One day after the attack on the power supply at the Tesla plant in Grünheide by Berlin in Germany, the full extent of the impact is becoming apparent – and more and more people are speaking out publicly—an overview. Read more…
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Paccar installs charging infrastructure for DAF dealer in Barendrecht
Paccar Parts Europe has installed a power supply system at Best Trucks, a DAF Electric Truck Centre in Barendrecht, the Netherlands. The charging system includes solar panels, power storage and three fast-charging connections. Read more…
LG Energy Solution launches scooter battery swapping network with Kooroo
LG Energy Solution is launching an electric scooter battery swapping network in South Korea together with its subsidiary Kooroo. The venture started out as a pilot project, which was particularly successful with delivery drivers. Read more…
Robot duo produces fuel cell stacks in 13 minutes
Researchers at Fraunhofer IPA and the Black Forest Campus have teamed up with industrial partners in the “H2FastCell” project to build a robot duo that stacks fuel cells in seconds. Until now, fuel cell stacks have been manufactured in factories involving a lot of manual labour. Read more…
Solaris gives Urbino 12 electric battery update for a good 600 kWh
Solaris presented a new version of its 12-metre city bus at the VDV Mobility Move electric bus conference in Berlin. The revised Solaris Urbino 12 features a new drive design, improved batteries and more seats. Read more…
STREAMS research project to examine flexible battery supply chains
A European consortium led by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology has initiated the STREAMS research project. The research teams want to focus on sustainability and make the supply chains for battery raw materials stronger and more independent. Read more…
First Bus adds 57 new electric buses to Leeds fleet
British transport company First Bus is adding 57 electric buses from Wrightbus to its fleet in Leeds this month. These are 32 GB Kite Electroliner solo buses and 25 StreetDeck Electroliner double-deckers. Read more…
Nio increases turnover and net loss
Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has presented its business figures for 2023. Although the company was able to increase deliveries and turnover noticeably, losses have also increased significantly. There is also news about the new sub-brand Alps. Read more…
Dodge presents first electric muscle car, including exhaust sound
The US Stellantis brand Dodge has presented its first purely electric model and the first ever electric “muscle car”. Although the Dodge Charger Daytona takes on an iconic name, it has little in common with its V8 predecessor. Read more…
Daimler Trucks North America launches BEV certification programme
Daimler Truck North America (DTNA) has launched a “BEV Dealer Certification Programme” so dealerships can offer a “world-class customer experience” when selling an electric truck. It will also help DTNA to control service quality at its Freightliner dealerships. Read more…
EU could impose retroactive tariffs on Chinese EVs
According to media reports, the European Commission has gathered sufficient evidence to support its claim that China subsidises its carmakers, distorting the automotive market in Europe. It will begin registering Chinese EVs in the coming days and could impose provisional tariffs as early as July. Read more…
February registrations show UK EV appetite continues to grow
UK car registrations from February show continued growth in the electric vehicle segment, including hybrid and plug-in hybrids. However, the most growth came from businesses and fleets, while private purchases have actually gone down. Read more…
Audi opens sixth charging hub in Frankfurt
The Ingolstadt-based company has now opened its sixth own fast-charging location. On Orber Straße in Frankfurt am Main, electric cars of all brands can be charged barrier-free at four HPC charging points of the new Audi Charging Hub with up to 320 kW. Read more…
First iCAR is coming – not from Apple, but from Chery
There will be no iCar from Apple, but the Chinese car manufacturer Chery is now launching the first model of its new electric car brand iCAR. The first model is a compact, angular electric off-road vehicle, which is not powered by sodium-ion batteries as expected, but by LFP batteries. Read more…
BMW integrates electric truck trio into Regensburg plant logistics
BMW has started to electrify the deliveries around the Regensburg plant. The first three fully electrically powered trucks have recently been integrated to transport parts between individual areas of the site. Read more…
Gravity opens charge park with 500 kW chargers in New York City
The EV infrastructure startup Gravity has opened its flagship Midtown Manhattan EV charging centre to the public. It offers 24 charge points with 500 kW each, installed in a parking garage on West 42nd Street. Read more…
Samsung SDI to start mass production of solid-state batteries in 2027
Samsung SDI aims to achieve an energy density of 900 Wh/L with its solid-state batteries and believes it is on course to start mass production in 2027. So far, the company has avoided making such a statement on series production readiness. Read more…
Power failure shuts down Tesla factory in Germany / Plant evacuated
Production is paused at the Tesla factory in Grünheide, Germany. According to media reports, a power outage may have been caused by an arson attack on a transformer station around ten kilometres from the Tesla site. In addition, the production facility is said to have been evacuated. Read more…
UK awards e-mobility projects £35.7 million in grants
The British government is awarding funding for eMobility projects via the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). This time, four projects in the e-mobility field are being funded with a total of around 35.7 million pounds. Read more…
Toyota tackles takeover of battery subsidiary Primearth EV Energy
Toyota wants to take over its battery subsidiary Primearth EV Energy, which it holds together with Panasonic, in its entirety and expand production to include larger batteries for purely electric vehicles in addition to batteries for hybrid cars. Read more…
