The StreetScooter successor announced a change in leadership. Bruno Lambert, co-founder and president of B-ON, will take over from current CEO Stefan Krause. Read more…

The German carmaker opened its order books there. The fully electric version, the BMW i5, starts at 74,105 pounds. Read more…

Stellantis has signed a deal with Leapmotor. The international carmaker will take around a 20 per cent stake in the Chinese EV startup, and the two will set up a joint venture to bring Leapmotor’s electric cars to Europe. Read more…

Volvo Cars has decided to produce its EX30 in Europe in the future. The all-electric compact SUV presented in June will come off the production line at the Ghent plant in Belgium from 2025. Until then, the EX30 will come from China. Read more…

Swobbee, a battery-swapping startup based in Berlin, will become TotalEnergies’ exclusive charging infrastructure partner for light electric vehicles (LEVs). The framework agreement provides for close cooperation in the development of charging infrastructure for LEVs, such as electric cargo bikes. Read more…

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has suspended the driverless testing permit for General Motors subsidiary Cruise for its self-driving cars in the US state, effective immediately. The DMV determined that “the manufacturer’s vehicles are not safe for the public’s operation.” Read more…

Skoda has priced in the new 2024 vintage of its Enyaq electric model, which is due to start production in November 2023. The electric car, upgraded with a drivetrain update among other things, will start in Germany as the Enyaq 60 at list prices starting at 44,200 euros. Read more…

The Italian municipality of Bari has announced the procurement of 135 electric buses by 2026. In a first step, a total of 36 electric buses will be ordered from two manufacturers via the central purchasing office Consip. Read more…

The Dutch charging point operator PowerGo is expanding its charging infrastructure in Denmark. PowerGo will install around 1,600 public charging points there over the next two years. Read more…

The battery cell manufacturer could prefer Europe to the US for its planned IPO. According to a media report, Northvolt could go public in Stockholm in 2024 and aims for a value of around 20 billion US dollars. Read more…

Ride-hailing company Uber has entered into a collaboration with BYD importer EVDirect in Australia, through which a total of 10,000 BYD Atto 3s will now be made available to Uber drivers through a range of financing and leasing options. Read more…

With the new lab at North American headquarters in Michigan, USA, the supplier can test batteries and battery components in-house. The goal is to learn more about operations such as thermal runaway – and how to prevent it. Read more…

General Motors is further scaling back its electric ambitions. The interim goal of producing 400,000 electric vehicles in North America, which had already been postponed by half a year to mid-2024, is being abandoned altogether. The background has only marginally to do with electric mobility. Read more…

The German branch of the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS want to continue their cooperation. A new joint project to determine the service life of batteries will run until 2027. Read more…

Tesla is currently putting the brakes on the planned Gigafactory in Mexico due to the unclear outlook. At the German Gigafactory in Grünheide, however, the company is sticking to its expansion targets: expansion work is due to start in a few months. Read more…

Toyota’s premium brand Lexus will present two battery-electric concept vehicles at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo. While the Lexus LF-ZC sedan hints at a production model planned for 2026, the LF-ZL is said to embody the vision of an all-electric SUV flagship. Read more…

Nissan’s luxury subsidiary Infiniti has given a preview of the design of its first all-electric model with the Vision Qe concept car. This is the electric sedan that is due to be launched in 2026. Read more…

The two companies want to form a joint venture to recycle used EV batteries and scrap “from gigafactories in Enlarged Europe and North America.” Stellantis hopes to gain access to additional materials needed for new batteries, such as cobalt, nickel, and lithium. Read more…

The Hungarian government plans to launch a 60 billion forint (156 million euro) programme in November to promote electromobility. This involves fast-charging infrastructure on the one hand and a subsidy for commercial customers on the other. Read more…

The Australian state of Queensland announced that it would install chargers for electric vehicles every 150 kilometres across the state over the next three years. Read more…