The Ssangyong successor company KG Mobility is negotiating with BYD on the construction of a joint battery cell factory in South Korea. KG Mobility has apparently confirmed the plans in principle, but details such as the location and capacity still need to be decided. This was reported by The Korea Economic Daily, who states that […] More…

Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt is raising an additional 1.2 billion US dollars in capital from investors to finance its further expansion in Europe and North America. According to Northvolt, the new financing round is an extension of the $1.1 billion convertible bonds signed in July 2022. The backers of the extension include the Investment Management […] More…

Automobili Pininfarina has unveiled an electric open-top supercar at Monterey Car Week in California. The model, called B95, will be available to buy, but only for a highly exclusive clientele. Automobili Pininfarina wants to produce no more than ten B95 hypercars and deliver from 2025 – at a price of at least 4.4 million euros […] More…

British charging network Be.EV has announced plans to deploy thousands of new charge points. Mainly known across the North West of England, Be.EV is focusing considerable investment on a new region, the Midlands. Backed by £110m from Octopus Energy Generation, the EV charging business is looking for locations such as retail parks, pubs and car […] More…

Maersk is expanding its electric vehicle fleet in India. The latest announcement sees the logistics company aiming to deploy 500 small EVs across 26 cities covering first, middle and last-mile distribution demand driven by e-commerce. Maersk already runs 200 electric vehicles in 15 cities at present and expects to more than double this number by […] More…

The Indian automobile manufacturer Maruti Suzuki has presented its strategic plan ‘Maruti Suzuki 3.0’. In it, Maruti Suzuki aims to launch 6 new electric vehicles by 2031 and targets 60 per cent of sales coming from EVs. The 60 per cent EV sales rate is not the final specification, however, and Maruti further adds that […] More…

Transdev is preparing to convert the bus fleet in the Harrogate area to electric vehicles. Its regional transport operator, The Harrogate Bus Company, has placed orders worth 21 million pounds and secured government funding. The Harrogate Bus Company confirmed funding of £7.8 million through the Government’s Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme, following a […] More…

Tesla is reportedly producing far fewer electric cars at its German factory in Grünheide than previously thought. According to a media report, weekly production has even fallen to below 4,000 vehicles – apparently because too few staff are available. As Business Insider reports, citing internal documents and consistent statements from numerous Tesla employees, the production rate […] More…

As of August 24, electric kick scooters will no longer be allowed on the Hamburg subway. As soon as there are “clear safety statuses”, Hamburger Hochbahn intends to reconsider the decision. According to the subway operator Hamburger Hochbahn, this decision is a reaction to internationally documented cases in Barcelona and London, among others, in which […] More…

Volkswagen has officially started production of the ID.7 at its Emden plant and is now gradually ramping it up. Customers in Germany will be able to order the electric sedan, which was presented in April, this month. The VW ID.7 will go on sale this fall. However, Volkswagen itself emphasizes in the announcement that it […] More…

Vauxhall has set up the ‘Electric Streets of Britain’ programme to help drivers without driveways charge their vehicles and not be left behind in the transition to electric mobility. The plan is to work with charging operators char.gy, Connected Kerb and SureCharge and set up an ‘Enablement Fund’ to help councils understand the scale of […] More…

Blue Bird has been selected to deliver 20 electric school buses to Miami-Dade County Public Schools in Florida. This marks the first EVs in the district’s fleet of school buses. Blue Bird will deliver its Vision electric school buses to the school district. Each of the vehicles has the capacity to carry 72 students for […] More…

Texas has approved its plan to require companies to include Tesla’s charging system NACS in electric vehicle charging stations to be eligible for federal funds. Washington state has also debated similar plans and Kentucky has already mandated it. The state of Texas had announced its plans to include NACS standards as a requirement for funding […] More…

The Serbian state-owned postal company Pošta Srbije has taken delivery of its first electric transporters. The 31 Logistar 200s, manufactured by Cenntro, will be deployed in Serbia’s second-largest city, Novi Sad, from the end of August. There, the 31 vehicles will replace older internal combustion vehicles for deliveries in the city centre, according to the […] More…

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has started electric machine production in the United States at its headquarters in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. Production is starting with the company’s newest vehicle, the DD25 Electric Compactor. As Volvo CE writes, the first models are expected to be delivered later this year, and the company aims to have 35% of […] More…

The electric drive specialist DeepDrive, which is supported by BMW and Continental, has presented a new drive unit. Following the wheel hub drive presented in 2021, DeepDrive is now showing a central drive based on the same double rotor radial flow technology at the IAA Mobility. The new central drive from DeepDrive will be available […] More…

General Motors is making a strategic investment in Mitra Chem, a Silicon Valley-based innovator in AI-powered battery materials. The US carmaker expects the investment to provide it with development know-how for iron-based cathode materials. GM is investing in Mitra Chem as part of its Series B funding round. The round will bring in 60 million […] More…

SK On has announced an investment of 1.5 trillion won (around 1 billion euros) in the expansion of its battery factory in Seosan, South Korea. With the construction of a third production line at the plant, SK On aims to quadruple its battery cell capacity in South Korea from the current 5 GWh to about […] More…

Mercedes-Benz will reportedly upgrade its EQE and EQS electric models to an 800-volt electrical system from 2025, allowing for charging capacities over 200 kW. According to media reports, the switch to 800-volt system voltage is part of a larger upgrade of the EVA2 platform, which will then be called EVA2M. The EVA2 is known to […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng increased its sales in the second quarter of 2023 compared to the first quarter, but also its losses. The turnaround is expected to come in the current quarter, for which Xpeng forecasts a significant increase in deliveries and sales. Between April and June, Xpeng’s sales amounted to 5.06 billion […] More…