With the EXP15 design concept, Bentley shows what an electric GT of the future could look like. The concept car combines modern lighting technology with design elements from the legendary 1930’s ‘Blue Train’ and surprises with an unusual three-seater layout. Read more…

The Serbian capital Belgrade is planning to procure a total of 100 new electric buses for the three-month World Expo in two years’ time. 50 of these are to use batteries and the other 50 supercapacitors for energy storage. Read more…

The Fraunhofer Research Facility for Battery Cell Production FFB has started the new KOOP project together with the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University and the German mixing technology developer hs-tumbler. The aim is to develop and produce a sodium-ion battery. Read more…

India has issued a tender for 10,000 electric buses under the PM E-Drive scheme, which the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) launched in October 2024. Convergence Energy Services Limited (CESL), a government agency, is overseeing the tendering process. Read more…

The Japanese carmaker Mazda says its new R&D office will help strengthen the development of software for ‘intelligent vehicles’. The company is also planning to move its operations from its previous Tokyo office to the centre, which is located in Azabudai Hills. Read more…

The Volkswagen Group recorded 465,500 BEV deliveries worldwide in the first half of 2025, 47 per cent more than in the same period of the previous year. The VW Group’s electric cars were in demand in the USA and especially in Europe, however, there was a sharp decline in China. Read more…

Rivian has long held out the prospect of particularly powerful quad-motor versions of its R1 models. Now the company has presented the series versions with impressive performance data for large electric pickups and SUVs. Read more…

China is set to gain its first ever robotaxi-based car rental service. Users of the CAR vehicle rental app will be able to order a robotaxi to their location when making a reservation, and be picked up by a car automatically. Read more…

Daimler Truck is adopting an austerity programme and softening its previous drive strategy. The Stuttgart-based commercial vehicle manufacturer is considering the contract production of electric trucks and is postponing the launch of its H2 truck until the early 2030s. In addition, around 5,000 jobs are to be lost in Germany by 2030. Read more…

The UK’s second-largest airport is set to gain its first fully electric buses. Irizar e-mobility will provide 14 of its ie tram buses to Gatwick Airport, which will be used to shuttle passengers from long-stay car parks to the terminal buildings. Read more…

The parcel delivery startup Hived, which uses AI and an all-electric fleet of delivery vehicles to run its network, has just raised $42 million in Series B funding. Hived says it wants to use the funds to expand its delivery network beyond London to the rest of the UK. Read more…

After Honda, the second Japanese car manufacturer is adjusting its US plans after the Trump administration prematurely halted the tax credit for electric cars. Nissan will postpone the production of two mid-size electric SUVs to be built at its plant in the US state of Mississippi by up to a year. Read more…

The scientific consensus has long been clear: electric vehicles are the cleanest form of propulsion. A new study by the ICCT now shows that their climate advantage is growing faster than previously assumed. Today’s EVs sold in Europe emit 73 per cent fewer greenhouse gases over their lifetime compared to petrol cars. The reason is the positive development of the electricity mix through renewables. Read more…

The state of New York has awarded $3million to three projects focused on improving integration between EVs and the energy grid. An additional $4 million has been made available to projects which help to tackle issues faced by utilities companies, such as data collection, transmission, and operational challenges. Read more…

When one thinks of Nayax, images of contactless card readers on coffee machines, snack vending kiosks, and laundrettes come to mind. Now, the company is applying this experience to EV charging, aiming to simplify payment processes for operators and drivers. “Our main competitor has always been cash,” Carlos López, VP of Business Development at Nayax, told us at the EVS38 in Gothenburg. “In EV charging, cash was never an option.”
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When one thinks of Nayax, images of contactless card readers on coffee machines, snack vending kiosks, and laundrettes come to mind. Now, the company is applying this experience to EV charging, aiming to simplify payment processes for operators and drivers. “Our main competitor has always been cash,” Carlos López, VP of Business Development at Nayax, told us at the EVS38 in Gothenburg. “In EV charging, cash was never an option.”
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Swiss charge point operator Energie 360° has announced that it has taken over competitor Move Mobility. The CPO has thus expanded its charging network from 4,700 charge points to over 24,000. Read more…

Chinese authorities have issued a new regulation ordering ‘supercharger’ networks to open to BEVs of all brands, in a bid to promote fair access. It could affect how Tesla, Li Auto, BYD, Xpeng and Zeekr operate across China. Read more…

Donut Lab has raised €25 million, signed over ten commercial contracts with global OEMs and opened a UK R&D centre. The Helsinki e-mobility pioneer will showcase its versatile electric motor and platform technologies for land, sea and air vehicles at CES 2026. Read more…

EnergyVision will install 2,500 chargers with 5,000 EV charging points at Belgian rail operator SNCB’s car parks by 2032. The ten-year concession includes installation, financing and operation, supporting the company’s goal to quadruple its national charging network. Read more…