UK vehicle electrification specialist Lunaz Group has halted its operations entirely and has announced that it will appoint administrators to undergo a restructuring process. Read more…

The energy storage company Connected Energy has installed its second-life battery energy storage systems at two Volvo Truck & Bus dealer sites in the UK. Read more…

The UK government has pledged £143 million worth of funding to support the procurement of 955 new zero-emission buses in 25 local authorities in England. The latest funding is part of the second round of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) programme. Read more…

The Chinese car brand Seres announces its global expansion strategy. The focus is on luxury SUVs – purely electric or with a range extender. In the current year, Seres plans to launch a total of six new models from the three series Seres 5, Seres 7 and Seres 9 on the global market. Read more…

ABB E-mobility and MAN have demonstrated megawatt charging in public for the first time. The MAN eTruck charged at a prototype charging station from ABB E-mobility with more than 700 kilowatts and 1,000 amps. MAN CEO Alexander Vlaskamp warns of the need to hurry on the occasion of the demonstration: “We don’t have much time left for the roll-out”. Read more…

The Renault Group and the Volvo Group have founded their announced joint venture to develop a new generation of electric vans. It operates under the name Flexis and will be funded by its two parent companies with 300 million euros each within three years. Read more…

The Indian steel group JSW and the MG Motors brand of the Chinese automotive group SAIC have founded their planned joint venture in India. JSW MG Motor India’s ambitious goal is to sell one million electric cars in India by 2030 and capture a third of the market. Read more…

Audi is planning to launch its new entry-level electric model below the Q4 e-tron in 2027. The compact model is to be developed in an accelerated process – as it has not yet even been decided which platform the smallest e-Audi will be based on. Read more…

German battery-buffered ultra-fast charging technology provider ADS-TEC Energy announced the appointment of Renato Gross as Senior Vice President of ADSE Inc., the company’s US subsidiary. Additionally, the company has installed its first ChargeBox in Miami. Read more…

Delta Electronics has announced the market launch of a 500 kW fast charging station called the UFC 500. It is designed to impress with a relatively small footprint and can charge two electric vehicles simultaneously with 250 kW each. Read more…

Flux Mobility, a Swiss developer of light electric commercial vehicles, has received an order from the Basel professional fire brigade to supply eight electric vans and emergency vehicles. The fire brigade had a Flux vehicle in its fleet for intensive testing beforehand. Read more…

Switzerland’s first fully electric snow groomer has been undergoing tests in the Flumserberg ski resort in the canton of St. Gallen for several weeks. It comes from the Italian manufacturer Prinoth. Swiss eMobility specialist Designwerk is providing its mobile charger. Read more…

The Seat brand Cupra is planning the next generation of its Formentor model with a purely electric drive. The electric Formentor will be launched “towards the end of the decade” and will probably utilise the Volkswagen Group’s upcoming SSP platform. Read more…

In the French capital region of Île-de-France, the first test drives are taking place with an electric double-articulated bus equipped with a floor-based conductive charging system from Alstom. The public transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités is planning to purchase an entire fleet of 24-metre-long electric buses. Read more…

Siemens has presented another variant of the Sicharge D fast charging solution with a maximum output of 400 kW. It enables dynamic charging of up to four vehicles simultaneously. Read more…

Renault subsidiary The Future is Neutral has started remanufacturing three components of the electric drivetrain: Electric motors, power electronics and batteries. In future, Renault customers will be able to choose between new original parts and remanufactured components, which are up to 30 per cent cheaper. Read more…

Following the GTX versions of the ID.3 and ID.7, VW has also released the last of its Europe ID. models as a GTX version – the ID. Buzz. The electric van is equipped with the latest drive generation of the MEB and a whole host of sporty details. Read more…

With the Vision Neue Klasse X SUV concept, BMW has given a preview of the first electric model based on the Neue Klasse vehicle architecture. This is the model whose series production is scheduled to start at the Hungarian plant in Debrecen in the second half of 2025. Read more…

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has approved the final emissions targets for new cars from model years 2027 to 2032. As expected, these will be weakened compared to earlier plans – but only at the beginning. The final target of significantly reducing emissions by 2032 remains more or less the same. Read more…

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