Ride-hailing company Uber has entered into a collaboration with BYD importer EVDirect in Australia, through which a total of 10,000 BYD Atto 3s will now be made available to Uber drivers through a range of financing and leasing options. Read more…

With the new lab at North American headquarters in Michigan, USA, the supplier can test batteries and battery components in-house. The goal is to learn more about operations such as thermal runaway – and how to prevent it. Read more…

General Motors is further scaling back its electric ambitions. The interim goal of producing 400,000 electric vehicles in North America, which had already been postponed by half a year to mid-2024, is being abandoned altogether. The background has only marginally to do with electric mobility. Read more…

The German branch of the Chinese battery manufacturer CATL and the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS want to continue their cooperation. A new joint project to determine the service life of batteries will run until 2027. Read more…

Tesla is currently putting the brakes on the planned Gigafactory in Mexico due to the unclear outlook. At the German Gigafactory in Grünheide, however, the company is sticking to its expansion targets: expansion work is due to start in a few months. Read more…

Toyota’s premium brand Lexus will present two battery-electric concept vehicles at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo. While the Lexus LF-ZC sedan hints at a production model planned for 2026, the LF-ZL is said to embody the vision of an all-electric SUV flagship. Read more…

Nissan’s luxury subsidiary Infiniti has given a preview of the design of its first all-electric model with the Vision Qe concept car. This is the electric sedan that is due to be launched in 2026. Read more…

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…