Volvo Buses has secured its first order for electric articulated and double-articulated buses in Brazil. The order comprises 21 electric buses for Goiânia, the capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás. The buses are electric vehicles based on Volvo’s new BZRT chassis. Read more…

Volvo Buses has secured its first order for electric articulated and double-articulated buses in Brazil. The order comprises 21 electric buses for Goiânia, the capital of the Brazilian state of Goiás. The buses are electric vehicles based on Volvo’s new BZRT chassis. Read more…

Communication problems between electric cars, charging stations and backends repeatedly cause charging interruptions. To improve this situation with the new Amperfied Dynamic DC charging station, Amperfied has teamed up with software specialist Pionix. Read more…

German truck rental company Hylane has appointed Maximilian Draxler to its management team. Draxler previously led the company’s finance division and will join Sara Schiffer’s and Bernd Zens’ executive team as managing director on 1 September. Read more…

The EU-funded SCAPE project, coordinated by the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), is working on improved power electronics for electric vehicles. The aim is to achieve an efficiency of over 97.5 per cent, double the power density and halve the costs compared to current standards. Read more…

Following his appointment on 31 July, François Provost, the new CEO of the Renault Group, has announced a series of personnel changes and organisational updates, effective immediately. These affect the development division as well as the leadership of Dacia. Read more…

Budapest Transport Authority (BKK) is to purchase 160 new battery-powered trolleybuses. The tender for this major project was won by the Chinese-Hungarian consortium Electrobus Europe, working with Yutong. Read more…

German supplier Schaeffler wants to simplify the repair of electric motors. To this end, the company has now introduced the E-Axle Repair Tool, a special tool that can be used to repair electric motors in a targeted manner without having to replace them completely. Read more…

Ford has launched its own public fast-charging network, Ford Charge, across the US and Canada, with nearly 1,200 DC fast chargers now in operation at more than 320 dealerships. The network is open to all compatible electric vehicles. Read more…

The country of Finland will become the majority owner of domestic supplier and contract manufacturer Valmet Automotive. The battery business, spun off in 2024 under the name Ioncor, will also be 70 per cent owned by state-run Finnish Minerals Group (FMG). The move is justified by the “geopolitical situation”. Read more…

General Motors is scaling back production of the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Escalade IQ at its dedicated EV plant in Detroit-Hamtramck “to align to market dynamics”. The company will suspend two shifts at the site for just over a month. Read more…

Hyperdrives, a Munich-based developer of electric motors with improved cooling, has completed an oversubscribed pre-seed round of three million euros. Hyperdrives intends to use the capital to further develop its own technology and implement several customer projects. Read more…

SAIC brand MG Motor has officially started sales of the new-generation MG4. The model went on sale in China at prices starting from 68,800 yuan – slightly lower than during the pre-sale phase. One of the available versions also features the semi-solid-state battery. Read more…

The Luxeed brand, founded by electronics group Huawei and car manufacturer Chery, is launching updated versions of the S7 electric sedan and the R7 electric SUV coupé on the market. These start in China at the equivalent of around 27,500 euros and 29,900 euros respectively. Read more…

The Vietnamese vehicle manufacturer Kim Long Motor is setting up its own battery assembly facility in its home country and intends to assemble cells from LG Energy Solution into packs there in future. The cells are to be cylindrical units with NMC chemistry. Read more…

Source has joined OVO’s charging network, giving OVO Charge customers direct access to Source’s ultra-rapid hubs across the UK. The roaming deal adds 150 kW chargers to OVO’s platform of more than 50,000 public charge points, supporting both private drivers and fleets with faster, more reliable charging. Read more…

Audi has presented the new Q3 shortly before the IAA. With the plug-in hybrid drive, it should be possible to drive up to 119 kilometres purely electrically. The market launch of the new Q3 generation begins in October and it is already available to order. Read more…

The parent company of Fiat, Opel, Peugeot & Co. has apparently put its plans for semi-autonomous driving on hold. Just six months after the presentation of the driver assistance system called STLA AutoDrive, the project is likely to be suspended due to high costs, technological challenges and concerns about customer demand. Read more…

BASF has for the first time supplied cathode materials to the Chinese manufacturer WeLion, which are to become part of batteries with semi-solid electrolyte. According to the German chemical company, the two companies have moved from “concept to mass production in just one year.” Read more…

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has now handed over the first eActros 600 electric trucks to customers in Switzerland. Twenty transport companies received their initial units during a ceremonial event in Brunnen. Read more…