Freevoy from CATL is designed to meet the demands of the charging capacity requirements of EREVs (extended range electric vehicles) and PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) enabling over 280 kilometres of range on 10 minutes of charging. Read more…

More electric vehicle chargers are to be installed in the English city of Plymouth. The Council is allocating £2.415 million of funding obtained from the government’s Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund to install. Read more…

Electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Quantron has been struggling with a financial bottleneck for several months. Some employees of the commercial vehicle manufacturer from Augsburg are reportedly waiting for their wages. However, according to the management, a new investor deal is imminent. Read more…

The mining group Eramet is putting the construction of its planned recycling plant for electric car batteries in the north of France on hold together with Suez. The partners cite the ‘lack of a ramp-up of battery factories’ as the reason, which means that the basis for recycling is virtually missing. Read more…

After the Chinese battery manufacturer SVOLT declared in September that it would not realise its cell factory in Brandenburg, insiders are now reporting that the planned production of modules and packs in Saarland has also been cancelled. The background to this is said to be a fundamental decision in China. Read more…

The Chinese government is apparently exerting pressure on its car manufacturers to stop their expansion in the EU due to the trade conflict with the European Union over electric cars. This is said to involve, for example, the search for possible European plants in order to avoid EU tariffs by investing in Europe. Read more…

Automotive supplier ZF has found a successor for Stephan von Schuckmann: Former Umicore CEO Mathias Miedreich will become the new Board of Management member for the Electrified Powertrain Technologies division from 1 January 2025. Read more…

Volkswagen’s US car brand Scout has presented its first two models as concept cars. Contrary to the original plan, the Terra pickup truck and the Traveler SUV will not only be launched on the market as pure BEVs, but also with an additional combustion engine as a range extender. Read more…

The Bavarian air taxi developer Lilium has announced that it will file for insolvency proceedings for its two most important operating subsidiaries “in a few days.” Around a week ago, the German government had refused to grant the startup state aid. Read more…

A research team at the TU Bergakademie in Freiberg, Germany, is using a new shredder plant to investigate how battery cells can be shredded in such a way that as many of the raw materials they contain can be recovered efficiently. Read more…

The partnership between Mercedes-Benz and PowerX will not only establish a high-power EV charging network in Japan but also offer 100 charging ports in the next two years. Read more…

Ford CEO Jim Farley has been driving an electric car from China for six months and is delighted with it, as he revealed in an interview. Specifically, it’s about the Xiaomi SU7. Read more…

Just under six months after the Supercharger team was sacked, Tesla has now appointed Michael Snyder as the new head of its charging infrastructure. Tesla is also building a giant charging park in California with 168 charging stations and its own power generation. Read more…

As the 2025 model year Ford E-Transit electric van hits the US market for sale, it comes with attractive incentives, including a $2,000 rebate toward charging infrastructure. Read more…

In a bid to decarbonize heavy industries, Hyzon has signed a purchase deal with GreenWaste to procure North America’s first hydrogen-powered refuse collection trucks. Read more…

The Austrian energy group Verbund is investing €1.5 million in Easelink, the Graz-based developer of an automated conductive electric car charging solution called Matrix Charging. The investment is intended to support Easelink in its internationalisation. Read more…

Volkswagen Group Africa has initiated a multifunctional facility equipped with electric tractors to enable modern mechanized farming, ease livelihood, and boost agricultural sector revenue in Rwanda. Read more…

The US battery cell developer 24M has announced the delivery of commercial-sized lithium metal battery cells to a major automotive OEM. The company does not mention the name in its announcement, but Volkswagen has held a stake in 24M since 2022. Read more…

12 new electric midibuses from Stagecoach West Scotland have been introduced for public transportation for local communities in Ayrshire. The electric buses are the first of the Enviro100EV vehicle type to be used anywhere in the world. Read more…

Kia is looking to venture into the electric light commercial vehicle (LCV) market. With plans to launch a range of purpose-built electric vehicles, Vice President Sjoerd Knipping believes Kia is set to make waves in a competitive landscape. But can they truly electrify Europe’s fleets? Read more…