The Chinese investor ADM Group has reached an agreement in Pakistan with two local companies Malik Enterprises and Indus Valley to set up 3,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across the country. Read more…
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Circu Li-On looks in on Amazon processes
The German-Luxembourg battery recycling start-up Circu Li-ion and e-commerce and logistics giant Amazon are working on extending the service life of batteries in logistics processes. Read more…
Leclanché uses Echion anode materials in new heavy-duty batteries
Swiss legacy battery maker Leclanché has developed XN50, the world’s first lithium-ion battery cell equipped with Echion Technologies’ XNO, a niobium-based active anode material. Read more…
Faraday Future launches new brand and previews new models
Faraday Future has founded Faraday X (FX), a new brand that will specialise in ‘Artificial Intelligence Electric Vehicle’ products – or AIEVs. The first two models have also been announced. Read more…
Georgia Tech reveals iron-chloride cathode for solid-state batteries
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, USA, see massive potential reductions in both cost and use of critical raw materials by using ferric chloride (FeCl3) as a new cathode material for solid-state batteries. Read more…
BAIC massively reduces capacities of its EV subsidiary BJEV
BJEV, founded by car manufacturer BAIC, was once one of the pioneers of electric cars in China and was also the market leader for a while after its launch in 2013. However, BYD and other players have long since overtaken BJEV. As a result, the latter is now reducing its production capacities. Read more…
Xiaomi to launch three new models by 2026
According to a leaked document from supplier Bosch, Xiaomi is planning a total of three new models between 2025 and 2026. One of the vehicles is already known. With the other models, Xiaomi may venture into the SUV segment – and away from the purely electric drive. Read more…
USA wants to ban connected cars from China
The US Department of Commerce has proposed banning important Chinese software and hardware in connected vehicles on US roads for national security reasons. It would effectively exclude Chinese cars and trucks from the US market and possibly other vehicles. Read more…
Veera Vahana & Exponent Energy claim to have world’s fastest charging electric bus
Indian bus body builder Veera Vahana and energy startup Exponent Energy have co-developed a new electric bus called Veera Mahasamrat EV. The companies claim it is the fastest-charging electric bus in the world. Read more…
Northvolt cuts 1,600 jobs, puts cell plant expansion on ice
Northvolt announced cutbacks in its home country of Sweden. The battery cell manufacturer will reduce its workforce by around 1,600 at three locations. Internationally, 20 per cent of jobs will also be cut. Moreover, it is suspending the expansion of the cell factory in Skellefteå. Read more…
BYD benefits from supply bottleneck at Ebusco
BYD is replacing Ebusco as the electric bus supplier in Växjö, Sweden. A few days ago, it became known that the local bus company Connect Bus had cancelled an order for 47 electric buses from Ebusco. Now, we also know who will take their spot. Read more…
Juna buys 30 more electric trucks from Scania
Juna is expanding its fleet with 30 heavy-duty electric trucks. The newly founded joint venture between Scania and Sender rents electric trucks to logistic companies. The new vehicles will bring Juna’s fleet to around 50 electric units. Read more…
LG Chem to supply cathode active materials to PPES in Japan
South Korean battery giant LG Chem has signed a supply agreement for cathode active materials (CAM) for electric vehicle batteries with Prime Planet Energy & Solutions (PPES), the battery joint venture between Toyota and Panasonic. Read more…
Electric crossover from Lynk & Co debuts in Europe
Alpitronic opens US headquarters in North Carolina
The Italian fast-charging station manufacturer Alpitronic has opened its US headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Celebrations marked the company’s operational launch in North America. Read more…
ChargePoint to punctuate Californian highways with fast chargers
In the USA, ChargePoint has received awards, through its partners, of more than $19 million to deploy 248 DC fast charging ports at 45 sites along California highways. Read more…
Rome’s outer suburbs to be served by 60 electric buses
By January 2025, 60 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro electric buses are due to arrive in Rome, which will be used for local public transport in the car-dependent outer suburbs. Read more…
Siemens eMobility & Heliox to form a new entity
Siemens has announced that it will carve out Siemens eMobility business, which offers IoT-enabled hardware, software and services for AC and DC charging and combine it with charging infrastructure specialist Heliox, which the German group acquired earlier this year. The two will be merged into a separate legal structure. Read more…
US researchers find trick to extend battery life
Researchers in the US apparently found a way to extend the service life of batteries by 50 per cent – without interfering with the cell chemistry. But they did have some help from an AI. Read more…
AE Elemental opens recycling plant in Poland
The joint venture between US company Ascend Elements and the Polish company Elemental Strategic Metals has opened its announced recycling plant for electric car batteries in Zawiercie. It will now build an even larger recycling plant in Germany. Read more…
