Cadillac has started production of its electric luxury saloon Celestiq. The flagship model is based on the Ultium platform from General Motors and is manufactured by hand – at high prices and in manageable quantities. Read more…
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Lanxess and IBU-Tec are working on better iron oxides for LFP batteries
The two German companies Lanxess and IBU-Tec Advanced Materials are jointly developing “innovative iron oxides” as a key material for LFP batteries. The aim of the new research co-operation is to make this type of battery more efficient. Read more…
Hyundai wants to increase range with aerodynamic enhancements
Hyundai and Kia have presented a technology called ‘Active Air Skirt’ (AAS), which controls the airflow at the front. Reducing the drag coefficient is expected to lower fuel consumption and increase range – but only a few kilometres. Read more…
Neta builds EV factory in Malaysia
Hozon Auto’s EV brand Neta from China is expanding its production capacities abroad. It is focussing primarily on the Far East. The newest factory will be built in Malaysia. Read more…
Nissan presents mountain rescue EV concept in an Italian ski resort
The Japanese carmaker has found a special use case for its EV system e-4ORCE. The all-wheel drive now powers the specially equipped Nissan X-Trail Mountain Rescue for first responders recovering snowboarders and skiers who did not quite make it downhill. Read more…
DHL Express relies on fleet charging system from Shell in Nieuw-Vennep
Shell has installed 45 charging points for electric vans at the DHL Express site in Nieuw-Vennep near Amsterdam. Around 90 of the 450 DHL Express delivery vans in the Netherlands are already fully electric. Read more…
Freightliner electric trucks find new client in Estes
Estes, one of North America’s largest private freight carriers, has added its first zero-emission truck to its nationwide fleet. The company opted for the Freightliner eCascadia. As a Class 8 truck, it may be the largest but not the first electric machine to join the Estes fleet. Read more…
Northvolt joins the Fair Cobalt Alliance
Battery cell manufacturer Northvolt has joined the Fair Cobalt Alliance. The initiative is committed to the promotion of fairly mined cobalt in small-scale mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read more…
Audi wins Dakar Rally with an electric drive
Audi has won the Dakar Rally with the electrically powered RS Q e-tron. It was also the first time that a prototype with an electric drive, high-voltage battery and energy converter had triumphed in the world’s toughest desert rally. Read more…
Maserati halts development of electric sedan
Maserati has halted development of the Quattroporte Folgore electric saloon announced for 2025. Deliveries of the electric versions of the GranTurismo and Grecale, which were originally planned for 2023, have also not yet taken place. Read more…
Stardust Power to refine lithium in Oklahoma
Stardust Power, a prospective manufacturer of battery-grade lithium products, announces the construction of a large lithium refinery in Oklahoma. The company has selected Muskogee near Tulsa as the site for the plant. Read more…
Further details regarding BMW’s upcoming New Class vehicles
With the New Class, BMW will be launching a completely new vehicle architecture for the electric future from 2025. The Munich-based company has a tight model schedule: Six model series are to use the New Class within two years. Now there are more details. Read more…
Ionity and Circle K solidify Irish charging network
Circle K and Ionity announce the latest expansion of high-power EV chargers across the chain’s rest stop network in Ireland. Ionity will add high-power charging stations at six Circle K sites nationwide. Read more…
Nottingham on route to 100% electric bus fleet by 2028
Nottingham City Transport expects 24 zero-emission buses to take up service by the end of March. The new fleet will help NCT end the use of diesel buses in the English city in line with Nottingham’s climate targets. Read more…
Ford cuts production of the F-150 Lightning
Ford has now officially announced a reduction in production for its all-electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck. From April 1, the model will only be produced in one shift in Dearborn. A few months ago, there were still three shifts. Read more…
Hyundai orders more motor cores from Posco
South Korea’s principal steel group has received another major order from Hyundai to supply stators and rotors for motor cores. The Posco components will help power mainly electric cars built in the European plants of Hyundai and Kia. Read more…
Opel appears to be scrapping plans for electric Manta
The electric reinterpretation of the Manta planned by Opel for 2025 will allegedly not come onto the market. According to a French media report, Stellantis wants to freeze the project. Plans for an electric successor to the Insignia are also said to have been shelved. Read more…
Stellantis STLA Large platform will not be a pure 800-volt architecture
Stellantis has unveiled its STLA Large platform, which is designed for large electric vehicles. This will form the basis for future vehicles in the D and E segments for the global markets. However, the STLA Large is not a purely electric platform. Read more…
Newcomer Nima expands HPC network in the Nordics
Nima Energy is setting out to build over 1,000 high-power charging stations across the Nordics over the next three years. The network is already well underway in its home country, Sweden, fuelled by capital injections of its principal investor Niam. Read more…
Swiss Post is taking decarbonisation in strides
Swiss Post has transitioned all mail and parcel delivery to zero-emission in Geneva and a large part of the canton, deploying over 660 electric vehicles. Geneva is the third city where Swiss Post has achieved 100% electrification and the postal service now runs one of the largest EV fleets in the country. Read more…
