Canada’s capital Ottawa wants to set up a coast-to-coast EV charging station network. All 133 planned stations should be up and running by 31 March 2025. The project is expected to cost a total of CAD 1.6 million – 500,000 of which will be covered by Natural Resources Canada’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Infrastructure Program. The concerned […] More…

Tesla recently stopped making right-hand-drive models, offering only left-hand-drive models in the UK and other countries. And for some drivers, that is quite a stretch. For them to still be able to i.e. pull a receipt at the car park or grab food at a drive-thru through the passenger window, Tesla now offers “The Reacher.” […] More…

In the London Gatwick Airport greater area, 20 fuel cell buses procured by the transport company Go-Ahead are now in use. To supply the buses, Air Products operates a liquid hydrogen filling station in Crawley in the immediate vicinity of Gatwick Airport. The GB Kite Hydroliners ordered by Go-Ahead from the Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus […] More…

London’s largest taxi and rental car company, Addison Lee, is buying Green Tomato Cars, a London-based ride service provider specialising in electrified cars. Addison Lee will thus take over the fleet consisting of more than 1,000 electric vehicles. Addison Lee’s fleet will grow to more than 7,500 vehicles following the takeover of Green Tomato. The […] More…

The German automotive supplier Schaeffler has opened a new development centre in Kysuce, Slovakia. Here, the company is developing products and components for e-mobility as well as chassis applications that are used for automated driving, among other things. The supplier is also expanding its test centre at the location with new test benches, test and […] More…

Hofer, the Austrian subsidiary of the supermarket chain Aldi, is expanding the charging infrastructure at its shops. Hofer wants to install more than 1,500 new charging points at over 450 locations by the end of 2026. The expansion will be carried out together with regional energy suppliers. According to the portal Ökonews, the roll-out has […] More…

Swedish battery cell manufacturer Northvolt is apparently close to finalising a deal for its planned factory in Canada. According to an agency report, an announcement will follow in the coming weeks. And plans are also progressing at the German factory in Heide. But first to Canada, where there was already speculation in early May about […] More…

Tesla has set new records for production and deliveries of its electric cars in the second quarter of 2023. 479,700 vehicles were produced from April to June – an increase of 38,892 compared to the previous record quarter. In Q1/2023, 440,808 electric cars were produced, and 422,875 were delivered. With 466,140 vehicles, deliveries in the […] More…

Canadian motor cores manufacturer Mitsui High-tec (Canada) is investing 102.3 million Canadian dollars to expand operations in the country. The company’s facilities are located in Brantford, Ontario, and opened its doors in 2017. And according to the Ontario government, it has been expanded twice before. This time, the money (an equivalent of around 71 million […] More…

General Motors has acquired Israel-based battery software startup ALGOLiON. The sum of the investment was not disclosed. The startup uses sophisticated algorithms that – data streams from EV battery management systems – are said to identify anomalies in cell performance. According to the company, it can predict these “weeks earlier than other methods in use […] More…

Safety first: E-vehicles are still on the advance – and they need the right safety features for their daily use. For example, HELLA’s new locking actuators ensure a safe charging process. They are suitable for the charging interface on the vehicle side as well as for charging stations and wallboxes. And the e-vehicle can be […] More…

The US electric car manufacturer, Lucid Motors, has just begun delivering its luxury sedan Air in Switzerland. Simultaneously to the start of Swiss deliveries, Lucid also released pricing for two more variants. Starting with the handovers, Lucid Motors launched an event in Zurich, where the first Air EVs in Dream Edition were received by customers, […] More…

Tesla has reportedly removed Valencia from its list of potential locations for a new factory. The carmaker is said to have been “very upset” when confidential negotiations with representatives from Valencia were leaked. Management referred to an “internal leak” in early June. As a result, negotiations have come to a halt, the Spanish Economía Digital […] More…

German commercial EV maker and conversions specialist Quantron has made its first sales of electric buses in Italy. The latest contract comes from Turin, which expects six buses of type Cizaris 12 EV to enter service this autumn. The customer is the transport company Miccolis. Quantron had won an international tender and the new electric buses […] More…

Domino’s Pizza announced that it has 800 Chevy Bolt on the road at select locations in the US. And the pizza chain has ordered another 300 EVs. The company placed an order for 800 Chevy Bold back in November. And according to a company statement, all of these are on the ground, running deliveries. Domino’s […] More…

Allego is introducing new reduced rates for direct payments at its fast chargers in six European countries on 1 July. From that date, Allego stations in Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark will have uniform rates for direct payment DC charging up to 50 kW and over 50 kW. In Germany, this is […] More…

CATL is planning several recycling sites for its electric car batteries in Europe and North America. As CATL Chief Manufacturing Officer Ni Jun Ni Jun explained, the company is already negotiating with a concrete partner for this in Europe. However, he did not reveal the name yet. “We are finding global partners. For example, in […] More…

German automotive supplier ZF has showcased its latest electric vehicle technologies in a concept car based on the Porsche Taycan. The EVBeat carries ZF’s latest 800-Volt electric drive, the EVSys800, and a proprietary central thermal management system. ZF says it designed the new system for “maximum compactness, low weight, and maximum efficiency in real-world operation”. […] More…

Tesla will reportedly equip the new Chinese-produced edition of its Model 3 with new battery cells from CATL using lithium manganese iron phosphate (LMFP) chemistry. The carmaker is also said to be interested in battery technology from another manufacturer. The portal 36kr, which is usually well-informed about the Asian battery industry, cites several insiders saying […] More…

The UK-based electric drive specialist Equipmake has signed an agreement with electric aerospace propulsion company H55. The companies will work on production-ready, certified electric propulsion systems for the BRM Aero project. As part of the deal, Equipmake will supply its electric motors for use in electric aircraft. Certification is planned for the end of 2024. […] More…