Renault has canceled the IPO of its electric car division Ampere planned for the first half of 2024 – at least for the time being. The current conditions on the stock market are not suitable for this. Read more…

Various sources reveal that Isuzu Motors is about to invest nearly two billion dollars into electric trucks and batteries. News reached us over an order with LG worth one trillion won. There is also talk of a new EV pickup truck from Thailand. Read more…

Stellantis is starting to manufacture medium-sized and large fuel cell vans at its plants in Hordain, France, and Gliwice, Poland. This marks the Group’s entry into the series production of hydrogen-powered vans. Read more…

The Chinese car manufacturer Chery is expanding its battery partnership with Gotion High-Tech. Gotion is to supply its batteries, including third-generation battery cells, for further Chery passenger car models and, for the first time, for commercial vehicles such as buses, heavy-duty trucks and logistics vehicles. Read more…

Long queues at Tesla Superchargers have been reported in New York. This is not due to technical failure but to the ongoing transformation of the taxi market, that is underway in cities across the globe. Read more…

The French retailer Carrefour is also equipping its Belgian locations with charging stations. Together with Shell and Redevco, a total of around 500 charging stations are to be installed in the country by 2025. Around 50 charging stations are already in operation. Read more…

The Mercedes-Benz eEconic electric truck, previously mainly used in waste management, is now also on the road in Sweden for road safety. The company TMA Bolaget uses two special eEconic vehicles, for example to secure construction sites of short duration. Read more…

The German powertrain supplier Vitesco Technologies is investing 188 million euros in a new site in Ostrava, Czech Republic. At the plant, Vitesco will primarily produce components for future electric cars from European manufacturers, especially power electronics. Read more…

The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region wants to put hundreds of fuel cell commercial vehicles on the road, primarily from Hyvia, the JV between Renault and Plug Power. The push, supported by the EU and the French state agency ADEME, includes infrastructure. Read more…

Fastned announced the opening of its first charging station in Denmark, marking the beginning of the Dutch company’s operations in Scandinavia. Read more…

The VW brand is merging the New Mobility and Technical Development divisions under the leadership of VW Head of Development Kai Grünitz from April 1, 2024. Thomas Ulbrich, previously Board Member for New Mobility, is moving to China. Read more…

The Port of Rotterdam opened the first truck charging hub with several specialist partners. Up to eight electric trucks can recharge with up to 360 kW charging power at the port. Read more…

BYD is launching another electric model on the European market in February. This is the Seal U, the SUV offshoot of the Seal electric saloon presented last year. List prices in Germany start from 41,990 euros. Read more…

The recycling company founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel has started constructing its ‘Battery Materials Campus’ in South Carolina. Redwood expects to produce 100 GWh worth of battery materials there. Read more…

The winners of the two Formula E races in Diriyah (Saudi Arabia) were Jake Dennis and Nick Cassidy. Porsche works driver Pascal Wehrlein, who led the world championship after the season opener, did not finish on the podium in Saudi Arabia and therefore lost the top spot to Jaguar driver Cassidy. Read more…

Hyundai wants to bring its small car Casper, which is offered as a combustion engine in South Korea, to Europe as an electric car at the end of 2024. This has now been confirmed by Hyundai’s head of France, Lionel French Keogh. The electric Hyundai Casper is currently being developed in Japan, where the first prototype images are also coming from. Read more…

CATL wants to push the battery-swapping business in China and has agreed to form a joint venture with ride-hailing provider Didi. They want to introduce the new service and suitable vehicles on a large scale, with CATL building on existing advances. Read more…

BYD plans to launch a revised version of its Tang electric SUV in Germany in the second quarter of 2024, which will offer more battery capacity and higher charging power, among other things. The model is currently available from just 55,700 euros thanks to a discount campaign by the Chinese manufacturer. Read more…

Polestar is planning to cut around 450 jobs worldwide, or around 15 per cent of its workforce, in light of “challenging market conditions”. The electric car manufacturer recently missed its sales target for 2023 and also restructured its management team as a result. Read more…

The US Ideanomics subsidiary Wave develops inductive charging systems for electric commercial vehicles and has now announced the first integration of its solution in a manufacturer-approved electric truck. Read more…