Flix has announced the launch of its pilot for the first 100% electric long-distance coach service in England and Wales. From 21 March until June 2024, travellers will be able to try out the electric vehicle on a FlixBus route between London and Bristol in England and over to Newport in South Wales. Read more…
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Vauxhall introduces the Corsa Electric #YES entry-level variant in the UK
Vauxhall is offering a special model of its Corsa Electric in the UK for a limited time at a significantly reduced price. The Corsa Electric #YES in GS design with a special paint finish and a contrasting black roof starts at £26,895. Read more…
Danish charging platform Spirii gains new majority shareholder
The Danish charging platform Spirii has been majority-owned by the French company Edenred. Spirii hopes that the move will accelerate its growth in Europe and expand its presence to Latin America and the USA. Read more…
Sixt Charge integrates VW’s Elli charging service into its app
The car hire company Sixt is providing its customers with a charging solution for electric vehicles that is directly integrated into its own app.The declared aim: Sixt customers should no longer need a charging card or apps from third-party providers. Read more…
Gillig acquires select Lightning eMotors assets in receivership
Lightning eMotors began liquidating its assets in February just passed, as its assets will be sold to pay its debts. Gillig has just announced that Gerco, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, has acquired select assets from Lightning eMotors and Lightning Systems through a receivership sale. Read more…
Polestar starts production of the Polestar 3 in Chengdu
Production of the Polestar 3 has started in Chengdu, China. The electric SUV will be the first Polestar to be manufactured on two continents: Another production line is scheduled to start up in mid-2024 at the Volvo plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina, USA. Read more…
Stena recycles production scrap from Morrow Batteries
Morrow Batteries is cooperating with Stena Recycling to recycle waste from battery cell production. The aim of the two companies: The raw materials from the production scrap are to flow back into cell production. Read more…
Ford pauses delivery of the new F-150 Lightning
Ford has frozen the delivery of all F-150 Lightning model year 2024. The reason given is quality controls. It is unclear when deliveries will resume. Read more…
Panasonic orders more battery can production lines from H&T
Panasonic Energy has signed a new contract with the German company H&T Recharge for the supply of battery can production lines for cylindrical battery cells. Both companies have been cooperating since 2017. Read more…
BYD presents new electric cars – and a plug-in hybrid
Chinese car manufacturer BYD presented eight models at the Geneva Motor Show, including its first plug-in hybrid model for Europe. However, the PHEV offshoot of the Seal U will only be sold in selected markets. Read more…
Schaeffler expands production in the USA for EV components
Schaeffler has announced a new US plant for the production of electric vehicle components. Construction of the production facility is scheduled to begin in Dover, Ohio, in the middle of 2024 and be completed in the third quarter of 2025. Read more…
The era of Hyundai combustion engines under the N performance label is over
This month, Hyundai discontinued production of its sporty N models with combustion engines for Europe. In future, there will only be electric cars under the N performance label in Europe – starting with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N. Read more…
Mercedes shelves plans to release EQE SUS in China
Mercedes-Benz has shelved its plan to introduce a mix of sedan and SUV in China with the EQE SUS. It is apparently too complex and expensive. The first pure Chinese Mercedes will therefore not be launched on the market (for the time being). Read more…
Lotus Technology makes stock market debut in the USA
Lotus Technology, subsidiary of the Geely brand Lotus, has completed its IPO, which was announced around a year ago. The company merged with a shell company and was valued at around 7 billion US dollars as part of the SPAC deal. Read more…
Zero-emission Volvo excavator starts waste management work in Florida
Volvo Construction Equipment and Mack Trucks, both Volvo Group companies, recently delivered on- and off-road electric equipment to Florida-based Coastal Waste & Recycling to help the company achieve its sustainability goals. Read more…
Saarbahn orders 28 hydrogen buses from Wrightbus
The Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus has received an order from the German transport operator Saarbahn to supply 28 Kite Hydroliners. The first five H2 buses are to be delivered this year. Read more…
Million euro investment for marine batteries by EST-Floattech
The developer of battery systems for electrified vessels, EST-Floattech, has gathered four million euros from investors. Three million came from the Energy Transition Fund Rotterdam and a further one million from existing supporters.
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Rimac ends cooperation with Camel Group
The Croatian electric sports car manufacturer Rimac no longer wants to cooperate with the Chinese battery manufacturer Camel Group. Camel is facing accusations by the US government of using Uyghur forced labour in China. Read more…
Driivz wins competitive tender from Norwegian CPO
Kople is switching to the Driivz software operating system and will migrate its network of more than 7,000 charging points for electric vehicles to the Driivz platform. Read more…
Lucerne public transport operator launches three new electric buses
Verkehrsbetriebe Luzern AG has been taken delivery of the first three electric buses from a 50-vehicle-order placed late last year. The public transport operator plans to expand its electric vehicle fleet until 2040, when the whole thing is to be 100% electric. Read more…
