At the Mexico City E-Prix, the first race with the new third-generation electric racing cars, German carmaker Porsche made a successful start to the season: The race win went to Jake Dennis from customer team Andretti ahead of Porsche works driver Pascal Wehrlein in second place. Third place went to Lucas di Grassi for Mahindra […] More…

Norwegian charging station provider Wattif EV has closed a 50-million-euro investment from Marguerite, one of Europe’s largest investment fund managers for sustainable infrastructure projects. Marguerite is including Wattif EV in the portfolio of its latest fund, Marguerite III. Wattif said in a statement that the investment supports its growth and investment plans and goal to […] More…

Bosch has announced that it will invest around one billion US dollars over several years in the development and production of components for electromobility and automated driving in China – and will build a centre for research, development and production in Suzhou for this purpose. The subsidiary Bosch Automotive Products will be responsible for building […] More…

Ford wants to launch electric cars based on its own platform in Europe from the middle of this decade. This is what Martin Sander, Ford’s electric car development manager in Europe said. However, most of the development work will take place outside Europe. Ford will initially use the MEB in Europe as part of the […] More…

Audi is creating 72 additional charging points for electric vehicles at its Neckarsulm site through the use of so-called cubes, which use used lithium-ion batteries from dismantled Audi test vehicles to store electricity. Two of the cubes feed a total of 48 charging points and expand the charging capacity for employees and visitors to the […] More…

The government of the Brussels Capital Region is funding the installation of fast and ultra-fast charging stations for electric vehicles with 500,000 euros. Eleven projects were selected as part of the funding. Four fast charging hubs with a total of 116 charging points are to be built on public parking areas. In addition, there are […] More…

Mazda is adding a plug-in hybrid version to its battery-electric MX-30. Now unveiled at the Motor Show in Brussels, the MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV is the announced new variant with a Wankel engine as a range extender. While the wheels are driven solely by the electric motor, the newly developed rotary engine provides additional range. Mazda […] More…

The Rouen municipality in northern France is having 49 Iveco Crossway diesel intercity buses converted to electric drives to operate as school buses. The project was awarded to a French consortium from which Greenmot will supply the retrofit kit. This is the first French association of municipalities to launch a tender for the conversion of […] More…

A consortium of three Nordic companies wants to implement a nationwide fast-charging network for electric trucks in Sweden. The aim is to provide infrastructure for some of the 85,000 heavy trucks currently using Swedish roads, that will need charging facilities if they are to convert to electric power. The consortium is made up of Nimbnet, […] More…

French battery manufacturer Verkor, which is a partner of Renault, has signed a letter of intent with Canadian battery materials company Euro Manganese to source manganese for the production of vehicle batteries. A binding purchase agreement has yet to be negotiated. The Canadian company says that the agreement concerns the sale of high-purity manganese sulfate […] More…

Renault’s Dacia brand is giving its only electric model, the Spring, a more powerful drive combined with a new equipment line. The Spring Extreme Electric 65, which Dacia is presenting at the Brussels Motor Show now underway, gets a new electric motor with 48 kW of power. Exclusively reserved for the new ‘Extreme’ trim level, […] More…

The Swedish state-owned mining company LKAB says it has identified significant deposits of rare earth metals that are needed for electric cars and wind turbines, among other things. However, it will still take several years before potential mining on a larger scale is possible. After successful exploration, LKAB reports mineral resources of more than one […] More…

The budding Norwegian battery cell manufacturer Freyr announced its first customer in the e-mobility sector: Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT), a Polish manufacturer of battery systems for heavy-duty vehicles. The framework agreement between Freyr and ICPT is not yet binding, however. This is according to a company release from Freyr. In the framework agreement, both […] More…

The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors has exceeded its most recent production target for 2022. With a strong final quarter, the target of 6,000 to 7,000 vehicles was even slightly exceeded. After halving the target from 12,000 to 14,000 cars to 6,000 to 7,000 due to “exceptional supply chain and logistics challenges”, the company […] More…

The Indian Tata Group is considering building two factories for the production of battery cells, one in India and another in Europe. With the latter plant, the group would produce cells for Tata subsidiary Jaguar Land Rover. P.B. Balaji, the chief financial officer of Tata Motors’ auto division, told Reuters news agency. No details on […] More…

Total sales of New Energy Vehicles in 2022 amounted to 6.887 million units. This is according to statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) and represents an increase of 93.4 per cent compared to 2021. The statistics distinguish by type of drive: among the electric vehicles sold were 5.365 million battery electric vehicles […] More…

After the latest significant price reduction in China, Tesla is now following suit in Europe and the USA. Depending on the variant, the two models have been reduced in price by up to 9,100 euros – especially the prices for the basic models with LFP battery and rear-wheel drive have been lowered. The Model 3 […] More…

The Hyundai Ioniq 5 can park sideways and turn on the spot. At least this one can, where the supplier Hyundai Mobis is demonstrating the capabilities of its e-Corner module that integrates the steering, braking, suspension and electric drive in one wheel. Hyundai had first introduced the technology at CES in 2018, and has yet […] More…

Leclanché says it has been selected as the battery provider for two hybrid vessels built for Stena Line and Brittany Ferries. The ‘E-Flexer’ ferries will be the world’s largest hybrid vessels and run between England and France with deliveries to progress fast. Leclanché is expected to deliver its battery system in 2024 and 2025, and […] More…

Hozon Auto’s Chinese electric car brand Neta and battery manufacturer CATL have signed a cooperation agreement on the CATL Integrated Intelligent Chassis. According to the agreement, Neta will be the first of the Chinese EV start-ups to develop the skateboard chassis, known as CIIC for short. The CIIC was first mentioned in early November last […] More…