Huawei and JAC have launched the Maextro S800 luxury sedan in China. The model, which is offered purely as a battery electric car and with a range extender, is intended to compete with the Mercedes-Maybach, for example – albeit at significantly lower prices. Read more…

The city, which is located in southwest England, has just opened a major electrified bus depot for the first time. The site will support the deployment of 74 new electric buses which will serve key routes across Bristol and surrounding areas. Read more…

Tata Motors has launched the highly anticipated Harrier.ev as its flagship passenger EV in India. The company is marketing the new electric SUV as an off-road-oriented lifestyle model. Read more…

At the Battery Show Europe, the two partners Dürr and Grob are presenting their new concept factory for lithium-ion battery cells. The optimised production is intended to offer ‘more performance and the highest battery cell quality’ – with lower energy and space requirements. Read more…

EasyGo has been awarded a 20-year contract to provide EV charging infrastructure for the north of Scotland. The contract is valued at approx. £300 million and covers the Highland, Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, and Moray Council areas. Read more…

At its eMobility Tech Day, automotive supplier ZF presented its new SELECT electric drive platform, whose components are designed to offer a wide range of possible configurations for the most diverse requirements. ZF is also showcasing a new hybrid development. Read more…

Berlin-based roaming specialist Hubject has teamed up with Heliox, Accelera by Cummins and Blue Bird to enable the first commercial launch of an interoperable, standards-compliant vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charging solution based on ISO 15118-20. The focus is on electric school buses in the USA that not only draw power from the grid but also feed it back to support grids and enable new revenue streams. Read more…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio wants to further expand its presence in Europe. The launch in Austria and Hungary is scheduled for this year. Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania and the Czech Republic are then on the roadmap for next year. Read more…

The supplier Continental has developed a new sensor technology that measures the temperature inside permanently excited synchronous motors directly on the rotor. This may sound like a minor innovation at first, but it is intended to contribute to the development of more powerful, cheaper and more sustainable electric motors. Read more…

BYD has appointed Lars Bialkowski as the new Country Manager Germany with effect from 1 June 2025. The appointment of the former Stellantis manager is said to be a ‘milestone’ for the Chinese manufacturer’s German management team. Read more…

China dominates the market and supply chains, the increasingly popular LFP battery makes energy storage more affordable and the demand for electric trucks is becoming a factor in the battery market – these are some of the key messages to emerge from a new assessment by the International Energy Agency. We have the details. Read more…

China dominates the market and supply chains, the increasingly popular LFP battery makes energy storage more affordable and the demand for electric trucks is becoming a factor in the battery market – these are some of the key messages to emerge from a new assessment by the International Energy Agency. We have the details. Read more…

Logistics provider DHL Group, commercial vehicle manufacturer Daimler Truck and commercial emission-free vehicle rental company Hylane signed a cooperation agreement in the field of fully electric trucks at the Transport Logistic trade fair in Munich. The partnership provides for DHL to operate 30 Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 electric trucks via Hylane’s “transport as a service model”. Read more…

The iconic G-Class from Mercedes continues to sell well – as a combustion engine. However, according to insiders, the electric version introduced last year is less in demand, and behind closed doors people are not thrilled about the model internally. The lacklustre sales could also have an impact on the planned, smaller G-Class. Read more…

BASF has successfully commissioned its black mass production plant in Schwarzheide, Brandenburg. The German plant is one of the largest commercial black mass plants in Europe, with an annual processing capacity of up to 15,000 tons of spent lithium-ion batteries and production scrap. This corresponds to around 40,000 electric car batteries per year. Read more…

Following its facelift, the DS 4 is now also available as a purely electric car – starting at 45,990 euros. Orders for the compact sedan are now open in France and Germany and deliveries are scheduled to begin in September. The facelift can be recognised by the slightly different name DS N°4. Read more…

Indian EV and energy storage solutions provider Jupiter Electric Mobility (JEM) plans to deploy 300 electric mini trucks in partnership with Pickkup, a Delhi-based sustainable logistics company. The duo signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday to formalise the agreement. Read more…

Indian EV and energy storage solutions provider Jupiter Electric Mobility (JEM) plans to deploy 300 electric mini trucks in partnership with Pickkup, a Delhi-based sustainable logistics company. The duo signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Tuesday to formalise the agreement. Read more…

Shell is building a test centre for charging infrastructure in Hamburg. The centre will focus on megawatt charging and applications for trucks, buses, tractors and construction vehicles as well as ships with electric drives. The first tests are to be carried out as early as the end of 2025. Read more…

An electric hydrofoil from Candela has completed the trip from Sotogrande on the Spanish mainland to Ceuta, Spanish territory in North Africa – a distance of 24 nautical miles – in just one hour, matching the speed of conventional fast ferries. After recharging, the ship returned to the Spanish mainland on the same day. Read more…