. Read more…

The Israeli battery developer StoreDot is planning a joint venture with the battery technology company JR Energy Solution in South Korea. The goal is the series production of its ultra-fast charging batteries for electric cars. A production capacity of 1.5 GWh should be achieved before the end of this year and will be gradually increased thereafter. Read more…

After nearly a decade of speculation and unfulfilled confirmations, Tesla could finally launch its first electric vehicle in India in April this year. The company has selected retail locations and is hiring ground-level staff for local operations. Read more…

A team of researchers from Fraunhofer FFB and the German University of Münster has analysed the ownership structures and geopolitical dependencies along the supply chain for electric car batteries. The results of the study show that China is clearly in the lead when it comes to securing raw materials. Read more…

Now that General Motors has sold its stake in the almost completed battery cell factory in Lansing to its joint venture partner LG Energy Solution, there is a prominent new customer for the plant – from Japan, according to insiders. Read more…

The European car industry has been dreading a tariff offensive by US President Donald Trump on vehicle imports into the US for weeks. Trump has now officially announced that he will impose tariffs of around 25 per cent on car imports starting in April. However, as usual, his announcement remained vague. Read more…

Northvolt has signed a letter of intent with an unnamed industrial group to acquire the Northvolt Systems Industrial division, which develops and produces battery systems for the heavy industry and off-highway sectors. According to media reports, the buyer is Scania. Read more…

In the Canadian city of Toronto, newly registered Tesla vehicles for taxi and limousine services will no longer benefit from the city’s licensing fee grant. According to the Toronto mayor, the trade war with the US is to blame – or specifically Elon Musk. Read more…

Ionity and the restaurant chain L’Osteria have announced a strategic partnership. To that end, Ionity will install HPC chargers at a total of 15 L’Osteria locations in Germany and Austria by the middle of the year. The first locations are already in operation. Read more…

Jio-bp will likely install more than 30,000 charging points in India by 2030. The company would expand its charging network in the country by around five times. Read more…

BYD acquired mining rights for two sites in a lithium-rich part of Brazil in 2023, thereby entering the mining business in its largest market outside China. BYD has not officially announced this move, but a Reuters investigation revealed the deal. Read more…

Indian electric mobility startup Vayve Mobility launched a new electric car with a solar roof at Auto Expo 2025 – the Eva. The company has not yet completed developing the EV but has started accepting pre-orders for a deposit of 56 euros. Read more…

The EU Commission has drawn up an interim assessment of how the development of charging infrastructure is progressing within the European Union. According to the report, the number of charging points at the end of 2024 was around 845,000 – 180 per cent more than in 2021. Read more…

The German state of Bavaria has provided an annual report on its funding for alternatively powered buses. According to the report, the Bavarian government subsidised 500 so-called climate buses, including 220 electric buses. Bavaria also supports the electrification of depots with subsidies totalling millions. Read more…

Automotive supplier ZF is apparently looking into the complete spin-off of its ‘Electrified Drive Technologies’ division. It is rumoured that the company is planning to do just that under the project name ‘Verde.’ If true, the reorganisation would go much further than announced. Read more…

Malaysian automaker Proton has started construction of the country’s first plant for EVs. The company will invest 82 million Malaysian ringgit (approximately 18 million euros) in the factory. Read more…

The Chair of ‘Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components’ (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University is working together with partners from research and industry as part of the new ‘SchnelleZelle’ (FastCell) project to optimise the fast-charging capability of prismatic lithium-ion batteries. Read more…

VW Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) has started deliveries of the electric Transporter and the electric Caravelle in Europe. Both electric models are based on the seventh generation of the VW Transporter, which shares the platform with Ford. The EVs will be manufactured in Turkey. Read more…

Chinese market leader CATL has already opened its first battery factory in Europe in 2023. The company is currently working on further scaling up production in Arnstadt, Germany – and is looking for more staff to do so. Read more…

Renault says that it has made its ‘Firemann Access’ system “freely available” to the automotive industry to improve road safety. Designed for electric vehicles, the system helps first responders fight battery fires. Read more…