Kia presents its future “Platform Beyond Vehicle” (PBV) strategy at CES 2024. The focus is on modular electric cars and integrating software solutions, robotics and autonomous driving. The Concept PV5 presented in Las Vegas previews the first PBV series model. It will launch in 2025. Read more…
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Bosch & Cariad launch automated valet charging tests
Bosch has been trialling automated parking with partners for a while now. Now the concept is to be expanded to include the automated charging of electric cars. Bosch and VW software subsidiary Cariad are now testing the system in two multi-storey car parks. Read more…
Evergrande NEV president faces investigation
Evergrande New Energy Vehicle, the electric car division of the Chinese property group Evergrande, is now facing a second investigation into a manager. This time, the focus is on Liu Yongzhuo, the company’s president. Read more…
UL Solutions & Hyundai Mobis sign MoU for battery development deal
Hyundai Mobis North America Electrified Powertrain and UL Solutions have announced plans to join forces to improve the safety and performance of electric car batteries. The companies state that the new collaboration aims to help increase the safe, widespread deployment of electric vehicle battery technology. Read more…
BT Group converts first street cabinets into charging stations
The BT Group (British Telecommunications) is launching the first pilot project to convert its distribution boxes for broadband and telephone cables into charging points for electric cars. The goal is to examine the potential of repurposing up to 60,000 street cabinets. Read more…
Nearly 315,000 new electric cars registered in the UK in 2023
New car registrations reached 1,903,054 units in the UK in 2023. Battery-electric cars make up 16.5 per cent of the market share, and plug-in cars another 7.4 per cent. Read more…
EU approves major German subsidy for Northvolt battery factory
The EU Commission has approved the German government’s funding for Northvolt’s battery cell factory in the North of the country under state aid law. Northvolt received the funding decision for the factory at the beginning of December 2023 – it was subject to approval, which the EU has now granted. Read more…
Islamabad orders electric buses from China
Chinese manufacturer Higer Bus delivered the first large batch of electric buses to Pakistan in January. This involves 160 vehicles, which are to be used in the capital Islamabad. Read more…
BYD & Yutong to deliver electric buses to Italy
Chinese manufacturers Yutong and BYD have been awarded the contract for two electric bus tenders for the Italian cities of Bari and Taranto. This involves a total of 144 electric buses for the two cities in Apulia. Read more…
Stellantis likely planning another European battery factory without ACC
Stellantis is apparently looking for a location for its fourth European battery gigafactory – in addition to the three factories planned by the Automotive Cells Company (ACC) joint venture in France, Germany and Italy. One country is probably the favourite for the factory. Read more…
WiTricity presents inductive charging solution for light vehicles
WiTricity will be presenting a solution for the inductive charging of electric golf carts and other light vehicles for the first time at this week’s CES in Las Vegas. The system is expected to be available from summer 2024. Read more…
Hyundai applies for patent for solid-state battery system
Hyundai wants to patent its version of a solid-state battery system in the USA. The Korean car manufacturer is cooperating with the US company Factorial Energy on the development. Read more…
Vinfast gets a new CEO and announces EV factory in India
Vinfast has appointed its founder and most prominent financial backer Pham Nhat Vuong as its new CEO. The Vietnamese electric vehicle manufacturer has also confirmed plans to build a production facility in India. Read more…
Geely launches the Galaxy E8 in China
Geely has launched its Galaxy E8 on the Chinese market, marking the first battery-electric vehicle from the series. It is aimed at the “mainstream plug-in hybrid and pure electric vehicle markets.” By 2025, seven models are to be included in the series. Read more…
Honda could soon make EVs and batteries in Canada
Honda could build an electric car plant in Canada and even produce its own batteries there, Japanese media reports. It would be the carmaker’s second production facility in North America. Read more…
Streetscooter is saved by its initial founder
The electric delivery van has lived through many ups and downs. After B-ON, which owns the vehicle formerly known as Streetscooter, filed for insolvency in Germany in September, its initial founder Günther Schuh has again taken over the reins. Read more…
De Lijn orders up to 500 electric buses from BYD
The Flemish public transport company De Lijn has concluded a framework agreement with BYD Europe for up to 500 electric 12-metre buses. A first tranche of 92 units from this framework agreement has already been ordered. Read more…
500 commercial vehicles with fuel cell hit the road in southern China
Hyundai has delivered 500 fuel cell commercial vehicles to companies in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. The delivery represents only a fraction of what is to come, as the Guangdong Province has ordered fuel cell systems for 1,500 vehicles. Read more…
Hyundai & Kia work with Gore on FC systems for commercial vehicles
Hyundai and Kia, together with the US company W. L. Gore & Associates, are developing membranes for fuel cell systems that will later be used in hydrogen-powered commercial vehicles. Read more…
MG Motor launches on the Finnish market
The SAIC brand MG Motor is expanding its distribution of electric and hybrid cars in Europe to Finland. The Hedin Mobility Group, which has already been organising sales for MG in Sweden since 2021, will serve as a partner for the Finnish market. Read more…
