In the USA, the South Carolina Department of Education has ordered 160 all-electric school buses from North American Daimler subsidiary Thomas Built Buses (TBB). The order is for the 160 Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley model with drive technology from Proterra. Thomas Built Buses says the purchase of the 160 units marks the largest single order of […] More…

Lamborghini has presented the Revuelto, the successor to the Aventador. The Revuelto is the first production model from the Italian sports car manufacturer, which belongs to the Volkswagen Group, with a plug-in hybrid drive. This has an output of 1,015 hp and combines a V12 combustion engine at the rear with three electric motors, two […] More…

Swedish company Stena Recycling opens its new battery recycling facility in Halmstad, Sweden. The company also announced a new customer with the Norwegian battery company Freyr. The inauguration comes some 16 months after the start of construction. The initial recycling capacity is 10,000 tonnes, but is expected to increase in line with the growth of […] More…

Mathias Hüttenrauch has been CEO of the European business of the Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL since March. This is a position that did not exist at the company before. This is reported by the German publication Automobilwoche. And Hüttenrauch himself confirmed his change of position on LinkedIn. The manager has gathered more than 30 […] More…

Hyundai Motor has just signed a joint development agreement with Advent Technologies, a US company that develops, manufactures, and assembles complete fuel cell systems. The agreement follows a successful fuel cell technology assessment.  This assessment concluded evaluations of Advent’s proprietary Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) technology for supplying Hyundai’s high-temperature fuel cell needs. If the further […] More…

The Californian electric car start-up Faraday Future has announced the official start of production for its debut model, the FF 91. Although five years later than originally planned, the first units could soon be rolling out to customers. Initially, the electric car was supposed to roll off the production line in 2018, but the start-up […] More…

The Californian battery developer Amprius Technologies says it has increased the energy density of its cells to around 500 Wh/kg or 1,300 Wh/l. Results from the Mobile Power Solutions testing institute have shown that the cells deliver an energy density of 504 Wh/kg or 1,321 Wh/l at 25 degrees Celsius. According to Amprius, the cells […] More…

As part of an extensive development programme, nine prototypes of the electric Renault 5 are currently undergoing final endurance tests. The platform, powertrain and battery of the test vehicles are already up to series standard. Now Renault also published the first background information on the new CMF-BEV platform. Visually, the prototypes, which are currently being […] More…

The generation of electricity for mobile charging points by means of so-called “airborne wind turbines” is the subject of an unusual project by Volkswagen Group Charging and the Brandenburg-based company Enerkite as part of the federally funded ‘Technohyb’ project. Within the ‘Autarkic Mobile Charging Infrastructure’ sub-project, which will run until the end of 2024, Enerkite […] More…

UK-based engineering firm Magtec has secured GB Small Series Approval for its 7.5-tonne electric truck the MEV75. The truck is designed for last-mile logistics, waste collection and refrigerated deliveries. Receiving the approval means that the MEV75 will be eligible for the UK government’s plug-in grant. Furthermore, Magtec achieved Conformity of Production (CoP) in vehicle manufacture […] More…

The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has developed a recycling process for batteries in which up to 70 per cent of the lithium can be recovered. And it does so without the use of corrosive chemicals, high temperatures or the need for prior sorting of the materials. The process takes place at room temperature and […] More…

The Chinese battery manufacturer Farasis Energy has optimised the design of its battery modules to prevent thermal runaway in the event of damage to its latest generation of cells (Generation 4). Industrial production of the optimised modules is scheduled to start in 2025. Stefan Bergold, Farasis General Manager Europe, had previously confirmed that Farasis had […] More…

India is putting around 90 million euros from FAME funding into expanding the country’s fast-charging network. The money will go to three mineral oil companies to build nearly 7,500 new public DC points. Specifically, the 8 billion rupees in funding provided under the ‘FAME India II’ programme will go to Indian Oil (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum […] More…

The Swedish industrial group Sandvik has received a major order from the Canadian mining company Torex Gold Resources to supply a fleet of mining machines for the Media Luna project in Mexico, including 15 battery-electric vehicles. The order is worth SEK 650 million (about €57.5 mn or $62.4) and comprises 35 mining vehicles, including 16 […] More…

Cabify has raised funding of $110 million and says this will help the mobility company increase its market share in its operating countries. Cabify also aims to expand to more than 25 cities in Latin America and Spain and to enter the logistics market. While the ride-hailing and rental company does not specify the cities, […] More…

Brussels transport company STIB has ordered 70 articulated electric buses with Daimler Truck’s subsidiary EvoBus. Heliox will fit the depots with charging infrastructure, but the buses will also charge en route. STIB expects to receive the buses from EvoBus next year and placed the order through public procurement and with a loan granted by the […] More…

Allego has opened its first fast-charging hub at a sports venue. The charging hub at MK Dons Stadium in Milton Keynes provides three 300kW chargers. This amounts to six ultra-rapid charge points, which appear few given MK Dons can cater for over 30,000 football fans. The complex also hosts the DoubleTree Hotel by Hilton Milton […] More…

Tesla has started delivering the revised Model S and Model X to customers in China. There, the new edition of the Model S is available at prices starting at 789,000 yuan, while the new Model X starts at 879,900 yuan. That is currently the equivalent of 105,700 euros for the Model S and 117,870 euros […] More…

Germany’s eVTOL startup Lilium and Customcells are ramping up production of high-silicon battery cells to get ready for certification. The battery company is now delivering cells from its plant in the German town of Tübingen every week and will produce thousands of cells per year in the future. Lilium exclusively licenses silicon anode cell technology […] More…

The Norwegian battery company Freyr wants to join forces with Glencore, Caterpillar, Siemens and Nidec to advance the use of sustainable battery solutions in Europe and North America. For example, by looking at areas of common interest along the battery value chain. Potential areas of strategic collaboration include battery cell manufacturing, pack and module integration, […] More…