Kathy Hochul, the Governor of New York State, has announced that $21 million in funding is now available for ‘zero-emission mobility’ solutions in the state. The Clean Mobility Program will award funding to pilot projects that ‘expand access to shared zero-emission transportation’. Read more…

A few weeks after launching its Robotaxi service in the Texas city of Austin, Tesla is now also offering a ride-hailing service in San Francisco and the surrounding area. However, there is one crucial difference to the service in Austin: in San Francisco, a driver is behind the wheel. Read more…

Italy’s government wants to launch a new incentive programme for electric cars, apparently starting in September. The Minister for the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto, has announced this and provided initial details. Read more…

9,291 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in July. They achieved a record market share of 97.2 per cent. The Tesla Model Y once again took first place in the model rankings in July. Read more…

Adrian Mardell, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), wants to retire after around three years in the top job. Under his leadership, the British manufacturer achieved its highest profit for ten years, massively reduced its debts – and recently carried out a controversial rebranding of the Jaguar brand. Read more…

The US rideshare company Lyft has just finished acquiring the FreeNow e-mobility app from Mercedes-Benz and BMW. First announced in April, the acquisition means that Lyft can now offer ride-hailing and taxi services in 11 countries and almost 1000 cities. Read more…

About two weeks after starting pre-orders, Nio brand Onvo has officially started selling its flagship electric SUV, the L90, in China. Priced from 265,800 yuan (or 179,800 yuan if the battery is rented), the starting price is 14,100 yuan lower than at the start of pre-sales. Read more…

Brazil’s foreign trade committee, Gecex-Camex, has announced an earlier-than-planned increase to import duties on disassembled electric and hybrid vehicles, set to impact manufacturers relying on CKD and SKD assembly formats. The revised schedule brings the 35% import tax forward by 18 months. Read more…

There are many electric SUVs in the mid-size class, but the KGM Torres EVX stands out from the crowd in a number of ways – if only because it is very rare in Germany. Our driving report shows whether the model from South Korea deserves more attention!

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Peter Kronschnabl, a senior figure from the BMW Group, has been appointed as the MD of Genesis Motor Europe. He takes over from Xavier Martinet, President & CEO of Hyundai Motor Europe, who previously served as interim Managing Director. Read more…

A large charging park with an initial 38 charging points will open in Amstetten in Lower Austria on 1 August, which will eventually be expanded to 50 charging points. Operated by a municipal utility subsidiary, the charging bays are leased to three operators: Ionity, Tesla and the regional provider Energieversorgung Niederösterreich (EVN). Read more…

Thailand’s National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee (EV Board) today made some amendments to the EV 3.0 and EV 3.5 schemes. The country aims to push EV exports with the revisions in these policies, which it announced in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Read more…

The technology startup NorcSi from Halle an der Saale has successfully completed another round of financing worth 10.7 million euros. Among other things, the investments will go towards setting up a production line for anodes made of pure silicon. Read more…

The fast charging park is located at Nuevos Ministerios car park and offers between 175kw and 350kW charging points. 22 of the charging bays are operated by Iberdrola and BP Pulse, with the remaining 18 being Tesla Superchargers. Read more…

Logistics provider Dachser has taken delivery of seven eActros 600 trucks from Mercedes-Benz Trucks. The fully electric vehicles will be used for long-distance transport from several locations. Read more…

Kia has completed rigorous battery and endurance testing with the EV4 and its battery system in a combination of track testing at the Nürburgring and public roads in Germany. Read more…

The supplier’s management team has agreed on a roadmap for restructuring the powertrain division with the works council and IG Metal. The social partners intend to define measures to make the division more profitable by the end of September. These are likely to be tough cuts. Read more…

CATL reports it has so far built 400 battery swap stations for EVs in China. It believes it is well on the way to achieving its goal of 1000 stations by the end of this year. Read more…

The French carmaker Renault has named François Provost as its new CEO, succeeding Luca de Meo, who stepped down to join luxury group Kering. Provost, who has been with Renault for 23 years, most recently served as Chief Procurement Officer and co-founded the EV unit Ampere alongside de Meo. Read more…

Japanese technology company Asahi Kasei has entered into a strategic partnership with Toyota Tsusho for the supply of lithium-ion battery separators in North America. The two Japanese companies aim to strengthen their US supply chains with this move. Read more…