A French consortium comprising Alstom, EasyMile, Equans, Keolis, Renault Group and StatInf, is about to launch a fleet of autonomous minibuses. The project dubbed Mach2 includes level 4 autonomy, without a human driver onboard, and is a first in Europe. The electric minibuses fleet will enter public transport services in the city of Châteauroux in […] More…

German powertrain supplier Vitesco Technologies has signed a long-term supply agreement with US semiconductor manufacturer Onsemi for silicon carbide products worth €1.75 billion over ten years to secure supply capacity as e-mobility ramps up. The cooperation between Vitesco Technologies and Onsemi takes place on several levels. On the one hand, there is the above-mentioned supply […] More…

ABB has presented a new electric drive system concept for significantly more efficient ships under the name Dynafin. The system dispenses with a traditional propeller – and is instead designed to mimic the “movements of a whale’s tail”. Dynafin includes an electric main drive system that drives a large wheel rotating at a moderate 30-80 […] More…

BYD has presented the first electric bus jointly developed with the Spanish chassis builder Castrosua. Both companies signed a manufacturing partnership last year. The first units of the electric bus will soon be in use in Spain. The BYD-Castrosua electric city bus is twelve metres long and offers space for up to 92 passengers. It […] More…

The Chinese manufacturer Great Wall wants to build cars in Europe in the future and is also looking at Germany. But other countries in Eastern Europe are probably also in the running. At this stage, different concepts for the European factory are also still being examined. “The eastern German states could come into question,” says […] More…

A new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) assesses how effectively the world’s 20 largest automakers are transitioning to electric vehicles. At the top of the ranking is Tesla, followed by Chinese manufacturer BYD, which is catching up fast. The manufacturer assessment on the electric drive system turnaround is the first of […] More…

Foothill Transit, a public transport agency serving the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in Southern California, is furthering its sustainability efforts with the introduction of Axess EVO-FC buses to its fleet. Manufacturer ElDorado National (ENC) will produce the buses in Riverside, CA. ENC is a subsidiary of REV Group and has been focussing on zero-emission […] More…

Allego will install 1,500 charge points at furniture stores by the Porta Group. The German family business, which includes outlets in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, has opted for a mix of  50 and 150 kW chargers accessible to customers and third parties alike. According to Allego, the order includes charging stations for 123 Porta […] More…

Faraday Future has announced the official market launch of its debut model FF 91. The price is now also known: The currently cheapest version starts at $249,000 (€233,000), and the limited top model is significantly more expensive. The electric car startup is asking an impressive 309,000 US dollars (289,400 euros) for the FF 91 2.0 […] More…

Weev, the Belfast-based startup on a mission to bring better charging to Northern Ireland, has received a funding boost. Octopus Investments, part of the Octopus Energy Group, is investing up to £50 million and says the capital was to address the shortage of charging infrastructure in Northern Ireland. In its funding announcement, Octopus states EV […] More…

Stellantis is planning one or two additional battery factories in the USA, as no less a person than Group CEO Carlos Tavares explained. The US Inflation Reduction Act has created “very favourable” investment conditions in the country. Tavares told reporters on the sidelines of the inauguration of the first ACC Gigafactory in France. Stellantis will […] More…

E.On is building out its cooperation with Alpitronic. The German energy group ordered another 4,500 fast charging stations from Alpitronic, and the partners want to work more closely together in customer services and look into megawatt charging. Specifically, E.On says its order includes the latest generation of Alpitronic hardware with charging power ranging from 50 […] More…

Rolls-Royce has announced that it will start manufacturing its long-awaited Spectre electric coupé in September. It expects prices for the luxury EV to exceed half a million euros on average while noting record demand. During the European debut of the Spectre at the Villa d’Este Concorso d’Eleganza in Italy, Rolls-Royce CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös revealed to […] More…

US automotive supplier BorgWarner is investing an undisclosed amount in its Ramos Arizpe Campus in Mexico. The move will create some 280 new jobs. The company plans to “produce innovative battery cooling plates destined for a carmaker’s next generation of electric vehicles” at the site. Joe Fadool, President and General Manager, BorgWarner Emissions, Thermal and […] More…

Lithuania and Finland are increasing the number of charging options for electric cars at airports. At the Lithuanian airports of Vilnius, Kaunas and Palanga, around 170 new charging points for electric vehicles will be installed in the coming years. According to the announcement by the airport operator LTOU, these will mainly be AC chargers, but […] More…

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has opted for electric pickup trucks by Ford to enter its service fleet in North America. The order of over 300 F-150 Lightning EVs will make up a large portion of the company’s vehicles there and includes access to charging. In North America, Vestas’ service fleet comprises around 1,850 vehicles; with […] More…

Manz AG becomes a shareholder of the Customcells Group. The German engineering company is taking a rather unusual route – through its investment in the subsidiary Customcells Tübingen GmbH. For about a year, Manz has held a 40 per cent stake in the subsidiary, which develops battery cells in Tübingen, Germany, and plans to manufacture […] More…

Italy’s bus maker Rampini has won a tender from the procurement agency Consip to supply up to 280 zero-emission buses. The contract will come into force this June, allowing public administrations to buy a Rampini e-bus with or without specific adaptations. Specifically, this concerns the Ramoni Eltron model, an 8-metre battery-electric bus. Configurations include two […] More…

Automotive Cells Company (ACC), a battery cell joint venture by Stellantis, Total and Mercedes-Benz, inaugurated its first factory in France. However, the “Grand Opening” of the ACC Gigafactory in Billy-Berclau/Douvrin in the Hauts-de-France region is not synonymous with commissioning, which will take place later this year. ACC says it has a production area of more […] More…

Amsterdam’s public transit operator GVB is extending smart charging technology across its depots in the Dutch capital. Using technology by  The Mobility House, GVB will charge its growing electric bus increasingly intelligently before the year’s end. In concrete terms, GVB targets intelligent charging over 159 electric buses at 190 DC charge points equipped with the […] More…