Hyundai has reduced the price for charging at Ionity’s fast charging stations in Europe from 79 to 69 cents per kilowatt hour. In combination with the optional Ionity Premium package, the price is reduced to 54 cents/kWh. There is also a new ‘Smart’ tariff. Read more…
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EIB grants AESC funds for battery factory in France
Battery cell manufacturer AESC (formerly Envision AESC) is getting support from the European Investment Bank to finance its planned plant at Renault’s Douai site in northern France. And this in the form of almost half a billion euros. Read more…
Van Hool presents double-articulated ZEB by Franco-German consortium
Van Hool has brought its latest and, at 24 metres, likely longest new model to Busworld in Brussels—the all-electric double-articulated Exqui.City. It has already found a customer in Île-de-France Mobilités. Van Hool relies on a new modular platform by Kiepe Electric. Read more…
France: Keolis to electrify intercity bus transport
The Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region in southeastern France operates one of the nation’s largest intercity transport networks with over 12 million passengers per year – and it is now increasingly electric between the cities Cannes, Nice and Grasse. Read more…
Nio buys drive production plant from Comau
Italian specialist Comau, part of the Stellantis Group, has developed and implemented a flexible automation solution for the mass production of electric drives for Chinese manufacturer Nio. Asynchronous and permanent magnet motors can be produced together. Read more…
Exyte builds dry room in PowerCo battery factory Salzgitter
Stuttgart-based plant engineering company Exyte has received an order from Volkswagen to build the dry room for the group’s first battery cell gigafactory in Salzgitter. The dry room is known to be the heart of cell production. Read more…
Geely offers financing and leasing in Europe through BNP Paribas
Geely’s electric car brand Zeekr is partnering with BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval in Europe to offer customers financing, leasing and insurance services. The first offers are already available. Read more…
China: Second Avatr EV rolls off the production line
The Chinese electric car brand Avatr by Changan and CATL has started production of its second model. Meanwhile, Avatr is still not commenting on its export plans. Read more…
Spain launches third round of funding with PERTE
The third funding pot under the subsidy scheme will open early next year. Meanwhile, the Spanish government awarded around 87 million euros to four companies as part of the second tender. Read more…
Vauxhall launches new entry-level versions of the Astra and Mokka Electric
The carmaker is already taking orders for the new Astra Electric Design and Mokka Electric Design. The first units should be delivered to customers as early as January. Read more…
Audi reduces overflow production of the Q4 e-tron in Brussels
From the end of the year, the Q4 e-tron will be built by Audi itself at the Brussels plant in addition to the VW plant in Zwickau. But as demand is so low, that capacities in Zwickau are more than sufficient, Audi lowered production targets for Brussels even before the start – to the displeasure of the employees, who are now on strike. Read more…
Honda & Mitsubishi launch development initiative
Honda & Mitsubishi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore new e-mobility business sectors. Together, they will be looking to improve batteries, as well as charging functionalities. Read more…
BYD to deliver 300 e6 across India
The carmaker is working with EV ride-hailing and taxi company OHM E Logistics to deliver the electric cars nationwide. The first 50 vehicles will be commissioned in Hyderabad. Read more…
Arrival to make further cuts to workforce
The struggling electric van manufacturer Arrival has announced intentions to fire another 25 per cent of its workforce after it had already let 50 per cent of its employees go in January. The future does not currently bode well for Arrival Read more…
ChargePoint closes major investment round
The charging infrastructure operator ChargePoint comes to a new financing of 232 million US dollars. A few weeks ago, there were still rumours of dwindling liquidity in the company’s balance sheets. Read more…
Stoke-on-Trent invests over £3 million in charging infrastructure
Stoke-on-Trent’s city council has secured over £3 million through the Department for Transport’s LEVI fund to install up to 500 electric vehicle charging points. Read more…
Galway City: DPD switches to electric deliveries only
All 18 delivery vehicles servicing the Irish city are now electric. On line-haul routes, DPD Ireland still uses Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil – in other words, biofuels. Read more…
Stellantis & Samsung SDI to build another cell factory in Indiana
Through the construction of a second battery factory, Stellantis & Samsung SDI are aiming to increase production capacities in the USA. The new factory in the state of Indiana is expected to start production in early 2027 with an annual capacity of 34 GWh. Read more…
Hyundai will probably build EVs for BAIC
Hyundai will produce electric cars for BAIC’s brand Arcfox in China in the future. According to a media report from South Korea, Hyundai and BAIC have agreed to build the EVs in a plant of their joint venture Beijing Hyundai in Beijing. Read more…
Is VW working on an electric Phaeton successor ID.9?
VW is reportedly working on an all-electric luxury model that will launch in 2027 and fill the gap left by the top combustion engine model Phaeton, discontinued in 2016. According to a Spanish media report, however, it will not be a classic luxury saloon. Read more…
