North Carolina has awarded nearly six million dollars to six companies to build EV chargers at nine locations in the state. The funding is the first part of North Carolina’s share of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI) funds. Read more…

The French battery system manufacturer Forsee Power has opened its North American headquarters in the Columbus area in the US state of Ohio, including a production facility and research and development department. Read more…

The all-electric hydrofoiling Candela C-8 has set a world record. It is the first electric boat to cross the Baltic Sea and complete a journey between two countries. And it did have to charge along the route. Read more…

Marcus Groll is leaving the fast-charging joint venture Ionity after almost seven years. The Ionity COO announced his departure himself on LinkedIn. CEO Michael Hajesch had already left Ionity in mid-May. Read more…

Canadian company Ballard has announced a global reorganisation to reduce spending in the face of slowing hydrogen infrastructure development and delayed fuel cell adoption. That also includes jobs being cut. Read more…

General Motors is negotiating the purchase of LFP cells for electric cars, which could be produced by the Japanese electronics group TDK in a new plant in the USA under a technology licence from CATL. Read more…

EU officials say they will not lower tariffs on EVs made in China, even if manufacturers increase their prices. Even though one main argument for the special duties is that Chinese EV makers can sell their cars at a significantly lower price than EU competitors since they are subsidised by Beijing. Read more…

Due to weak demand, the automotive group Stellantis is pausing production of the all-electric Fiat 500e for four weeks. For the same reason, working hours has already been reduced at the Mirafiori plant near Turin in the first half of the year. Read more…

Yes, Mercedes’s enthusiasm for EVs has cooled down a little. However, the development of the new architectures continues at full speed. The vans are now finally benefiting from this—our first test drive in a prototype of the new electric van platform is convincing.

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The San Diego-based infrastructure solutions provider Beam Global has officially launched its patented ‘BeamSpot’ curbside EV charging system. It intends to launch the product in the USA and Europe. Read more…

Wattif has acquired the Norwegian part of Mer’s business with charging stations for housing cooperatives. Wattif now holds the claim of being one of the largest operators of charging stations for housing cooperatives in Europe. Andreas Strand has also been appointed as the new CEO of Wattif. Read more…

It’s not just the hydrogen trains in Lower Saxony that are currently unable to refuel with hydrogen – drivers of hydrogen cars and trucks are also being left out in the cold at more and more filling stations. The background to this is an accident at the Leuna Chemical Park. Read more…

General Motors and Hyundai are sounding out an alliance in several strategic areas – including the development and production of electric and hydrogen technologies, according to statements from both companies. Read more…

Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg have reported progress in the development of their ‘structural battery’, which they claim could increase the range of an electric car by up to 70 per cent. Read more…

Dutch state railway company NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) will use electric coaches for the first time to replace trains when they are not running due to disruption. Last week, the electric coaches ensured service on the route from Amersfoort Centraal station to Zwolle. Read more…

PV Power, a power generation company owned by the state-owned oil and gas company Petrovietnam, is planning to build 1,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across Vietnam by 2035. Read more…

Infineon announced that it has succeeded in developing the world’s first 300mm GaN wafer technology for power electronics. This allows for the improvement of efficiency performance, smaller size, lighter weight, and lower overall cost for the chips. Read more…

The California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) have awarded 32.7 million dollars to nine EV infrastructure projects across the state. The money comes from the NEVI programme and will be used to install a total of 458 new public fast-chargers. Read more…

MAN Truck & Bus has announced new financing solutions for customers who want to purchase electric commercial vehicles. The rollout of MAN Financial Services is thus currently “running at full speed,” as it says. Daimler Truck recently publicised an upgrade of its finance subsidiary to include electric mobility services. Read more…

The BMW Group and the University of Zagreb are developing joint solutions to improve the production of battery cells with the help of artificial intelligence (AI). Read more…