The White House has announced that the first electric vehicle charging station funded by the $7.5 billion U.S. government program has begun operating in Ohio. Next up are charging stations in Vermont, Pennsylvania, and Maine where installation has begun. Other states are currently in the process of issuing proposals and awarding contracts for further charging infrastructure funded by the program. Read more…

Ubitricity has been tasked by the Middlebrough Council to install 160 AC lamp-charging posts in the city. The bollard charging posts will have capacities up to 5 kW. Read more…

In Austria, the Vienna public transport provider Wiener Linien is gradually adding 60 electric buses from Daimler Buses to its bus fleet with immediate effect. Charging infrastructure is being provided by fast chargers on the route and plug-in chargers in the depot. The public transport operator plans to convert nine bus routes to battery-powered vehicles by 2025. Read more…

Hubject has introduced premium services to its Intercharge platform. The three-tiered offering is designed to allow users to choose from a wider range of service levels. Read more…

Panasonic has just signed a deal with the Californian battery material specialist and Mercedes-Benz partner Sila Nanotechnologies for its silicon-dominated anode material called Titan Silicon. The Japanese battery-making giant is looking to replace a higher proportion of graphite in battery anode material with silicon to enhance energy density, and to keep production loops in the USA. Read more…

Citroën has presented the new edition of the ë-Berlingo in detail. Ever since the premiere at the ‘Stellantis Commercial Vehicles Ambition Day’ in October, it was clear that the key data on paper would change very little. Now it is clear that the changes are bigger than expected. Read more…

Volkswagen’s battery subsidiary PowerCo has completed site preparations for its battery cell factory in Canada. PowerCo has now officially founded its Canadian subsidiary, which will be responsible for the construction and operation of the factory. Read more…

A team of researchers from South Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solution and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has made progress in the development of lithium metal batteries – using a borate-pyran-based liquid electrolyte. Read more…

Geely’s electric car brand Zeekr has started deliveries in Europe. The first Zeekr 001 was handed over to a customer in the Netherlands. Another country is on the agenda for this year before it is Germany’s turn. Read more…

Ford is apparently planning to halve the production figures for its F-150 Lightning electric pickup next year: According to an insider, only around 1,600 units per week will roll off the production line in Dearborn from January 2024 due to subdued demand. Read more…

VW Commercial Vehicles (VWN) will also offer the successor to the T6.1 as a BEV. The sales launch is scheduled for 2023 – VWN does not want to present the exact technical data of the electric van until then. Read more…

With the Macan, Porsche is launching its second electric model after the Taycan – with a longer delay than originally planned. However, unlike the Taycan, the upcoming electric SUV is no longer a lone wolf, but one of the harbingers of a new platform from the VW Group. Read more…

More details about the fake manual transmission for electric cars developed by Toyota have emerged from a recently published patent application. Toyota’s alibi gearbox could have up to 14 simulated gears. Read more…

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited and Tata Passenger Electric Mobility have signed an MoU to set up 7,000 electric vehicle charging stations in India by next year. Read more…

Enefit Volt, the EV charging arm of Estonia’s state-owned energy company Eesti Energia, has been commissioned by the Lithuanian supermarket chain Norfa to install a total of 250 charging stations, each with two connections, at 107 Norfa locations across Lithuania. Read more…

British car manufacturer Morgan is once again working on an electric vehicle. After a five-year break in the electric programme, the company has presented the XP-1 concept vehicle – which is only 60 kilos heavier than a three-wheeler with a petrol engine. Read more…

A new design process for electric vehicles being developed in the UK should enable more space for batteries without extra weight. To develop these new processes, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has joined forces with battery maker Danecca and Altair, which specialises in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI). Read more…

General Motors has received another order for its Hydrotec fuel cell technology. The US commercial vehicle manufacturer Autocar Industries wants to develop a whole series of vehicles with Hydrotec fuel cell systems from GM. Read more…

Sales of electric cars and plug-in hybrids in China exceeded the million mark on a monthly basis for the first time in November. According to figures from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), sales reached around 1,026,000 new energy vehicles last month. Read more…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio is planning new variants of its models with LFP batteries in order to reduce costs. Nio is continuing to rely on its main battery partner CATL. Read more…