Mercedes-Benz, Getec Energie and The Mobility House are extending the life cycle of their two large-scale stationary storage systems made from vehicle batteries in Lünen and Elverlingsen by another five years. The renewed extension of utilisation thus stands for the durability of the 2nd Life approach. Read more…
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Aspark Owl is the fastest electric car in the world
Aspark has broken Rimac’s record for the fastest electric hypercar. A new version of the Aspark Owl called the SP600 reached 438.7 kph – 26.7 kph faster than the Rimac Nevera. Read more…
Alpine A290 will arrive in two power levels
Alpine has unveiled the A290, the sporty Alpine offshoot of the electric Renault 5, with which the ‘Hot Hatch’ shares the battery, but gets two more powerful drive options, as well as a sportier design. Read more…
Kempower and TurboVolt to bring HPC chargers to Croatia and Slovenia
Finnish charging hardware manufacturer Kempower announces a cooperation with Austrian-based charging infrastructure company TurboVolt to install HPC chargers in Croatia and Slovenia. In the project’s first phase, TurboVolt will equip three shopping centres with Kempower charging technology. Read more…
MOL starts testing electric port tractor in Ghent
MOL, a manufacturer of heavy industry and port handling equipment, in partnership with Volvo Penta, has launched tests of their full electric 4X4 RoRo tractor, the RME225, at the Port of Ghent. Read more…
Mercedes to deploy Alpitronic fast-chargers in the US
Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging and Alpitronic have signed an agreement for the planned North American fast-charging network. The former will thus become the first DC network in the US to use Alpitronic’s HYC 400. Read more…
Zapmap secures an additional £1.7 million in funding
Renewable electricity supplier Good Energy has again invested in EV charge point mapping service Zapmap. This time, it provided a convertible loan worth £1.7 million, bring the company’s total investment in Zapmap to £7.5 million. Read more…
Fast-charging joint venture Ionna chooses Durham as its headquarters
It is an alliance of seven car manufacturers that is similar to Ionity’s idea, but focusses on North America: Ionna wants to pull up a dense network of fast-charging points in just a few years and become the market leader. The joint venture has now decided on a headquarters. Read more…
CATL and BYD are working on batteries with a 6C charge rate
CATL and BYD are working on faster-charging batteries for electric cars. CATL is planning to launch a new generation of its Qilin battery with a charging rate of 6C in the second half of 2024. BYD is also rumoured to be working on a 6C battery. Read more…
USA: $1 billion dollars in incentives paid since January
The US federal government has paid more than $1 billion dollars on cash incentives for electric vehicles since January. Apparently, about 150,000 buyers opted for the advanced payment. Read more…
Echion raises $35 million to manufacture XNO anode material
British niobium anode materials supplier Echion Technologies has raised 35 million dollars in its Series B funding round. The money will bring Echion’s niobium-based XNO anode material to market. Read more…
Audi to invest €1 bn in Mexico for EV production
Audi plans to invest €1 billion in its Mexican plant to produce an e-tron model. It’s almost certain now that the company will build the next-gen Q8 e-tron in Mexico. Read more…
JLR to use Chery platform for future electric cars
Chinese carmaker Chery confirmed that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will use its M3X and E0X modular platforms for future battery-electric and plug-in cars. To that end, JLR has signed a strategic agreement with Chery brand Exeed. Read more…
Mona M03 debuts as Xpeng-Didi’s first co-developed EV
A new electric sedan from China called ‘Xpeng Mona 03’ debuted online on 11 June. It is the first EV from Xpeng Motors and ride-hailing service provider Didi’s collaboration. Read more…
Hofer Powertrain and ETH Zurich research GaN inverters
Powertrain expert Hofer Powertrain has launched a research project in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), focussing on developing a multi-stage gallium nitride inverter solution for electric mobility. Read more…
Reading Buses orders 24 Enviro400EVs from Alexander Dennis
Vibracoustic presents decoupling system for thermal management applications
The German company Vibracoustic, which specialises in anti-vibration systems, has developed and tested a decoupling system for thermal management applications. The system supports and isolates the thermal units arranged next to each other in the future generation of electric cars. Read more…
UK: Be.EV joins Plugsurfing network
British charge point operator Be.EV is now part of the Plugsurfing network. The CPO is not active across the UK. Most of its stations are located in Manchester. Read more…
Electra raises funds to expand fast-charging infrastructure in Belgium
The French charging infrastructure company Electra is borrowing a total of up to 75 million euros from four banks to expand its network of fast-charging stations in Belgium. Read more…
EU to impose tariffs on Chinese EVs from July
The EU will impose tariffs on EVs imported from China from next month. However, as suspected earlier, the tariffs imposed vary depending on the carmaker. Tesla with its factory in Shanghai is excluded for the time being. Read more…
