Volvo Buses announced that it is closing its plant in Wroclaw, Poland, in the first quarter of 2024. The site is also home to the production of electric buses. Instead of building complete buses and coaches in Europe, Volvo will focus on chassis production in Europe, a business model that has proven successful in other […] More…

Britain’s Morris Commercial has completed a funding round, securing new investment for the production Morris J-Type, a small van initially produced in the 1950s. The EV was to hit the road in 2021, but has yet to make it to production. The new launch date is early 2024. The financing round was led by Capital […] More…

Volkswagen has now officially given the go-ahead for the construction of the second battery cell factory of its subsidiary PowerCo in Valencia. Volkswagen is also said to be considering stakes in raw material mines and the sale of its battery cells to other customers. First to Valencia: The key data of the gigafactory design there […] More…

Mpreis and DB Schenker are now using the first hydrogen-powered semi-trailer trucks from Hyzon Motors in Austria and Germany. Mpreis has received the first of 70 commercial vehicles ordered directly from Hyzon Motors, while DB Schenker is leasing an Hyzon H2 semitrailer tractor from Hylane. *** Both customers have opted for the Hyzon Hymax 250 […] More…

Chinese electric car maker Xpeng delivered 120,757 vehicles last year, up 23 per cent from 2021, but net losses nearly doubled to 9.14 billion yuan, the equivalent of 1.25 billion euros, on slightly higher sales. Xpeng has now presented the financial figures for 2022 in the course of its annual report. According to the report, […] More…

The French mineral oil group wants to sell its entire service station network in Germany and the Netherlands to the Canadian company Couche-Tard. The reason is allegedly the planned phasing out of internal combustion engines in Europe. In countries where TotalEnergies is not the market leader, the company wants to focus on hydrogen and charging […] More…

Stuttgart Airport is continuing with the electrification of its manoeuvring area with the finalise! project, funded by the German government. The electric fleet will grow by more than thirty heavy-duty vehicles – including a 52-ton refuelling vehicle with electric drive. To this end, Flughafen Stuttgart GmbH has joined forces with Skytanking and ISEA at RWTH […] More…

BP has partnered with real estate company Compagnie de Phalsbourg in France to build more than 25 HPC hubs by 2025. The venture marks the market debut of charging infrastructure subsidiary BP Pulse in France. The 25 fast-charging parks will be located at shopping centres, primarily on the outskirts of major cities and near major […] More…

US retail group 7-Eleven has announced the construction of its own fast charging network in the US and Canada under the new ‘7Charge’ brand. This is set to become “one of the largest and most compatible electric vehicle fast charging networks of any retailer in North America.” 7-Eleven will rely on a combination of CCS […] More…

Swiss eMobility specialist Designwerk is launching a new generation of its battery systems. The portfolio is growing by four models: New are battery systems with a capacity of 125 and 250 kilowatt hours and voltage options of 400 or 800 volts maximum each. The new generation also introduces a battery system with a gross capacity […] More…

Altilium Metals has announced new key points about its planned EV battery recycling plant on Teesside in northeast England. Altilium now intends to provide around 20 per cent of the UK’s cathode active materials (CAM) demand in 2030. Altilium Metals says it recently received approval from the UK Environment Agency to recycle ‘black mass’ from […] More…

Berlin’s public transport operator (BVG) is preparing to purchase 350 electric-powered articulated buses with pantographs and plans to install new occasional chargers for electric buses at up to 90 locations in the German capital. German newspaper Tagesspiegel reports this, citing BVG COO Rolf Erfurt. The public transport operator has yet to make an official announcement. […] More…

The Finnish energy company Fortum starts recycling traction batteries from electric vehicles in Germany. The recycling plant in Finland is also scheduled to start commercial operation in a few weeks. In Germany, Fortum’s Germany-based recycling subsidiary Fortum Battery Recycling has received environmental approval under the Federal Immission Control Act. It will now recycle traction batteries […] More…

Skoda will install another assembly line for MEB battery systems at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav this year, increasing production capacity to 1,500 units per day. The first assembly line went into operation there in May 2022. Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic is the only European site outside Germany to produce battery systems […] More…

The first all-electric motorcycle of Harley-Davidson’s LiveWire brand can now be pre-ordered in Europe. Just in time for the motorcycle season. For a €100 downpayment, customers in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the UK can reserve a LiveWire One and “secure priority delivery beginning later in April,” the company states. The electric motorcycle can be […] More…

Cake, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight electric motorcycles, has signed new distribution and production partnerships to sell more than 200,000 electric motorcycles in China, Mexico and Greece. Cake signed the biggest deal for the Chinese market: A collaboration with two-wheeler manufacturer and distributor Shanghai Forever will see 150,000 Cake bikes manufactured and sold in China […] More…

Volkswagen Group Components is expanding its plant in Kassel in central Germany, opening a new “Competence Centre Power Electronics “there. It will bundle all areas relevant to the development of pulse inverters for e-drives, so they can work more closely together and cut development times. At the same time, the site is preparing to ramp […] More…

The EU Commission is aiming for ten per cent of the EU’s demand for critical raw materials to be met from its own mining operations in 2030, 40 per cent from local processing and 15 per cent from EU recycling capacities. This was outlined in the newly presented ‘Critical Raw Materials Act’. The document is […] More…

The Chinese air taxi start-up Autoflight has signed a contract with the company Evfly for an initial 205 of its electric air taxis. Evfly specialises in the operation of eVTOLs and their fleet management and is ordering an unspecified mix of the ‘Prosperity I’ and ‘Prosperity Cargo’ models. The first ten Prosperity Cargo will be […] More…

Blink Charging announced the introduction of its redesigned mobile charging station. The free-standing mobile charging station supports 240-volt AC charging and provides up to 7.7kW of charge to electric vehicles. The new mobile charger is available immediately and is marketed to i.e. roadside assistance providers and EV fleet operators. The device itself is fuelled by […] More…