Solid-state batteries for electric aircraft are the focus of new cooperation between two Belgian companies. Solid-state battery specialist Solithor and aerospace company Sonaca want to develop solid-state lithium batteries for regional aviation and urban air mobility (UAM). The partners already defined and shared work priorities as intended. Solithor will be responsible for battery cell research, […] More…

Hyundai Motor America has announced prices and packages for the Ioniq 6 in the USA. Customers can choose between two battery sizes and two electric drive layouts, with either a rear motor or both front and rear drives for all-wheel drive. The Ioniq 6 SE Standard Range with its 53-kWh battery pack has an MSRP […] More…

The dispute around the wall boxes of Norwegian manufacturer Easee is not easing off – after the company responded to safety issues raised by the Swedish Electrical Safety Authority, a representative of the International Standards Committee IEC 61851 now speaks up and comes to serious conclusions. To recapture: Sweden’s Elsälerhetverket tested six different wall boxes […] More…

General Motors has announced an investment in its powertrain plant in St. Catharines in the Canadian province of Ontario to produce more than 400,000 electric drive system units per year in the future. However, GM is making the investment dependant on additional funding. The exact amount of GM’s investment is not mentioned in the announcement, […] More…

The EU-funded project LiCORNE (Lithium Recovery and Battery Grade Materials Production from European Resources) aims to set up the first complete European supply chain for lithium processing resources available in Europe. More specifically, the LiCORNE partners will work to increase the processing and refining capacity for battery-grade chemicals found in ores, brines, tailings and off-specification […] More…

Nio plans to start building two production facilities for each of its two planned subsidiaries for more affordable electric cars in March 2023. What’s also new is that one of the brands appears to be primarily for export to Europe. The plant for the Nio sub-brand, codenamed Firefly, will be built in Chuzhou in China’s […] More…

Ford has agreed with LG Energy Solution and Koç Holding to form a joint venture to build a large battery cell plant for electric commercial vehicles in Turkey. The plant in Turkey had originally been planned with SK ON. The groundbreaking ceremony for the plant in Başkent near the Turkish capital Ankara is expected to […] More…

The Chinese manufacturer Leapmotor, which until now has specialised in purely electric cars, will in future also offer all its BEV models with a combustion engine as a range extender that charges the battery. Leapmotor’s change of strategy comes against the backdrop of falling sales. Leapmotor calls the vehicle itself an “EREV”, an Extended-Range Electric […] More…

VW is launching a qualification offensive for electromobility at its main plant in Wolfsburg. By 2025, a total of 22,000 production employees are to be qualified for e-mobility. Production of an electric model on the MEB platform will start in Wolfsburg in autumn 2023 with the ID.3. Around 1,200 employees are therefore to be trained […] More…

British EV fleet solutions provider EO Charging has announced securing around $80 million in investment to fund its US expansion. The company serves clients like Amazon, DHL, Uber, DHL and Tesco and has been listed among the fastest-growing companies by the FT. Founded in 2014, EO Charging says it has deployed over 80,000 chargers to […] More…

US waste disposal company Republic Services announces a long-term deal with Oshkosh Corporation. It will start with two electric recycling and waste truck prototypes this autumn and expects EVs to represent half of its new truck purchases in the next five years. Republic Services operates 17,000 trucks, making it the fifth largest vocational fleet in […] More…

Stagecoach has launched a fleet of 27 electric buses in West Scotland this week. The Volvo BZL buses are the first of this type to operate in the UK. They will serve routes in Ayrshire and join other electric buses by Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) and BYD. Stagecoach West Scotland invested £15.7 million into the […] More…

A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) claims to have found a class of electrolyte materials with improved conductivity. This should make the development of more powerful solid-state batteries possible. According to a statement by the TUM, it is a crystalline powder that conducts lithium ions better than average. It contains no […] More…

Nio delivers an update on plans to expand its battery-swapping network in China. Instead of 400, the EV maker now targets installing 1,000 such stations. Nio also updated the timeline to launch the next generation of battery exchange stations. The news comes from William Li, the company’s founder, chairman and CEO, who published a statement […] More…

Northvolt is preparing to go public in the next twelve months, according to insider sources. The Swedish battery company could be valued at over $20 billion. The news was broken by Reuters, citing four people familiar with the plans, writing that the Swedish battery cell maker is close to engaging investment banks for a listing […] More…

British Transport Minister Jesse Norman announced today a £56 million expansion of charging infrastructure. The funding will help add 2,400 charge points across the country, with sixteen local authorities joining the effort for the first time. The 2,400 charge points are expected to be delivered in the short term, writes the Department for Transport, while […] More…

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is digging deeper to pave the way for the EV transition and has developed a new solution for mid-size range construction machinery. This time, it is a conversion of a 20-ton loader for a speedier market entry. Volvo CE has been making headlines since it announced targets towards carbon neutrality […] More…

Porsche has started the development of a battery-electric Cayenne. As with the electric Macan, however, the combustion engine model is to be offered in parallel for the time being. The news was reported by the British magazine Autocar, which writes that the battery-electric Cayenne is to be launched in 2026. Like the electric Macan, whose […] More…

Automotive supplier Webasto has opened a new production facility for charging solutions in Mexico to meet the growing demand in North America. At the new plant in Guanajuato, 10,000 chargers a week are currently coming off the production lines. By the end of the year, this number is expected to double. Webasto’s current production capacity […] More…

The Australian battery material supplier Magnis Energy has scored a binding purchase agreement with Tesla over anode-active material (AAM) for at least three years with the option to get more. Yet, while binding, the contract has a few conditions. To start with, Tesla expects Magnis to supply 17,500 tons of anode-active material annually and can […] More…