The truck fleet customers of Traton subsidiaries MAN and Scania will in future have access to Hubject’s roaming charging network. This is made possible by a collaboration between Hubject and Traton Charging Solutions, Traton’s in-house charging service for electric trucks. Read more…
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Ford cuts 4,000 jobs in Europe – 2,900 of them in Germany
Ford has announced plans to reduce its workforce in Europe by around 4,000 employees, 2,900 of them at the German plant in Cologne. The car manufacturer hopes to increase its competitiveness in this way. Read more…
Electric bus deployment in the Arctic Circle enters its second winter
Electric buses from Volvo are proving their worth in the world’s northernmost city. Following the successful completion of the first winter season in Hammerfest, Norway, with nine Volvo 7900 Electric buses, Tide Buss is preparing for a second season. Read more…
VW crisis: Labour groups propose wage cuts
The next round of collective bargaining talks at Volkswagen is scheduled for Thursday. The works council and IG Metall trade union announced that they will propose a salary cut, among other things, to reduce costs, prevent redundancies, and subsequent plant closures. Read more…
De Lijn orders 23 more electric buses from Iveco
The Flemish public transport company De Lijn has ordered another 32 electric articulated buses from manufacturer Iveco. This is the next firm order from a framework agreement for the delivery of up to 500 electric buses by 2030. Read more…
EVgo to expand charging partnerhsip with Meijer
EVgo announced an expansion to its longstanding partnership with Meijer, a Midwest grocery retailer, to bring more public fast-charging infrastructure to Meijer store locations throughout its six-state footprint. Read more…
Coca-Cola Switzerland orders 177 electric cars from Skoda
The beverage manufacturer Coca-Cola has ordered 177 Skoda Enyaq cars for its sales representatives in Switzerland. Coca-Cola HBC Switzerland is thus increasing the proportion of electric vehicles in its fleet to 90 per cent. Read more…
USA: Lectron ramps up production of NACS to CCS adapters
US manufacturer Lectron says it now produces up to 12,000 NACS to CCS adapters per week. The company supplies Ford with NACS adapters, for example. Read more…
CATL considers recycling factory in Europe
The Chinese battery market leader CATL is said to be in talks about setting up a battery recycling business in Europe. Negotiations are apparently already taking place with European governments about possible locations. Hungary is likely one of them. Read more…
India: Surge introduces two-in-one electric scooter
Hero MotoCorp-owned startup Surge may launch the S32 transforming electric scooter in India by mid-2025. Customers can convert the radical EV from a scooter into a three-wheeler or vice-versa in just three minutes. Read more…
Handtmann presents battery system with up to 1.3 MWh
German supplier Handtmann Systemtechnik has unveiled a modular LFP battery system that can provide a capacity of up to 1.3 MWh. According to the manufacturer, it is particularly suitable for robust applications in heavy vehicles, ships and stationary energy storage systems. Read more…
VW’s North America boss Pablo Di Si leaves – Kjell Gruner takes over
Volkswagen’s North America CEO Pablo Di Si is leaving the company. Gerrit Spengler will take over as interim CEO for a short time before the position is handed over to Kjell Gruner in mid-December. Gruner worked at Porsche for a long time but was most recently employed by the US startup Rivian. Read more…
Stellantis launches new electric pickup platform STLA Frame
The multi-brand group Stellantis has launched its third current-generation multi-energy platform, the STLA Frame. The ladder frame platform is designed to support large US pickups, vans and SUV models – and a variety of drive technologies. Read more…
BMW starts pre-series production of the Neue Klasse in Hungary
The first cars have rolled off the production line at the new BMW plant in Debrecen. These are not production models, but test vehicles of the all-electric X model of the Neue Klasse. Read more…
Chinese researchers discover new recycling method for NCM batteries
Researchers from Chinese universities used biocompatible acids, like citric acid, to leach out and separate the constituents in NCM batteries. The resulting material from the recycling process can be directly converted into NCM electrodes. Read more…
What’s next for Tritium? Eight questions for Anant Nahata from Exicom
In the summer, Indian company Exicom took over the insolvent fast-charging station manufacturer Tritium – Exicom is one of the largest manufacturers of chargers in India, but is relatively unknown in Europe and North America. We spoke to Anant Nahata, Managing Director of Exicom, about the future of Tritium and the company’s prospects. Read more…
Lexus announces new entry-level variant of the RZ
Lexus is expanding its electric SUV portfolio with new entry-level 2025 RZ trims in the USA. The company has also slashed the starting price by over $10,000 compared to last year’s models. Read more…
Electric buses from Proterra banished to the garage in Texas
The Texan bus operator Capital Metro will store 46 brand-new electric buses from Proterra for at least a year. The reason for this is Proterra’s insolvency and the problems that the successor company, Phoenix Motor, is now having in fulfilling guarantees and solving technical problems. Read more…
Zest installs charging infrastructure at University of Warwick
The University of Warwick has entered into a partnership with the charging infrastructure company Zest. 78 charging points for electric vehicles have been installed on campus. Read more…
Groundbreaking ceremony for Asahi Kasei’s battery separator plant in Canada
The Japanese technology group Asahi Kasei has started construction of its battery separator plant in Port Colborne in the Canadian region of Ontario. Asahi Kasei intends to operate the plant in a joint venture with Honda. Read more…
