The two Japanese companies Honda and GS Yuasa are planning a joint battery factory in Japan. Production is said to kick off in 2027. The cell factory is to be built and operated by a joint venture between the two companies that has existed for 14 years. Blue Energy was founded by Honda and GS […] More…

BYD earned more than five times as much in the first quarter of 2023 as in the same period last year. BYD’s net profit rose by 411 per cent to 4.1 billion yuan (about $592 million). Renvenue increased by almost 80 per cent to 120.2 billion yuan. That is the equivalent of $17,4 billion in […] More…

Daimler Truck announced a new brand for medium-duty electric trucks in the US called Rizon. Production start and first deliveries are scheduled for later this year. The company also announced a new joint venture for setting up charging and H2 fuelling stations for medium- and heavy-duty trucks in the country. But first the new brand: […] More…

General Motors has announced plans to stop production of the Chevrolet Bolt electric model at the end of this year, as company CEO Mary Barra told investors. So far, the Chevy Bolt EV and its larger offshoot Bolt EUV accounted for the bulk of the company’s EV sales. GM will not be dropping the electric […] More…

The Higher Regional Court in Düsseldorf is hearing a case today that is crucial for the future of fast-charging infrastructure in Germany. Tesla and Fastned are challenging the federal government over essentially extending Tank & Rast’s monopoly at motorway service stations to fast charging. Tank & Rast was only privatised in 1998 yet still holds […] More…

Automotive supplier Leoni announces a new business unit. ‘Charging & Power Solutions’ will unify the company’s cable business and focus on electromobility. The product suite ‘EcoSense’ covers cables for all types of charging, including new liquid-cooled solutions for HPC. Leoni lists the liquid-cooled High Power Charging cables as the latest addition to the range alongside […] More…

Grupo Bimbo, a baking company, has ordered seven electric trucks from Scania. Once the vehicles arrive in Mexico, they will form Scania’s first electric fleet in Latin America. Grupo Bimbo opted for seven 25P B4x2 rigid electric trucks from Scania México. The BEV truck has an output of 230 kW and battery capacities of 165 […] More…

The taxi company Arabia Taxi has put 269 Tesla Model 3 in service in Dubai. As reported, Dubai will only permit electrified taxis in the emirate from 2027. Arabia Taxi operates 6,000 vehicles throughout the United Arab Emirates, 83 per cent of which are hybrid taxis. The Tesla cabs are, therefore, among the first fully […] More…

Skeleton Technologies and the Canadian automotive supplier Martinrea International are cooperating to equip refuse collection vehicles for use in Paris and New York with Skeleton’s so-called ‘SuperBattery’ technology. Martinrea International develops and produces electric vehicle technologies for heavy-duty commercial vehicles through its subsidiary Effenco. The aim of the agreement with the Estonian company Skeleton is […] More…

Fortum has completed its lithium-ion battery recycling factory in Harjavalta, Finland, on time. Announced in 2021, Fortum says this is the largest recycling plant in Europe in terms of capacity and also the first commercial-scale facility for hydrometallurgical recycling. Fortum already operated a pilot plant at the Harjavalta site and has now finished the expansion […] More…

Wrightbus has secured a new order to deliver 48 zero-emission buses for Stagecoach in London. The British public transport operator expects delivery of the all-electric double-deckers before the year’s end. Plus, these are not the only zero-emission models coming to the capital. Earlier this month, bus operator Arriva ordered 50 BEV double-deckers from Wrightbus to […] More…

BMW’s investment arm BMW i Ventures announced an investment in Cyclic Materials, a Canadian company focused on recycling rare earth elements (REE). Regarding e-mobility, Cyclic Materials cooperates with Polestar to recover magnets for electric motors. As for BMW i Ventures, the investor led the $27 million Series A funding alongside Energy Impact Partners (EIP). Fifth […] More…

The first electric car from the American manufacturer Fisker is allowed to roll on the roads in Europe. The Fisker Ocean has received sales approval for the European market and is to be delivered to customers as early as 5 May. Initially, the Fisker Ocean One Launch Edition version, limited to 5,000 units, is to […] More…

Porsche is cooperating with the Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro to significantly reduce the CO₂ footprint of aluminium in the automotive supply chain. By 2030, the aluminium supplied to Porsche and its suppliers should even be CO₂-free. As early as 2025, the production of the aluminium used is to emit around 60 per cent less […] More…

In Nigeria, the energy company Oando Clean Energy Limited (OCEL) has announced a partnership with China’s bus builder Yutong to put 12,000 electric buses on the roads over the next seven years and build the infrastructure for them. Starting in Lagos State, where the first two electric buses and charging stations have arrived for a […] More…

Kia had the Italian company BrickVision build a 1:1 model of its EV6 electric car out of Lego bricks. It took more than 800 working hours and 350,000 Lego bricks. The model was recently presented at the Design Week in Milan and is now on display at the Kia Energy House in Rome. The 1:1 […] More…

Vietnamese electric car maker VinFast is securing up to $2.5 billion in fresh capital to fuel its global expansion. 1.5 billion dollars comes in the form of grants from parent company Vingroup and its chairman Pham Nhat Vuong. Another billion can be accessed by VinFast over a five-year period in the form of loans from […] More…

Bosch is planning a billion-euro investment in its strategically important semiconductor business for electromobility. In the USA, Bosch wants to take over parts of the business of chip manufacturer TSI Semiconductors from Roseville in the US state of California – and convert production there to SiC chips. Bosch and TSI Semiconductors have reached an agreement […] More…

Canada’s largest city, Toronto, is investing CAD 700 million into procuring 340 electric buses and infrastructure. There is some funding through the provincial government. The equivalent investment of €465 million is being shared more or less equally by the Canadian government and the City of Toronto. The 340 electric buses and 248 chargers are for […] More…

The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University is involved in establishing a battery industry and electromobility in Indonesia. This will also involve an electric vehicle and the electrification of public transport. Indonesia is known to have the world’s largest nickel reserves. The government has therefore been trying for some […] More…