The British niobium anode materials supplier says the UK Government has awarded it significant funding to undertake a collaborative research project with cell development experts, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG). Read more…

Recycled rare earth magnets are rolling off the production line in Birmingham, UK. A subsidiary of the Canadian company Mkango plans to process up to 20 tonnes of permanent magnets there initially using an energy-saving process. Read more…

Among other things, SVOLT presented its new “Short Blade” battery cell series for electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids at the company’s Battery Day. These are fast-charging LFP cells in prismatic format. Read more…

Turkish electric car manufacturer Togg plans to start series production of its second model in 2025 and begin exporting its vehicles to Europe. According to Turkey’s Minister of Industry and Technology Fatih Kacır, the second Togg model will be a saloon, which will be unveiled at the end of 2024 and go into series production in 2025. Read more…

House will resign from her position immediately “to pursue other opportunities,” the carmaker says. However, she will remain available in an “advisory role” until the end of the year. Read more…

The announcement comes after the government had to compromise its budget for the coming years. Details are not yet available, but it is clear that EVs and the solar industry will be affected. Read more…

As Global Product Development leader Doug Parks will retire after nearly 40 years with the company, the US carmaker is making several changes to its product development team and has created new roles to oversee global markets. Read more…

The Munich-based company has entered the British market. Qwello UK just won a bid to work with Essex County Council to install 70 EV charging points areas across the region. It is the county’s first On-Street Charge Point Scheme and Qwello’s second in the country after London. Read more…

In the USA, the consumer protection organisation Public Citizen has filed a complaint against Toyota with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The complaint accuses Toyota of portraying its hybrid cars as purely electric cars in its advertising – for example by using terms such as “EVs”, “electric” or “electrified”. Read more…

Opel has presented new versions of the Combo Electric and Zafira Electric. Opel plans to open the order books “soon”. Even though Stellantis is talking about a new edition, these are essentially revised versions of the existing models. In the case of the Combo, however, with one decisive change: LFP batteries. Read more…

The haulage and logistics company Duvenbeck is converting its logistics for the Saarbrücken plant of supplier ZF to battery-powered electric lorries. Five new Volvo FH Electric tractor units are being used. Read more…

This week, the Taiwanese mobility company announced the launch of its battery-swapping system in the Indian market alongside its first locally-made scooter. The CrossOver GX250 was designed with “India-specific” features.
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The Californian battery startup Enevate has signed a production licence agreement with the German battery cell developer and producer Customcells. The agreement centres on Enevate’s silicon-dominated anode technology XFC-Energy. Read more…

Researchers at Sweden’s Chalmers University have carried out a full life cycle assessment of sodium-ion batteries. They concluded sodium-ion batteries were “much better than lithium-ion batteries,” especially regarding sourcing. Read more…

Best Western Hotels has announced a collaboration with Tesla to provide chargers for electric cars at its properties across North America and beyond. BWH will begin deploying Tesla’s Universal Wall Connector in the coming year. Read more…

The Tesla Model 3 with rear-wheel drive and the all-wheel drive Long Range variant of the Model 3 will apparently no longer qualify for federal subsidies in the USA from 2024. Initially, Tesla itself at least assumed that the subsidy would be reduced. Read more…

Chinese battery cell manufacturer and Volkswagen partner Gotion High-Tech is seeking support from industrial group ABB to construct battery factories in Europe and the USA with a high degree of automation. Read more…

Volkswagen’s new US electric vehicle subsidiary Scout is investing 11 million dollars in the construction of an innovation centre. Scout’s research and development centre will be located in the city of Novi in the US state of Michigan. Read more…

The European Union Parliament has given the green light to the law on securing critical raw materials, including for electric car batteries. Compared to the original draft of the “Critical Raw Materials Act”, the committee has only tweaked the recycling quota – but has done so extensively. Read more…

General Motors and construction machinery manufacturer Komatsu are developing a fuel cell mining truck in the “ultra-class haul”. The Japanese company will utilise GM’s ‘Hydrotec Power Cubes’ to electrify the 930E and has become the second manufacturer to build on GM fuel cells. Read more…