Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanché says it has made a breakthrough in the environmentally friendly production of modern G/NMCA cells. Leclanché is able to reduce the cobalt content in NMCA electrodes from 20 to five per cent in an environmentally friendly water-based process. In the process, Leclanché completely eliminates the use of the highly toxic organic […] More…

BMW is planning to build a large assembly plant for high-voltage batteries in Bavaria. The carmaker confirmed the plan in essence, but has not yet signed all the contracts. If all goes as planned, the excavators should start rolling in 2024. From the new factory, “all Bavarian plants, i.e. Munich, Regensburg and Dingolfing, will be […] More…

In the US state of Wyoming, The recently introduced resolution, titled “Phasing Out New Electric Vehicle Sales By 2035,” already has strong support from members of the Wyoming House and Senate. It seems the resolution is apparently not entirely serious and “most likely nothing more than a cry for help,” as InsideEVs writes. Politicians are […] More…

VDL Bus & Coach has received its largest order for electric buses to date. The Dutch public transport company EBS has ordered 193 new-generation VDL Citeas to operate the newly awarded Zaanstreek-Waterland concession from December 2023. VDL Bus & Coach says it will deliver 60 new-generation VDL Citeas type LE-122 and 135 VDL Citeas LE-135 […] More…

Hyundai Motor’s assembly plant in Singapore will start rolling out the electric Ioniq 5 in the first half of this year. The Hyundai Motor Group Innovation Centre in Jurong, the site of Singapore’s first vehicle assembly plant in more than 40 years, is expected to be completed in April. While production was originally slated to […] More…

Car company Stellantis and Finnish state-owned mining company Terrafame have signed a supply agreement for nickel sulfate to be used in batteries for electric cars. Starting in 2025, Terrafame will supply nickel sulfate to Stellantis during the five-year term of the agreement. The companies have not disclosed the quantity of nickel targeted. Terrafame operates one […] More…

In Australia, commercial electric vehicle supplier SEA Electric and Mevco, a systems integrator specialising in light-duty electric utility vehicles for the mining industry, have agreed to cooperate on the conversion of 8,500 Toyota off-road vehicles to electric drives for mining operations. The deal is worth nearly $1 billion AUS, which amounts to around 648 million […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has announced various new appointments in top management, affecting Level 1 below the Group Board of Management. Among others, Christoph Starzynski, currently Head of Development Electric Drive, will assume responsibility for the overall vehicle development of all Mercedes-Benz passenger car series as of 1 July 2023. The series of new appointments was triggered by […] More…

The battery start-up Britishvolt has to file for insolvency and has laid off most of its employees with immediate effect. According to British media, negotiations with several potential investors to save the company have failed. Britishvolt applied for the appointment of an insolvency administrator on Tuesday, write the Guardian and the BBC. The auditing firm […] More…

Volvo Cars has announced plans to launch its own offshoot of the 009 electric van from the Zeekr brand, which is also part of the Geely Group, in China at the end of 2023. In a graphic from a presentation published there, the Swedish companys’ current and upcoming electric models are shown. This means the […] More…

Hertz and the ride-hailing company Uber are expanding their US partnership to Europe. Accordingly, Hertz wants to provide up to 25,000 electric cars for Uber drivers in European capitals by 2025. London, Paris and Amsterdam were explicitly mentioned so far. The European expansion of the partnership will first become visible in London: There, the fleet […] More…

StoreDot’s fast-charging silicon-dominated battery cells are already being tested under real-life conditions by 15 car brands from Europe, Asia and the USA. According to the Israeli battery developer, initial test results confirm the fast-charging capability of the cells. StoreDot does not name individual names in the press release. Instead, the Israeli company published a world […] More…

The government of the UK and Ofgem published the ‘Electric Vehicle Smart Charging Action Plan’ today, setting out steps to seize on the significant potential of smart EV charging and make it the preferred method of long-duration charging by 2025. The new plan includes allowing drivers to power their homes using the electricity stored in […] More…

The Indian energy supplier Tata Power has announced the development of a nationwide charging network in India. Around 25,000 charging points are to be installed over the next five years. The charging infrastructure will be monitored from Mumbai. Tata Power does not provide any explicit information on the targeted charging capacities of the planned network. […] More…

Increasingly higher currents during fast charging pose new challenges for both the power electronics and the contact system. As part of the joint project ‘HV-MELA-BAT’ funded by the German government, Fraunhofer researchers now want to find a remedy. The background to the project is not only the further development of existing fast-charging infrastructure based on […] More…

In the UK, Gridserve has opened its first Electric Super Hub of 2023 at Solstice Park in Wiltshire, providing eight 350kW chargers to boost charging capacity for passing electric vehicles on the A303 near Stonehenge. The A303 is a key route from London to holiday hotspots in Devon and Cornwall. Gridserve says the new Electric […] More…

After acquiring battery maker Romeo Power last year, Nikola Motor is now relocating its battery production from Cypress, California, to Nikola’s own plant in Coolidge in the state of Arizona. The move is expected to be completed by mid-2023. By moving battery manufacturing to its own main plant, Nikola is bringing truck and fuel cell […] More…

The first stores in the UK will be opening in the first quarter of 2023, with vehicle sales to follow shortly after. The first confirmed dealer partners include Pendragon, Arnold Clark Automobiles, Lookers Motor Group and LSH Auto Holdings. The first BYD vehicle to be launched on the market in the UK will be the […] More…

Seres, a brand belonging to the Chinese group Sokon, has announced the launch of its all-electric SUV model Seres 5 in Europe at the Brussels Motor Show. The Seres 5 will be available from March through the brand’s European distribution network. Offered in China with hybrid powertrains as the Seres SF5, the mid-size SUV will […] More…

Coleman Miln takes passengers everywhere in life and beyond: the British vehicle conversion company Coleman Milne is unveiling a hearse and stretch limousine based on the all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E. Both electric vehicles will be offered to the UK and European markets in left- and right-hand drive configurations and will be available for demonstration in […] More…