
MAN Truck & Bus wants to decarbonize its logistics by increasing the use of eTrucks to transport its own goods and vehicles. The tender for the future use of battery-electric trucks on the first almost 40 routes has now been launched. Read more…
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UK: Suffolk gets 6,000 new public EV charge points

EV infrastructure provider Believ plans to install 6,000 public charge points across the UK county of Suffolk. The first chargers will be installed this summer, with many locations suggested by local residents. Read more…
Stellantis presents solution for electric van conversion

Stellantis is continuing to drive the transition to electromobility: in collaboration with French retrofit specialist Qinomic, the automotive group is introducing a solution that can be used to convert light commercial vehicles (LCVs) with combustion engines into fully electric vehicles. Read more…
LG places major order for battery separators with SKIET

The South Korean company SK IE Technology (SKIET) will supply battery separator films for 300,000 electric vehicles to LG Chem by next year. The films will later be delivered to LG Energy Solution’s North American plants. Read more…
Q1/2025: US EV market grows by 10 per cent

Nearly 300,000 electric vehicles were newly registered in the United States during the first quarter of this year – marking an increase of just over 10 per cent. That’s according to data from Kelley Blue Book. Between January and March, EVs accounted for 7.5 per cent of all new car registrations in the US. While Tesla continues to lead the market, its dominance is showing signs of decline. Read more…
Lucid buys Nikola factory at an auction

The Californian EV manufacturer Lucid has acquired the former production facility, headquarters and development centre of the insolvent electric truck manufacturer Nikola in Arizona. Lucid has agreed to pay around 30 million dollars in cash and non-cash considerations. Read more…
EU & China could agree on minimum price for EVs instead of tariffs

The EU and China have agreed to return to the drawing board and renegotiate punitive tariffs on China-made EVs. Instead, China could agree to set a minimum price for electric cars made in China. Read more…
VW to launch ID.1 production in September 2027

Volkswagen has already confirmed that the series version of the ID.EVERY1 will be built at the Palmela plant in Portugal from 2027. Further information on the small electric car project is now circulating in the Spanish media. Read more…
Kia EV6: An almost perfect all-rounder?

Short charging times, spacious interior, and good comfort. After its facelift, the Kia EV6 leaves little to be desired – and also offers a significantly longer range than before. But is the 800-volt technology enough to stand out in the mid-range even in 2025? We also took a closer look at the software, which has been criticised in the past.
Verge Motorcycles sets a new record

The Verge TS Pro is now included in the Guinness Book of World Records for completing the longest journey by an electric motorbike on a single charge. The record journey was 311 kilometres long. Read more…
Study finds radiation levels in electric cars to be harmless

In a radiation protection study commissioned by the German government, all electric cars analysed complied with the recommendations for protection against the health effects of magnetic fields. Furthermore, according to the analysis, people are not generally exposed to stronger magnetic fields in battery-electric cars than in combustion vehicles. Read more…
ENC to wirelessly charge electric buses with InductEV

California-based bus manufacturer ENC has partnered with InductEV. As part of the collaboration, ENC will begin offering wireless inductive charging on its battery-electric buses using InductEV’s high-power hardware. Read more…
20 new electric buses for New Jersey

Public transport operator NJ Transit is inching one step closer to its goal of converting its fleet to zero-emission by 2040. It has received the green light to purchase 20 electric buses – even though that is only a fraction of the new diesel buses the company plans to purchase. Read more…
ChargePoint introduces new AC architecture

ChargePoint has announced the introduction of a new AC product architecture that will offer a range of innovations such as bi-directional charging and double the speed of a typical AC charger. Read more…
India: ChargET opens charging hub for up to 60 EVs

Indian charge point operator ChargET has opened a charging hub in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, a major state in the eastern part of the country. The new facility allows 60 electric vehicles to charge simultaneously. Read more…
Robotaxi service Waymo to launch in Washington, D.C.

Google’s sister company Waymo continues to expand: the robotaxi provider plans to launch in Washington, D.C. in 2026. The robotaxi service is already active in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin and had previously announced its expansion to Atlanta and Miami. Read more…
EU project develops new EV battery concept

The EU project MARBEL, coordinated by the Catalan technology centre Eurecat, has developed a new concept for electric vehicle batteries. The battery is modular, easily recyclable and has yielded some insights into ultra-fast charging. Read more…
BMW sells almost a third more electric cars

The BMW Group delivered 109,516 all-electric cars in the first quarter, an increase of 32.4 per cent. Electric car sales increased in Europe in particular. And more than one in three vehicles delivered by the Mini brand was purely electric. Read more…
Kempower’s charging system to support 12 satellites per Power Unit

Kempower has presented an improved satellite charging solution with up to a dozen connections. It consists of a Kempower Power Unit with an output of 600 or 1,200 kW and increases the maximum number of charging points connected to the Power Unit from eight to twelve. Read more…
BYD premium brand Denza celebrates its debut in Europe

Denza, a Chinese car brand founded by Daimler and BYD in 2011, celebrated its European premiere during Design Week in Milan. Italy. The flagship model Z9 GT will be the first Denza vehicle to arrive on the continent. Read more…

