Lilium has signed a memorandum of understanding with US aviation service provider Atlantic Aviation to “ensure seamless compatibility between the Lilium Jet and Atlantic’s network of aviation assets across North America.” It will allow operations at current and future locations. Read more…

JAC Motors and Volkswagen China are planning a capital increase for their joint venture, Volkswagen Anhui. In total, both sides want to invest around 826 million euros this year and next. Read more…

The aim of the recently launched EU project BATTwin is to establish efficient and sustainable European production of lithium-ion batteries and thus making Europe independent of other nations. One approach is to reduce waste. Read more…

The EU Parliament has passed the agreement reached with the Council on the new Euro 7 emissions standard. The agreement, which was significantly weakened during negotiations, has thus cleared another hurdle – but an important approval is still pending. Read more…

Volkswagen has presented the long-awaited ID.3 GTX and the ID.7 Tourer GTX, although the electric estate was only unveiled a few weeks ago. There is more power and a sportier look, but two different drive concepts. Read more…

Electric car owners in Alberta will be forced to pay an annual $200 electric vehicle tax starting as early as January 2025. The new tax will be applied when electric car owners register their vehicle and will be in addition to the current registration fee. Read more…

The U.S. government has presented its strategic plan for the development of charging infrastructure and hydrogen refuelling stations for medium and heavy-duty commercial vehicles by 2040. The strategy aims to identify priority hubs based on freight volumes, connect these with critical corridors, and eventually achieve a national network by linking corridors. Read more…

Renault and XPO Logistics have signed a purchase agreement for 165 fully electric lorries. The logistics company intends to use them to replace its diesel fleet on short-haul routes. Read more…

Interparking, which is responsible for public car parks at Brussels Airport, has been gradually putting 700 new charging stations into operation since the beginning of this month. This step will massively increase the existing charging infrastructure at the airport from the previous 50 charging points to a total of 750.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has visited the Gigafactory in Grünheide. Following an arson attack last week, the assembly lines there were at a standstill for a week. The factory has had power again since Monday and production has been resuming there since Wednesday morning. Read more…

SQM Lithium Ventures has increased its investment in British battery firm Altilium by $9.43 million US dollars, bringing its total contribution to $12 million. Read more…

Ferroglobe, a manufacturer of silicon metal and ferroalloys, wants to produce the first battery-ready metallurgical silicon for the development of cost-effective electric car batteries together with the battery technology company Coreshell in the USA. Read more…

Over the next four years, up to 35,000 new public charging points will be installed in 74 municipalities in the Dutch provinces of North Holland, Flevoland and Utrecht. The rollout is scheduled to begin this year and be completed by 2028 at the latest. Read more…

Swiss mining and commodities group Glencore is helping the Canadian battery recycling company Li-Cycle with a liquidity injection of 75 million dollars. Li-Cycle has been struggling with a financial bottleneck since construction work on a new plant in the USA was interrupted in November. Read more…

Nissan and Honda are preparing to significantly reduce their production capacities in China. The background to this is allegedly that the Japanese car manufacturers are finding it difficult to keep up with Chinese competitors in the race for electric cars. Read more…

Subaru and Japanese automotive supplier Aisin have agreed on a cooperation to jointly develop and produce eAxles for battery-electric cars. These will be used to power the new electric vehicles that Subaru plans to build from the second half of this decade. Read more…

Following the Transport Committee, the EU Parliament has now also voted in favour of increasing the maximum weight and length of zero-emission trucks. This finalises the Parliament’s position ahead of the negotiations with the Council. Read more…

Wallbox and subsidiary COIL are to receive $25.6 million from the Washington Department of Commerce’s Electric Vehicle Charging Program to install charging infrastructure in residential areas across Washington State. Read more…