Electric bus repowering company KleanDrive will convert the 30 Wrightbus Streetdecks from diesel power to battery-electric. This will take place following the assembly of a pilot vehicle. Read more…
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KleanDrive to electrify 30 First Bus double deckers
Electric bus repowering company KleanDrive will convert the 30 Wrightbus Streetdecks from diesel power to battery-electric. This will take place following the assembly of a pilot vehicle. Read more…
China’s Axxiva builds first solid-state batteries
Axxiva, a Chinese battery manufacturer backed by Chery and Gotion High-Tech, has reportedly begun producing its first solid-state battery prototypes. By 2027, the company, internationally known as Anhui Anwa New Energy Technology, aims to be ready for mass production, according to local media reports. Read more…
First Belgian customers for eActros 600
Daimler Truck has delivered its first Mercedes-Benz eActros 600s to customers in Belgium for the first time. Logistics company VM-Milktrans and sister firm Sovedo Logistics have ordered a total of six eActros 600s. Read more…
BP Pulse pulls out of workplace charging sector
BP Pulse has confirmed plans to pull out of the UK commercial workplace charging market, as it seeks to focus on its consumer charging hubs. The brand’s workplace charging customers have reportedly all been informed. Read more…
Vietnam: V-Green opens Hanoi’s largest fast-charging station
Vingroup’s in-house EV charging solutions provider, V-Green, has opened the largest fast-charging station in Hanoi, Vietnam. The company established this facility as part of a major expansion drive across the national capital. Read more…
Helsinki pilot uses AI to boost e-scooter safety
Tier-Dott, See.Sense, and Vianova have launched a six-month pilot in Helsinki to improve e-scooter safety using AI-powered sensors and real-time data analytics, enabling proactive infrastructure improvements and enforcement decisions. The pilot is coordinated by Forum Virium Helsinki, the City of Helsinki’s innovation company, as part of the EU-funded ELABORATOR project. Read more…
Germany: Siemens completes building demolition purely with electric machinery
Siemens, together with construction partners, has carried out an almost emission-free large-scale building demolition using electric excavators and electric trucks. The project took place on the new Siemens Technology Campus in Erlangen, Germany. Those responsible describe it as the world’s first. Read more…
South Australia gains its first state-wide charging network
RAA Charge has just finished work on its ‘border-to-border’ EV charging network. It’s comprised of more than 550 charging points across 144 hubs – making it one of Australia’s single largest networks. Read more…
EU awards funding to six battery production projects
The European Commission has earmarked a total of €852 million euros in grants from the Innovation Fund for six projects for manufacturing battery cells for electric vehicles. That means the majority of the budget has now been allocated – with funds also going to Germany. Read more…
Official: US tax credit for EVs to end in September
It is official – the tax credit worth $7,500 for the purchase of new electric vehicles in the US, as well as $4,000 for used EVs, will be terminated on 30 September 2025. It will end a subsidy programme that has been in place since 2008. Read more…
Nissan considers Foxconn tie-up to produce EVs in Japan
Nissan is reportedly in talks with Taiwan’s Foxconn to build electric vehicles at its underutilised Oppama plant in Japan. The potential tie-up could protect local jobs amid Nissan’s global restructuring while supporting Foxconn’s EV manufacturing ambitions. Read more…
Honda reportedly halts plans for large electric SUV
Honda has reportedly halted development of a large electric SUV as demand for electric cars in the US is expected to decline further. The US had been identified as the main sales market for the model, which was due to launch in 2027. Read more…
Xiaomi starts YU7 SUV deliveries; wait times increase to over a year
Xiaomi has started deliveries of its first electric SUV, the YU7, across 58 Chinese cities, but production bottlenecks have stretched wait times to as long as 14 months. The model recorded over 240,000 orders within 18 hours of launch, intensifying capacity constraints. Read more…
BAM begins tests with digitally monitored hydrogen research filling station
The German Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) has commissioned a research hydrogen filling station at its test site. BAM aims to develop and trial new quality assurance technologies for all technical processes. Read more…
Hyster launches electric empty container handler
Hyster has introduced its first heavy-duty electric empty container handler. The J6-7XD-EC3/4 models use integrated lithium-ion batteries and are said to deliver ICE-like performance without tailpipe emissions, targeting decarbonisation in ports and container terminals. Read more…
Zenobe receives major investment for fleet electrification in Australia
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has invested $6m AUD in electric fleet company Zenobe. It will see Zenobe lease a fleet of 60 battery-electric trucks to the Australian retail giant Woolworths. Read more…
Denmark: Over 80% of new private cars were electric in H1/2025
Electric cars continue to surge in Denmark. In the first half of 2025, nearly 64 per cent of all newly registered cars were electric. Among private users, that number was almost 82 per cent. Read more…
UK: Every fourth new car is electric
The UK new car market saw its strongest June across all drive types since 2019. BEV demand climbed 39.1% YoY to over 47,000 units, meaning that one in four new car buyers in the UK chose a battery-electric vehicle last month. Read more…
Phoenix Motor to expand EV production facilities in China
The California-based EV maker has signed an agreement to take over more than 1.6m square feet of existing EV production facilities in Henan Province, China. It will use these facilities to produce Edison Future EVs for Latin America and other markets. Read more…