The Renault Group sees the future of autonomous driving less in private vehicles and more in local public transport. Renault is therefore focussing on this area and will soon be testing autonomous electric shuttles at the French Open tennis tournament together with its partner WeRide. Read more…

The order was placed two years ago and manufacturer New Flyer has now delivered: The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York is delighted to have 60 new electric buses, which have now been inaugurated by Governor Kathy Hochul. Read more…

Parking service provider Parkopedia has expanded its partnership with BMW Group to provide EV drivers with additional EV Point of Interest data, enabling them to make more informed decisions about when and where to charge their vehicles. Read more…

Tevva Motors has filed an application for the appointment of an insolvency administrator. The British company wants to buy itself time to find new investors under creditor protection. Read more…

EVgo announced that it will begin to deploy North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors, which are currently in the process of being standardized as SAE J3400, on its fast charging network later this year. Read more…

The new Fuso eCanter, which entered series production and went on sale in 2023, has received a wide range of updates for better safety, comfort, and versatility. The electric light-duty truck is a derivative of the Fuso Canter, which has been the brand’s best-selling light truck for over six decades. Read more…

ABB has presented its new A400 HPC charging station, characterised by particularly high reliability. It offers two connections with 200 kW continuous charging power each or up to 400 kW for a single vehicle. Read more…

Mahle Aftermarket has presented its new ‘E-Health Charge’ battery diagnostics solution. The system provides information on the state and performance of the high-voltage battery in electric cars. The measurement takes up to 15 minutes. According to the company, this makes it currently the fastest static battery diagnosis on the market. Read more…

The battery recycling start-up Cylib, which was spun out of RWTH Aachen University, has completed a Series A financing round totalling 55 million euros. An initial pilot line in Aachen will soon be followed by a larger brownfield facility in Germany. The investors are well-known. Read more…

Porsche’s first electric SUV, the electric Macan, has started rolling off the assembly line and will soon start reaching customers. Porsche manufactures the Macan Electric alongside the ICE-only Macan and the Panamera, which is optionally available as a PHEV. Read more…

Buoyed by the success of the SU7 electric sedan, Xiaomi is planning to release a pure electric SUV. The company will then expand to a wide range of electrified vehicles in the coming years, including range-extender models. Read more…

The British company Cityshuttle is presenting what it claims is the world’s largest cargo bike for the last mile. The covered, six-wheeled ePack4 offers up to four cubic metres of cargo space and a payload of up to 350 kilograms. Read more…

The Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University and its spin-off company PEM Motion will be working together with the Chinese plant manufacturer HYNN in future. PEM is also expanding its collaboration with Bielefeld-based mechanical engineering specialist BST. Read more…

The Stellantis Group and Chinese electric car manufacturer Leapmotor have finalised the establishment of their joint venture and announced that Leapmotor International will commence operations in Europe in September 2024. Read more…

The Munich-based supplier Webasto is increasing the energy content of its traction batteries from 35 to 40 kWh as part of a product update. The external dimensions remain the same. Tied together in large packs, the batteries are designed to supply electric commercial vehicles with up to 720 kWh of electricity. Read more…

Tesla started rehiring some of the members of its Supercharger team that Elon Musk had laid off at the end of April. These include Max de Zegher, Director of Tesla’s charging business in North America. Read more…

The spinoff 8inks from Schlieren, Switzerland, has developed a multi-layer coating technology for lithium-ion battery production. Founderful and other investors are now giving 8inks three million euros to scale up the already patented technology. Read more…

While the EU is still investigating potential dumping of electric cars from China, the US government has now announced an increase in import duties on electric vehicles from China to 100 per cent. Batteries are also affected. To protect against “unfair trade practices”, as they say. Read more…

The Swedish electric logistics company Einride and the Arabian port operator DP World are entering into a partnership to electrify the movement of shipping containers at the port of Jebel Ali in Dubai. The aim is to save 14,600 tonnes of CO2 equivalents per year. Read more…

ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft in Wiesbaden inaugurates its successfully remodelled bus depot. A total of 120 electric buses can now draw power for their day trips from the same number of charging stations. Daimler Buses Solutions GmbH acted as the technology partner for the project. Read more…