A team of scientists from South Korea’s Pohang University of Science and Technology is developing a silicon-based lithium-ion battery system that will enable electric car ranges of up to 1,000 kilometres thanks to gel polymer electrolytes and microsilicon particles. Read more…

While petrol and diesel-powered cars still make up the majority of new registrations in the European Union, the number of electric cars is on the rise. They accounted for 10.9 per cent of the market share in January – up from 9.5 per cent last year. Read more…

British battery firm Altilium and UK vehicle salvage, dismantling and recycling specialist Synetiq have announced a commercial EV battery recycling collaboration. Another such partnership is being launched with Vmoto for electric scooter batteries. Read more…

The US state of Massachusetts has earmarked 50 million dollars for charging infrastructure across the state. The goal is to provide easy access to charging stations, encourage the electrification of state fleets and manage the impact of EV charging stations on the grid. Read more…

Ionity has opened its first high-power charging hub in Northern Ireland. At Toome Motorway Service Station, six new 350 kW charge points are now available to EV drivers. Construction of the next hub has already begun in Belfast. Read more…

Hyundai Motor is likely to delay the transformation of Genesis to a pure electric car brand. The carmaker previously said that from 2025, all new models would be purely electric and that the last combustion engine would be sold by 2030 at the latest. Instead, it will now focus on full hybrids. Read more…

Volvo Cars is streamlining and standardising the model names of its electric cars. In future, the BEV models will be marketed under the newly introduced abbreviation EX for SUV or EC for SUV coupés. This has consequences for two of Volvo’s current models. Read more…

A European consortium led by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is working on thermal management in electric vehicles as part of the MINDED research project. It is looking primarily at innovative infrared heating panels as a heat source. Read more…

JLR and its Indian parent company Tata Motors want to produce electric cars on a large scale in India and export them from there. According to a media report, negotiations to this end are well advanced. Read more…

With the Passat Variant, VW not only has a classic company car in its range, but the mid-range estate is also a popular family car. With the ID.7 Tourer, the carmaker now unveiled an internal rival model – with a purely electric drive. Read more…

Following the successful deployment of a first electric lorry in Enfield, Warburtons, a British bakery brand, has added four more E-Tech D16s from Renault Trucks to its fleet. Two new electric vans are now also being used. Read more…

According to an insider, Stellantis is looking into manufacturing electric cars for its new Chinese joint venture partner Leapmotor at its Italian plant in Mirafiori. Up to 150,000 units could be assembled there every year from 2026 or 2027. Read more…

Li Auto has recently announced plans to build more than 10,000 of its own fast-charging stations in China by 2025. That is more than three times as many as Li Auto officially announced in April 2023. On 1 March, the company known for its range extender drives will launch its first battery-electric model. Read more…

An electric car of royal origin will soon be going under the auction hammer in England. It is the Jaguar I-Pace that King Charles III purchased in 2018 – back then as a prince. Its paintwork is unique in the world. Read more…

The fast-charging joint venture Ionity has reached the 600 charging parks mark in Europe. The number of Ionity locations is set to grow to more than 1,000 in the coming year. Read more…

Just over 10,000 of the cars used by Uber and Lyft in New York City are now electric. That is twelve per cent of the total fleet of the two ride-hailing companies. This means that the drive transition in both fleets is happening faster than expected. Read more…

The Australian government is funding a university research project to establish wireless charging technology for electric vehicles with 3 million AUD. The goal is to promote the uptake of heavy electric vehicles. Read more…

IBU-Tec Advanced Materials reports progress in the development of sodium-ion batteries – above all in the expansion of production to larger volumes. The Weimar-based company is also involved in a project to develop sodium batteries for industrial trucks. Read more…

The start of construction of the Tesla factory in Mexico is apparently imminent. According to Samuel García, the governor of the Mexican state of Nuevo León, construction of the factory is set to begin in March at the latest. Read more…