Spanish transport company Trucksters has closed a €33 million Series B funding round and announced plans to electrify parts of its long-distance freight transport service. The new investors include Continental, Volvo and the European Investment Bank. Trucksters offers long-distance freight transport services with a truck switching system based on artificial intelligence and Big Data and […] More…

In Germany, the online supermarket Flaschenpost has purchased 1,000 new electric vehicles. The aim is to complete around half of all deliveries with electric vehicles by the end of the year. The new delivery vehicles will come from various manufacturers, but Flaschenpost has not yet revealed which ones. The photo that the company provided with […] More…

Nio has presented its balance sheet for the first quarter of 2023. The Chinese electric car manufacturer delivered 31,041 vehicles between January and March and also announced that it would reduce the base prices for all its models in China. Possibly in view of the currently strongly weakening sales. First the business figures: The 31,041 […] More…

The US battery developer Kore Power has received a conditional commitment for a loan of 850 million US dollars from the US Department of Energy. The loan is intended to support the domestic production of battery cells for electric vehicles. The loan called a Conditional Commitment, is still subject to conditions imposed by the authority, […] More…

BYD is going to set up a production facility for sodium-ion batteries in China. In cooperation with the Huaihai Holding Group, BYD wants to become the world’s largest supplier of sodium battery systems for small electric vehicles. BYD’s battery subsidiary FinDreams has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Chinese conglomerate Huaihai Holding Group. Among […] More…

Lucid Motors is making moves to enter the Chinese market. The US electric car manufacturer has hired Zhu Jiang to head its business in China. Zhu Jiang previously worked for Nio, Ford and Jidu Motor, the electric car division of Baidu. According to Reuters reports, citing an insider, Lucid initially wants to sell imported cars […] More…

Fisker has presented its plans for the Chinese market. A delivery centre is to be opened this year and deliveries of the Fisker Ocean are to begin in China in the first quarter of 2024. Fisker also announced plans to manufacture the electric SUV locally in 2024. Fisker mentions a potential capacity of 75,000 units […] More…

In Europe, Mars Logistics has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Trailer Dynamics to reserve and deploy 500 eTrailers for fully zero-emission routes from Turkey to Germany. The use of eTrailers enables intermodal transport between trains and trucks on a route that spans over 2,500 kilometres. The first part of the entire 2,500-kilometre route will […] More…

The French government is supporting the domestic hybrid aircraft developer VoltAero with a grant of 5.6 million euros. The money is to go towards the development of the Cassio 330 hybrid aircraft. VoltAero is planning three variants: The five-seat Cassio 330, the six-seat Cassio 480 and the twelve-seat Cassio 600. The number in the model […] More…

A guarantee from UK Export Finance (UKEF) has provided Northern Ireland-based bus manufacturer Wrightbus with £50 million in financing to support its export strategy. The Export Development Guarantee sees the UK’s export credit agency guarantee 80 per cent of the loan from Barclays Bank. The financing will enable Wrightbus to deliver orders to new markets, […] More…

The Mercedes-Benz eCitaro hydrogen fuel cell electric bus will be used in northern Italy from the end of this year. The public transport operator SASA has ordered nine examples of the 18-metre-long articulated version of the electric bus with a fuel cell range extender. Daimler only just presented the eCitaro fuel cell bus a few […] More…

In the USA, Toyota is investing almost 50 million US dollars in a new battery laboratory. This will be built at the research and development headquarters in York Township and will go into operation in 2025. The investment illustrates Toyota’s “change of direction towards electrification”, says Shinichi Yasui, Vice President at Toyota Motor North America […] More…

Li-Metal, a Canadian developer of lithium metal and lithium metal anode technologies for next-generation batteries, has been awarded over CAD$1.4 million (approx 975,000 euros) from the Government of Ontario to develop and commercialise its lithium metal production technology. The Canadian company will use the funds, which have been granted by two Ontario government funds, to […] More…

South Korea’s capital Seoul wants to replace a total of 1,300 existing buses with new fuel-cell buses from Hyundai by 2026. This was agreed upon by Hyundai Motor, the Seoul city government, the South Korean Ministry of the Environment and the companies SK E&S and Tmap Mobility. The concrete plan is to replace 1,000 city […] More…

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced that more than 80 new rapid charging points are to be delivered across the capital. Before launching the initiative, TfL will be inviting bids from suppliers for two delivery contracts which include 51 sites in total across North and South London and will deliver 83 charging bays, adding […] More…

EVBox has presented its currently most powerful charging station: The EVBox Troniq High Power can deliver up to 400 kW of power. It has a scalable architecture with up to ten 40 kW power modules and is available with 320 kW, 360 kW or 400 kW output power. The EVBox Troniq High Power can be […] More…

Sales of electric cars and plug-in hybrids in China increased again in May. Around 717,000 of the so-called New Energy Vehicles (NEV) were sold, according to data published by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). As reported, 636,000 new NEVs hit the roads in China in April, up 12.7 per cent in the current […] More…

Porche has revealed Mission X, a study of an all-electric hypercar, to mark the company’s 75th anniversary. Statements from Porsche on the possible road approval of the model suggest the two-seater with gullwing doors is likely to be more than just a design study. The German sportscar maker has only revealed a few technical details […] More…

The German vehicle tuner Irmscher also modifies the electric VW ID. Buzz. Now the electric van can be completely revamped by the Remshalden-based company, turning it into a more leisurely version of the electric van. The Irmscher conversion includes a revised front apron, side skirts, a roof spoiler, rims from the Irmscher range and a […] More…

From 2025, General Motors will rely on Tesla’s charging port in the USA and Canada – exclusively. GM wants to provide adapters so that all cars equipped with the North American Charging Standard (NACS) can also charge at CCS stations. This makes GM the second major US carmaker to commit to Tesla’s charging standard. As […] More…