Mercedes-Benz Trucks has opened a new development centre for electric motors at its Gaggenau plant. The ‘Technikum’
technical centre will work on process development and prototype construction of electric motors specifically for commercial vehicles. Read more…
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BYD plans to build EVs in Turkey from 2026
BYD has signed an agreement with the Turkish government to build a production facility for electric cars and plug-in hybrids. The plant will be able to produce 150,000 vehicles per year and start operation at the end of 2026. After Hungary, it is the second factory in Europe. Read more…
Volt to build Southeast Asia’s largest EV charging hub
Volt, the EV charging company of Singapore-based Keppel’s infrastructure division, will deploy a new charging hub in the country. The company expects it to be the largest in not only Singapore but the whole of Southeast Asia. Read more…
Servotech installs grid-connected solar-powered EV charging carport in Delhi
Servotech Power Systems, an Indian EV charging solutions provider, has installed a grid-connected solar-powered EV charging carport in Delhi. It is the first such EV charging station in the national capital. Read more…
Porsche likely to cut Taycan production
Porsche is apparently planning to cut Taycan production. According to a media report, production in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen is to be reduced to one shift. Porsche wants to take its time with the decision on its own battery gigafactory – but for other reasons. Read more…
Depot charging for electric trucks: Galliker tests Mega Charger from Designwerk
Swiss Designwerk Technologies AG has put its first ‘Mega Charger’ charging station into operation at pilot customer Galliker Transport. The battery-supported charging unit is charged during the day with self-generated solar power and initially has two CCS charging points with 420 kW power each. Read more…
NASCAR selects ABB as electric mobility partner
The US motorsport association NASCAR has announced an electric mobility partnership with technology group and charging infrastructure manufacturer ABB. The first tangible result of the alliance is the prototype of an electric race car with a peak output of up to 1,000 kW. Read more…
Renault Trucks electrifies its own logistics
French manufacturer Renault Trucks has started using its own electric trucks for logistics operations between the axle plant in Lyon and the truck plant in Bourg-en-Bresse. Five electric trucks are currently on the road. Read more…
Stellantis invests in additional Archer shares
The car company Stellantis is investing a further 55 million US dollars in the Californian electric flying taxi developer Archer Aviation. So far, Stellantis has already invested more than 200 million dollars in Archer. Read more…
Hess receives order for 51 electric buses from Lausanne
The Swiss bus manufacturer Hess has received an order for 51 electric buses from the public transport company of the city of Lausanne. Specifically, the order is for 37 lighTram 19 DC battery trolleybuses and 14 lighTram 25 DC trolleybuses. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2026. Read more…
New eCampus: Mercedes bundles battery development in Stuttgart
Mercedes-Benz has opened the eCampus at its headquarters in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim in Germany. It is where the manufacturer will pool battery research to develop innovative high-performance cells and new manufacturing processes. That way, Mercedes wants to reduce battery costs by more than 30 per cent. electrive was at the eCampus’ inauguration. Read more…
Zeekr partially reveals its Tesla Model Y rival
Zeekr has kicked off the marketing campaign for a new electric SUV, releasing the first pictures showing it wrapped in camouflage. Codenamed ‘CX1E,’ with rumours of the final name being ‘Ark,’ the upcoming model will challenge the Tesla Model Y. Read more…
General Motors fined by the EPA over emissions
General Motors has been ordered to pay a $145.8 million fine after a federal investigation found excess emissions from approximately 5.9 million GM vehicles, according to the US regulatory agency EPA. Read more…
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Tesla likely to shelve plans for India factory
Tesla has apparently put its plans for a factory in India on hold. According to insiders, this is because the Indian government does not expect Tesla to make an investment in the country in the near future. Read more…
Milence plans truck charging park south of Verona
The truck charging specialist Milence is expanding into Italy. The joint venture between Daimler Truck, Traton and the Volvo Group has announced a charging hub for electric trucks south of Verona. The site is due to open in the third quarter. Read more…
Traton could build a third assembly plant for truck batteries
Volkswagen’s truck subsidiary Traton wants to build another battery assembly plant for electric trucks of its MAN and Scania brands. Possible locations include Salzgitter in Germany, Krakow in Poland and Zwolle in the Netherlands. Read more…
Honda 0 EVs to share their platform with Afeela EVs
Honda could develop its new 0 electric cars on the same platform as Afeela EVs. The company plans to unveil the first car in its new EV range in 2026. Read more…
Nyobolt demonstrates extremely fast-charging battery
Using its in-house battery technology, the British startup Nyobolt has demonstrated a fast-charging process in which the battery of an electric sports car was charged from 10 to 80 per cent SoC in four and a half minutes. Read more…
BYD to sell electric buses to Azerbaijan and plans to set up a factory
Azerbaijan transport operator BakuBus wants to buy 160 electric buses and 100 chargers from BYD. The buses should hit the road in Baku by the end of October, just before it hosts the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Moreover, BYD is looking to sell further buses to Azerbaijan and produce them locally. Read more…
