Revel has opened its public fast-charging hub in Lower Manhattan, New York. It is open to the public but also intended for taxi and ridesharing services. Read more…
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Zeon Charging joins hands with Kempower for EV charging hubs in India
Zeon Charging, one of the largest CPOs in India, has partnered with Finnish hardware provider Kempower to grow its charging network in the country. A first charging site has already been set up. Read more…
Rare earth recycler Cyclic Materials raises $53 million
Canadian rare earth recycler Cyclic Materials, supported by BMW, among others, has raised 53 million US dollars in its Series B financing round. This financing brings the company’s total equity capital to over 83 million US dollars. Read more…
Fuel cell specialist Teco 2030 aims to build license business
The fuel cell manufacturer Teco 2030 intends to strategically shift its business away from sole production towards licensing its fuel cell technology. The reason given is the hesitant support in Norway and the promising subsidies elsewhere. Read more…
Electrode start-up Anaphite raises 12.5 million euros
British equipment manufacturer Anaphite has raised the equivalent of 12.5 million euros in a Series A financing round. The company is developing its own technology for dry coating battery electrodes. Read more…
Xpeng launches in Portugal and Spain
The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng continues expanding in Europe. Its vehicles are now also available in Portugal and Spain. The same three models are also available in Germany. Read more…
Mazda opens order books for the EZ-6 in China
The Mazda EZ-6 has gone on pre-sale in China. As announced, there are battery-electric and range-extended versions available. However, the pricing is not clear yet. Read more…
GM launches 2025 Chevy Blazer EV
GM has opened the order books for the new model year of the Chevy Blazer EV in the US. It offers more power and more range than its predecessor. Read more…
EU states to vote on EV tariffs on 4 October
After EU member states did not vote on whether to introduce special tariffs on China-made EVs last week, they will likely cast their ballot on Friday. However, the date is not set in stone – and neither is the outcome. Read more…
Audi to introduce series principle in development
Audi’s development division is facing a major reorganisation. CEO Gernot Döllner apparently wants to introduce the so-called model series principle. It could mean that new cars move from the drawing board to the road more quickly. Read more…
Battery recycling: Plans for Indo-American joint venture
Indian battery recycler Lohum wants to set up a joint venture in the US with partners ReElement Technologies and American Metals. In addition to focussing on recycling, the new company will also supply reconditioned battery material. Read more…
Xpeng installs first HPC chargers with up to 800 kW
Xpeng has started building its new generation S5 HPC charging stations with up to 800 kW of power in China. Until now, Xpeng’s most powerful charger was the S4 column, launched in 2022. Read more…
CAM: Market development of electric cars in Europe varies but remains constant
According to the latest figures from the Center of Automotive Management (CAM), average registrations of battery-electric cars in Europe have only fallen by 5.5 per cent this year. However, there are major differences between the countries, as the electric mobility market has developed favourably in most of them, while the outlook for 2025 is positive! Read more…
Sony’s electric car to use Tesla’s NACS
Sony Honda Mobility (SHM) has signed an agreement with Tesla to introduce the North American Charging Standard (NACS) for the Afeela brand electric cars. The latter will launch in the US in 2025 and then in Japan. Read more…
Hubject signs two new Plug & Charge partnerships
Hubject is further advancing its mission to simplify the charging of electric cars internationally with two new partnerships. One is in North America, the other in Malaysia. Read more…
Tesla has to pay up for throttling the charging speed
Tesla has been ordered to pay compensation in Norway because the company reduced the charging speed of the Model S via a software update in 2019. The bill could still get even higher. Read more…
1,000 lamppost charging points for Prague
The company THMP is responsible for public lighting in the Czech capital – and now wants to roll out lamppost charging points on a large scale. The company’s efforts will start with a pilot project in the Vinohrady district. Read more…
OCSiAl to supply ProLogium with carbon nanotubes for solid-state batteries
The nanotechnology company OCSiAl has commissioned a dispersion plant for single-walled carbon nanotubes in Serbia. These are to be supplied to the factory of the solid-state battery cell manufacturer ProLogium in Dunkirk, France, which is due to start mass production at the beginning of 2027. Read more…
USA reserves almost one billion dollars for clean school buses
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is opening the tender for a new round of the ‘Clean School Bus Rebate Programme’ for the procurement of mostly electric school buses. This time, the budget is 965 million US dollars. Read more…
Dürr presents improved system for electrode coating
The German mechanical engineering company Dürr is presenting a further developed system for simultaneously coating both sides of battery cell electrodes. The ‘GigaCoater’ is designed to reduce manufacturers’ production costs, among other things. Read more…
