According to German media, VW plans to lower the base list price for its revised ID.3 below the 40,000 euro mark. Currently, the model is available in Germany from 43,995 euros. The price tag was added at the beginning of December when Volkswagen considerably thinned out the ID.3 range and announced a revised version. That […] More…

US company Universal Hydrogen has completed the first flight of a 40-seat regional aeroplane powered by hydrogen fuel cell power. The ATR 72 regional aircraft was converted to run on hydrogen. One of the aircraft’s turbine engines was replaced with a megawatt-class fuel cell electric powertrain from Universal Hydrogen using technology from Plug Power and […] More…

Sales and deliveries are up for Polestar. The EV maker posted a total revenue of 2.5 billion dollars in 2022 and delivered a total of 51,491 vehicles last year – an increase of 84 and 80 per cent, respectively. Polestar was undoubtedly happy to announce these figures. Revenue was up more than one billion dollars […] More…

It is official. The number of purely electrically powered passenger cars in Germany has exceeded the one million mark. This is according to the official figures now published by the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA). According to KBA, there were 1,013,009 electric cars registered in Germany on 1 January 2023. That is a 63.8 per […] More…

US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors appoints a new European head and opens its fourth European retail studio – its first in Norway. Lucid’s new Managing Director for Europe is Michael van der Sande, who will report directly to CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson and be based in Amsterdam at Lucid’s European headquarters. This weekend, […] More…

US start-up Rivian is recalling 12,716 of its electric cars. A defective sensor in the seatbelt assembly could cause the front passenger airbag not to deploy in the event. The recalled vehicles were produced between 10 September 2021 and 15 September 2022. The fact that officially vehicles with a production date of September 10, 2021 […] More…

A German consortium led by Orten Fahrzeugbau is developing a fuel cell-based conversion kit in the ‘H2Kit’ project, which is intended to turn commercial vehicles with energy-intensive auxiliary consumers, such as refrigerated trucks, into more efficient electric vehicles. In the two-year project, the partners want to achieve a lower battery weight and more flexible regulation […] More…

Renault has launched the second generation of its electric panel van, the Kangoo Rapid. It is more efficient than its competitors from Stellantis, which means lower operating costs. For those looking at the Kangoo Rapid E-Tech for fleets, cost or load capacity are just two of many decisive factors. *** If you ever get the […] More…

The British transport company First Bus has ordered another 117 electric buses from the Northern Irish bus manufacturer Wrightbus. The buses will go into operation in four cities. The purchase was made possible by additional funding from the British government. The order includes battery-electric double-deckers as well as some solo buses. According to the announcement, […] More…

Italian automation specialist Comau, part of the Stellantis Group, has joined the EU-funded Spinmate project, which aims to develop innovative and scalable manufacturing techniques for solid-state battery cells. The European battery initiative has stated that it intends to demonstrate the feasibility of a scalable pilot line as a first step towards large-scale manufacturing of Generation […] More…

British electric truck manufacturer Tevva has entered into a strategic partnership with battery recycler Ecobat. As part of the partnership, the companies started a twelve-month pilot project for the handling and repair of batteries used by Tevva. According to Tevva, the cooperation could be expanded at a later date to include energy storage and recycling […] More…

US battery developer Kore Power plans to partner with Siemens to set up a battery cell factory with an annual capacity of 12 GWh in the US state of Arizona. The ‘KOREPlex’ factory in Buckeye in the Phoenix metropolitan area will produce battery cells for electric vehicles and stationary applications. According to a company statement, […] More…

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has approved a contract for the purchase of ten fuel-cell electric buses, made by New Flyer of America. The purchase of the fuel cell buses is also designed to allow SEPTA to evaluate the technology as the Authority develops plans for a zero-emission bus fleet. The contract includes the […] More…

After an extremely weak January, electric car registrations in Norway have returned to their usual level: 6,183 new electric cars were registered there in January. By far the best-selling model was the Tesla Model Y. After the upward outlier in December 2022, the downward outlier occurred in January 2023, as reported: Just 1,237 new electric […] More…

Jet H2 Energy plans to build its first ten hydrogen refuelling stations in Germany and Denmark. These will supply cars as well as light and heavy commercial vehicles and buses with gaseous green hydrogen – at 350 and 700 bar. The ten stations now announced are the company’s first. As reported, Jet H2 Energy plans […] More…

Daimler Buses is turning its plant in Mannheim, Germany, into a centre of competence for e-city buses. From 2024, the plant will focus entirely on producing electrically powered city buses and become more involved in component production. According to a company statement, it is part of an agreement reached by the company’s management with the […] More…

The decision to phase out new passenger cars and light commercial vehicles with internal combustion engines in the EU from 2035 seemed to be a done deal. But now, Germany could overturn it. Other EU countries also revised their acceptance of the agreement, making its future unclear. Germany’s Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) has revoked […] More…

Mexico will soon be home to a new Tesla Gigafactory. The carmaker confirmed that it chose the location to build its “our next-gen vehicle” at yesterday’s Investor Day at Tesla’s Gigafactory in Texas. CEO Elon Musk also gave some details about his Master Plan 3, which focuses on a renewable energy future – but much […] More…

Charging specialist Allego has won a new contract from Sweden. As part of a cooperation with the real estate company Trophi, Allego will build publicly accessible fast-charging infrastructure at seven supermarkets and urban grocery stores. Depending on the size of the site, four to eight HPC connections are planned, with an additional four to eight […] More…

Numerous electric models from Stellantis and Toyota will have to go to the workshop because of possible battery problems. The affected vehicles, all of which were built in 2022, may have a fault in the specific software calibration of the traction battery control unit. Consequently, there may be incorrect detection of the cell voltage and/or […] More…