The Volkswagen Group discloses its electric car statistics for the third quarter. They show that sales of battery-electric vehicles are increasing – but at a slower pace than expected by the manufacturer Read more…

British battery recycling firm Recyclus Group has completed commissioning its LiBatt plant in Wolverhampton, England, which can process up to 22,000 tons of lithium-ion batteries. That’s equivalent to more than 48,000 batteries for electric vehicles.  Read more…

The US fast-charging network received nearly 13 million dollars in funding to expand its infrastructure in California, Colorado and Pennsylvania. The money comes from national government programmes, as well as from utilities and state energy offices. Read more…

Nissan is recalling nearly 10,000 units of its Ariya electric model to workshops in the USA because of a software error. The inverter software may inadvertently detect a short circuit and shut down the drive system. Read more…

The US electric motorbike manufacturer Zero Motorcycles has permanently lowered the prices of all 2022 and 2023 models in North America by four-digit amounts. That also applies to electric motorcycles already sitting at dealerships. Read more…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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’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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…