General Motors is developing a new voice assistant based on ChatGPT, whose capabilities are intended to go beyond understanding simple instructions. One potential area of application, for example, is when a warning light comes on, the driver could ask the car whether they can continue with the fault or should stop immediately. Or if a […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has agreed to cooperate with CATL subsidiary Brunp in China to recycle electric car batteries. Brunp says it already works with Volvo, BMW, FAW-Volkswagen and GAC-Toyota, among others, in the area of battery recycling. According to the now-signed memorandum of understanding, Brunp will, in the future, recycle used electric car batteries from Mercedes-Benz, realize […] More…

Porsche officially confirmed plans for an all-electric Cayenne. An electric crossover positioned above the Cayenne as a new flagship is also to come – as well as further developed plug-in hybrids for the remaining combustion models. According to the manufacturer, this fourth generation of the Cayenne underscores its ambition to deliver more than 80 per […] More…

Hozon Auto’s Chinese electric car brand Neta has started building its first production facility outside China. The site in the Thai capital of Bangkok is scheduled to go into operation at the end of January 2024. The new plant will become Neta’s key location for manufacturing and exporting right-hand drive electric cars to ASEAN countries. […] More…

Volkswagen is building its first battery cell factory outside of Europe. It has found a location in Ontario, Canada, where production should start in 2027. That VW is looking to manufacture cells in North America is no surprise. The carmaker’s battery subsidy PowerCo has been location scouting in Canada since late 2022. And the battery […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng is putting the spotlight on the facelift of its P7 sedan, which is also available in Europe. The new edition is called Xpeng P7i and can be ordered in China as of now. Deliveries are also scheduled to begin this month. Xpeng unveiled the previous P7 model in the […] More…

British company Indra announced that it completed its oversubscribed Series B funding round. According to the company, investors paid more than £20 million for Indra to continue its work on bidirectional charging technology. Gulf Oil International led the investment. “This additional investment shows the depth of confidence in our ground-breaking technology as we continue to […] More…

Octopus Electric Vehicles wants to procure 5,000 electric cars from BYD for British customers over the next three years. The two companies have agreed on this as part of a memorandum of understanding. Octopus Electric Vehicles, the eMobility provider of the energy supplier Octopus Energy, wants to make the BYD electric cars available to employees […] More…

Ideanomics has announced that production has started for 18 hybrid-electric street sweepers featuring its subsidiary US Hybrid’s electric and hybrid electric propulsion kits. In the next steps, the California-based Global Environmental Products (GEP) will manufacture and deliver the sweepers to the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) in the coming weeks. At the same time, GEP […] More…

US engine builder Cummins has launched Accelera, a new brand for its electrification solutions business. Cummins also announces several projects, including the introduction of 1,000 new electric school buses in cooperation with Blue Bird. Accelera is the newest brand of Cummins’ New Power business unit. According to a press release, it will address “key industries” […] More…

According to an agency report, Panasonic and LG Energy Solution are to supply the 4680 cells for the Tesla Cybertruck. Apparently, this was not originally planned. Tesla is said to have not yet reached the targeted energy density with its own 4680 cells of the first generation. Reuters reported this with reference to insiders. Tesla […] More…

Canada Post has taken delivery of 14 electric delivery vans at its Nanaimo depot, making it the CEP provider’s first location with an entirely electric fleet. The depot acts as a test location, as Canada Post is looking to electrify its last mile. Sally Dam, Director of Urban Delivery Strategy, told CBC Vancouver that Nanaimo […] More…

Korean carmaker Hyundai will likely launch its first electric model with lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries this year. Even more specific: the second-generation Kia Ray EV minivan will use LFP batteries made by CATL. According to The Elec, Hyundai will use the cell-to-pack technology, which CATL had already licensed to Hyundai Mobis in 2021. The […] More…

Around 525,000 new energy vehicles (NEVs) were sold in China in February 2023, 55.9 per cent more than in the same month last year and 28.7 per cent more than in January 2023. BYD accounted for the largest number of vehicles – both NEVs and pure battery-electric cars. After sales in January had fallen not […] More…

Norwegian energy company Statkraft is seeking investors for its charging infrastructure brand Mer. However, the majority of shares – and thus control of the company – are to remain with Statkraft. According to the company, the banks Carnegie and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken have been engaged as financial advisors for this process. Statkraft, however, intends to […] More…

The Swedish manufacturer Sandvik is looking to meet the increasing demand for battery-electric vehicles in the mining industry. To that end, the company wants to set up a new production plant in Malaysia. Equipment production is said to kick off in the fourth quarter of this year. According to Sandvik, than manufacturer first plans to […] More…

Nissan cannot churn out its new electric car as quickly as planned. According to media reports, the output is at least one-third below plan due to chips, components and paint issues. But the carmaker is working on ramping up production capacity. Nissan reportedly wanted to produce 400 units of its new EV per day, amounting […] More…

The US and the EU want to negotiate an agreement on critical minerals for electric car batteries, said US President Joe Biden and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after a meeting at the White House. The planned agreement would make EVs manufactured in the EU eligible for US tax credits, currently reserved for […] More…

Volkswagen and BMW have reduced prices for their EVs in China significantly. This comes after a number of carmakers have started offering their electric cars for less to increase sales and reduce inventory in the country. The Volkwagen joint ventures FAW-Volkswagen and SAIC Volkswagen are lowering the prices of its ID. models in China by […] More…

Indian scooter and motorcycle manufacturer Hero MotoCorp and California’s Zero Motorcycles have struck an agreement to combine their strengths to develop premium electric motorcycles and powertrains. Quite literally, going from Zero to Hero, the Californian specialists will lend their developing expertise to the mighty Indian manufacturer to scale up massively and with a look to […] More…