Sports car manufacturer Porsche showed that it not only masters the construction of road vehicles, but can also provide propulsion on the water: Together with the Austrian Frauscher shipyard, Porsche is presenting an electric sports boat. Read more…

There are increasing indications that BYD will launch a new generation of its blade battery in 2025. According to an insider, the Chinese manufacturer is aiming for a cost reduction of 15 per cent for the new edition of its in-house LFP battery. The first concrete figures on future energy density are also circulating. Read more…

Texas’ first EV charging station funded through the US National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Programme has opened in the city of Happy. It offers CCS and NACS charging connections.  Read more…

A compact model for 25,000 dollars was long rumoured to be Tesla’s next big thing. Then it was said that work was stopped in favour of the autonomous Robotaxi without pedals and steering wheel. Now a report holds out the prospect of the premiere of a Tesla Model Q in the first half of 2025. Read more…

UK-based electric mobility startup OX Delivers has bagged a $163 million (154 million euros) contract to establish its first franchise partner, OX East Africa. The company offers a pay-as-you-go electric truck. Read more…

Following the start of series production of the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 at the end of November, the manufacturer is now reporting the first customer deliveries. By the end of the year, Mercedes-Benz Trucks will have handed over around 50 units of the electrically powered long-distance lorry to companies in Germany. Read more…

Gearing up for its ambitious EV plans in India, Hyundai plans to deploy nearly 600 fast chargers nationwide by 2031. The company will make all these chargers accessible to the public, accelerating EV adoption in the country. Read more…

BMW CEO Oliver Zipse has spoken out against delaying the EU’s CO2 targets for 2025. He continues to argue in favour of remaining open to different technologies but sees electric cars as having the greatest growth potential. Read more…

Thailand’s National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee has approved giving more time to battery electric vehicle manufacturers to meet their production commitment under the EV 3.0 incentive package. Read more…

Automotive supplier Marelli has announced a further development of its battery management systems (BMS) for automotive applications. The company focuses on ‘ Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy.’ Read more…

Alphabet’s robotaxi company Waymo is cooperating with Moove, a vehicle financing startup based in Nigeria, to bring its service to Miami in 2026. The two sides are already planning to work together in Phoenix. Moove will take over the operational business at both locations, while Waymo will focus on autonomous driving technology. Read more…

Japanese car giant Toyota and its Chinese partner GAC have started pre-sales of an electric SUV called the bZ3X in China. It is available from the equivalent of around 13,000 euros. However, the car will probably not come to Europe. Read more…

The Vietnamese electric car manufacturer VinFast has announced the construction of its second plant in Vietnam in order to double its production capacity in the country from 300,000 to 600,000 vehicles. Read more…

Keolis Sverige, one of Sweden’s largest transport operators, has ordered 46 electric buses from manufacturer Solaris. The first buses will be delivered next year and go into service in the Dalarna region. Read more…

Charging infrastructure operator Zunder has opened the largest HPC site in Spain to date. The high-power charging site is located in Oviedo in the north of the country and comprises 36 HPC connections. Twelve of these have an output of up to 400 kW, and 24 with up to 160 kW. Read more…

There has been another change in the position of European CEO at Lucid Motors. Alexander Lutz has left the US electric car manufacturer after less than a year as Managing Director Europe. Instead, the Gravity electric SUV is now being built in series. Read more…

The standardisation organisation SAE International is announcing a framework for ‘universal’ Plug & Charge in collaboration with the US government. It should be possible to automatically start and bill charging processes for any car at any public charging station. Initial tests are scheduled to begin in 2025. Read more…

Ferry operator Fjord1 has commissioned its long-standing partner Norwegian Electric Systems (NES) to supply two charging stations for the four autonomous, zero-emission ferries that will operate on the route between Lavik and Oppedal on the west coast of Norway from September 2026. Read more…

Railroad company Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC), has purchased 98 new 200-kW fuel cell engine modules from Ballard Power Systems. The engines will be used for hydrogen-powered locomotives in the Canadian province of Alberta, and delivery is due in 2025. Read more…

Thanks to the British company Electrogenic, the Mazda MX-5 will be able to drive on electricity alone in future. Anyone who removes the combustion engine from their original and has an electric kit fitted will be able to drive the timeless classic for 240 kilometres without stopping to charge. Read more…