The St. Gallen public transport company (VBSG) has announced that it is cancelling the supply contract signed with Ebusco in the spring for twelve electric buses and putting the procurement of the vehicles out to tender again. The dozen electric buses were actually due to hit the streets of St. Gallen from 2025. Read more…

Around six months after the sales launch of its electric compact car R5, Renault has announced that it will also be reviving the R5 Turbo sports car as an electric car next year. Its drive system is expected to produce over 500 hp (368 kW). Read more…

In the USA, Ionna is entering into a strategic partnership with the restaurant and convenience store chain Sheetz to build a total of 50 charging parks at Sheetz locations by the end of 2026. Ionna is a North American joint venture fast-charging joint venture from BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Toyota. Read more…

Hyundai and BAIC are investing around 1.1 billion US dollars in their joint venture Beijing Hyundai. According to a media report from January 2024, Hyundai and BAIC are planning a new electric car brand exclusively for the Chinese market. Read more…

Archer has raised 430 million US dollars from various investors in a financing round on the back of entering into a partnership with Anduril Industries to develop a hybrid military aircraft. Archer says the fresh capital will help fund Archer Defense “and for other general corporate purposes.” Read more…

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer and Volkswagen partner Gotion High-Tech has made investment decisions for two battery cell factories abroad: Gotion is pumping a total of 2.5 billion euros into planned factories in Morocco and Slovakia. Read more…

Volkswagen is allowing all contracts of the current 1,000 temporary employees at the Zwickau electric car plant to expire by the end of 2025. This was confirmed by VW and the Works Council following a works meeting. Rumours had already been circulating in July. Read more…

The US electric truck manufacturer Nikola warns in a mandatory notification to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that it does not have enough money to survive the next quarter. In order to take countermeasures, Nikola is currently laying off employees on a large scale. However, this will probably not be enough for a turnaround. Read more…

Singaporean charge point operator Charge+ has bought 140 public or shared charging stations from three companies, namely eChargz, Quickcharge, and PacCom. These acquisitions bring Charge+’s total number of charging points in Singapore to approximately 2,500. Read more…

With the C50, ABB E-mobility is presenting a slim charging solution with 50 kW power for destination charging, which is only 23.5 centimetres deep and has a 21.5-inch touchscreen. Read more…

They already have VW in their pocket as a partner and have their sights set on Tesla as their most important opponent. This makes XPeng perhaps the most exciting newcomer from China at the moment and none of its cars have such good prospects as the G6.

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Cyclic Materials, a recycling company supported by BMW and others, has signed a multi-year contract to supply recycled copper recovered from electric motors to the raw materials company Glencore. Read more…

In Germany, Nio is not allowed to call its models ES6, ES7 and ES6 as there is a risk of confusion with Audi’s S models. But in Australia, the trademark dispute between the two manufacturers has now gone the other way: Nio does not have to switch to ‘EL’ instead of ‘ES’ as it does in the German market. Read more…

The Israeli semiconductor manufacturer VisIC Technologies and AVL are cooperating in the field of gallium nitride inverters for electric cars. These are designed to outperform inverters with silicon carbide technology and reduce costs at the same time. Read more…

Toyota is expanding its electric range. Following the bZ4X, the Urban Cruiser, a fully electric compact SUV, will be launched on the European market in 2025. The design is already known from a concept, but now the specs are also public. Read more…

Stellantis brand DS Automobiles has unveiled its new flagship DS N°8. The SUV coupé will be the carmaker’s new flagship and the first DS model to launch exclusively with an electric drive. Read more…

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $735 million in funding for a total of 70 applicants and more than 2,400 zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles. About 70 per cent of the money will go towards zero-emission school buses. Read more…

German Transport Minister Volker Wissing believes drones and air taxis will “revolutionise air mobility.” His ministry has now presented a new strategy for Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), which includes test routes for air taxis from 2026. Read more…

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved an investment plan totalling USD 1.4 billion for the expansion of charging stations and hydrogen refuelling stations in the US state over the next four years Read more…

The EPP has softened its position in the battle over CO2 fleet limits in the EU Parliament. While parts of the group were still calling for the standards to be postponed from 2025 to 2027 a week ago, a booking trick is now to help protect car manufacturers from climate penalties in 2025. Read more…