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…

The US Department of Justice is expanding the investigation it launched against Tesla in autumn 2022. The investigation originally focused on possible misrepresentations regarding Autopilot – now there are four allegations. Read more…

Following the EU Commission and EU member states, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee published its position on the new CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles – and the demands differ from the known proposals. Read more…

Stellantis presented no less than twelve new models at the specially organised “Commercial Vehicles Ambition Day.” In essence, there are three vehicles each for four brands. We compiled an overview of all the information. Read more…

After Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors also announced its participation in Renault’s electric car division Ampere. The Japanese will invest a maximum of 200 million euros. Read more…

The establishment of a new charging network is being undertaken by Zero Carbon Charge in South Africa. The company plans to build ultra-fast charging stations at intervals of 150 kilometres along strategic routes outside urban areas across all provinces of South Africa. Read more…

SVOLT is looking into building another plant for battery cells with an annual capacity of 50 GWh. According to the company, Finland is one of several locations both inside and outside the European Economic Area (EEA) that are being considered for this. Read more…

JLR has opened its Future Energy Lab in England. The new facility at the company’s development centre in Whitley, a suburb of Coventry, will develop and test electric drives for the company’s future BEV models. Read more…

Milence has announced the first location of its planned high-performance charging network for electric trucks. It will open at the end of November 2023 in Venlo, the Netherlands, right on the border with Germany. Read more…

About 14 months after breaking ground, the US developer of solid-state battery cells for electric cars has opened its new facility in Methuen near Boston in the US state of Massachusetts. With a capacity of 200 MWh, it is said to be the largest solid-state battery assembly line in the US to date. Read more…

Mercedes-Benz has opened orders in Europe for the updated versions of the EQA and EQB electric models. The list prices for the new editions of the two electric vehicles presented in August are at a similar level to their predecessors. Read more…

The first commercially operated autonomous electric boats being trialled in Helsinki. The electric boats from Callboats, which can be ordered via app, connect the Finnish capital with a nearby group of islands. Read more…

The merger was to be completed this quarter. But the Canadian EV maker called off the deal, citing “several incurable breaches of the agreement” by its potential partner. Read more…

According to a media report, the next generation of the Audi A4 will also be launched purely electrically from the end of 2025. According to the report, the A4 e-tron will be available as a saloon and estate – with a similar orientation to the current combustion engine model, which will remain in the range for the time being. Read more…

Ionity is offering owners of a certain EV model free charging power for eight years at all its HPC stations in 24 European countries. The catch of this tempting offer: it only applies to the Rimac Nevera e-hypercar, which costs over two million euros and of which a series of only 150 will be built. Read more…

The Canadian province is looking to build more charging infrastructure in smaller communities. To achieve this, the government of Ontario has announced a $91 million investment through the ‘EV ChargeON’ programme. Read more…

Volvo Buses has started demonstration runs of its all-electric city bus in real-world operation in Latin America. The Volvo BZL Electric will initially be used on two routes in Curitiba, Brazil. Read more…

Solaris has been contracted to supply 42 more electric buses to Sicily. The transport company AMTS Catania has ordered 32 electric 12-metre solo buses and ten 18-metre articulated electric buses from the Polish manufacturer. Read more…