Hamburg Airport has announced the next step in becoming a hydrogen hub in general aviation. As part of the ‘Baltic Sea Region Project’, rural Baltic Sea regions are to be better connected to existing aviation hubs with hydrogen-powered small aircraft. The approximately three-year project, initiated by Hamburg Airport and funded by the EU, is expected […] More…

Ineos Automotive has revealed a hydrogen-fuel-cell variant of its Grenadier 4×4 at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The demonstrator switched out the conventional BMW-supplied combustion engines for BMW’s latest hydrogen-fuel-cell stack. Ineos, which is itself a division of hte British chemical company Ineos Group told Autocar that the fuel-cell vehicle holds 5 kg of hydrogen, […] More…

The Israeli company Electreon, a specialist in inductively charging electric vehicles in motion, has received its first order in France. Electreon will equip a section of the A10 motorway southwest of Paris with its Wireless Electric Road System (ERS). Bpifrance, the French public sector investment bank, placed the order with the relevant French ministries. Electreon […] More…

Smart, the electric car subsidiary brand of Mercedes-Benz and Geely, is looking to raise 250 million to 300 million US dollars in its Series A financing round. The Chinese company Tianqi Lithium has joined as a new investor. According to Smart, Tianqi Lithium will lead the Series A round with an investment of 150 million […] More…

Hyundai has unveiled the performance version of its Ioniq 5 electric model at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. When the Ioniq 5 N is launched, presumably in the second quarter of 2024, the powertrain will not be the expected 1:1 copy of the Kia EV6. The basic concept of the Ioniq 5 N and the […] More…

Nissan will invest around 100 billion yen (646 million euros) in Renault’s new electric car division Ampere, according to a Japanese media report, and is thus expected to hold a stake of less than one per cent. This is significantly less than previously assumed. In February, the manufacturers’ alliance officially announced that Nissan would take […] More…

Volkswagen is filling another key position in the group with a manager from Porsche. Stefan Weckbach will become the Group’s chief strategist on 1 September 2023, succeeding Gernot Döllner, who will become Audi’s new CEO on the same date. There are also other changes in the top management of some Group brands. It had been […] More…

Rumours of Tesla establishing a factory in India have been refreshed. According to local media, the talks about “Giga India” between Tesla and the government, which had stalled in the meantime, have been resumed. The Times of India cites government sources, saying Tesla has started negotiations with the Indian government to build a factory with […] More…

US wireless EV charging system developer WiTricity has announced a programme for automotive OEMs to enable initial vehicle integration in just three months. This is designed to significantly accelerate testing for wireless charging on existing and future electric vehicle platforms. The FastTrack integration programme is designed to help OEMs integrate WiTricity’s ‘Halo’ charging system, according […] More…

The Dutch e-bike startup VanMoof is on the brink of bankruptcy. The Verge reports the company has entered a so-called ‘suspension of payment’ proceeding, in which a court-appointed administrator helps to lead the company out of debt. All options are on the table. Meaning Van Moof is also facing a possible sale. The procedure is […] More…

Porsche has presented the Vision 357 Speedster for the 30th anniversary of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The open electric sportscar is the sister model of the closed Vision 357, with which Porsche started its 75th anniversary year. With the 357 in the name of both concept cars and, of course, also in the design, […] More…

New Jersey launched year four of the state’s ‘Charge Up New Jersey’ incentive program today. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) also opened the next application round for three incentive schemes to install EV chargers. Staying with the vehicles, this latest instalment builds on the success of previous years. In the first three […] More…

New laws to be introduced in the coming months will require the UK’s rapid charging network to have a 99% reliability rate and offer real-time status updates. At least that is what the British Government suggests in its new Public Charge Point regulation. Now published as a draft, the rules shall improve the charging experience […] More…

MG Motor is reacting to the price reduction for the VW ID.3 in China and has lowered the price of its competitor model MG Mulan. For the time being, until the end of July, Chinese customers will receive a discount of 24,000 yuan, or about 3,000 euros, for the compact electric car. This brings the […] More…

Bosch has just launched series production of its “fuel cell power module” at its plant in Stuttgart-Feuerbach, Germany. The US startup Nikola is the first customer with its Class 8 hydrogen truck set to enter the North American market in Q3 this year. Although the final assembly of the fuel cell system will take place […] More…

Iveco is expecting a significant order worth over 150 million euros to be placed by Turin. A tender by the city’s primary transport operator GTT has just closed, and Iveco is the preferred bidder for all three lots. The final contract award is due at the end of August after a “standstill period”. It will […] More…

Volkswagen and its energy business Elli started trading on Europe’s largest power exchange, EPEX Spot, today. At the heart of its electricity trade is the so-called PowerCenter made of e-up! batteries and controlled by a new trading platform from Elli. As for now, the trade is happening in Germany. Kora Töpfer, Head of Public & […] More…

Kia is investing more than $200 million in its West Point plant in the state of Georgia to expand it for the production of the all-electric EV9. The West Point plant is currently being rebuilt to enable the assembly of the EV9 from the second quarter of 2024. Kia now says this expansion will cost […] More…

The rumour that Audi is considering buying an electric car platform from a competitor in China for the first time is getting new food for thought. According to an agency report, Audi is said to be negotiating with the Chinese car group SAIC about the purchase of an electric car platform from IM Motors. This […] More…

Nio postpones producing its own electric car batteries due to market developments. According to local media, the Chinese startup has set back equipment purchases for its battery factory. Nio says plans for the plant have not been cancelled but rescheduled. “Based on business needs, we have postponed the mass production of batteries,” a Nio spokesperson […] More…