In Ireland, EasyGo has announced a multi-million euro investment to install 200 fast DC chargers in towns and villages across the country. This investment is part of a partnership with Ireland’s telecoms company Eir where telephone kiosks are being removed and replaced with Tritium electric vehicle chargers. The amount of the investment has not been […] More…

US American battery recycling provider Cirba Solutions has extended a prior agreement with General Motors to recycle EV lithium-ion batteries and cell scrap generated by manufacturing and research at select GM facilities through 2024. Cirba Solutions also received a grant of around $75 million from the US American federal government to expand its lithium-ion processing […] More…

Geely’s commercial vehicle subsidiary Farizon Auto gives a preview of future products. These include a platform christened SuperVAN for a family of electric vans due to hit the roads in 2024. Separately, the manufacturer recently raised $300 million in capital. Farizon Auto has been in existence since 2016 and aims to become a leader in […] More…

Sono Motors and Bosch have agreed to cooperate on a joint Europe-wide workshop network. All services for Sono’s upcoming solar electric car will be available to users at participating workshops, including repair, service, maintenance and warranty services. The total of 50 qualified Bosch Car Service locations will be distributed to evenly cover major cities and […] More…

The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors achieved a turnover of $195.5 million in the third quarter of this year. That is about twice as much as in the second quarter. There is also news about the timetable for the Gravity electric SUV. First to the business figures. The strong increase in sales compared to […] More…

The eMobility start-up Canoo has announced that it will buy a vehicle production facility in Oklahoma City. Canoo plans to produce its Lifestyle Vehicle (LV) and its cargo variant Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) at the plant, which are to be delivered to customers from 2023. Canoo is also reportedly building an assembly plant for battery […] More…

BMW will apparently continue to have electric cars produced in England for the Mini brand and will convert the plant in Oxford for this purpose – or is at least considering it. According to a media report, the board of directors wants to make a decision to this effect before the end of the year. […] More…

The Volkswagen Group and Seat have given the green light to invest ten billion euros in e-mobility in Spain. The investments announced in May were previously dependent on the Spanish government’s funding under the PERTE eMobility funding programme, which was recently released. Volkswagen and Seat were initially not satisfied with the funding level and threatened […] More…

Tesla has to navigate rough terrain as it encounters a potential issue with its steer assist system, which could affect 40,000 vehicles in the US. Rather than recalling the Model S and Model X cars, however, Tesla is literally countersteering and issued an over-the-air update. Tesla is sending the software adjustment to more than 40,000 […] More…

Australia’s Tritium announces a new partnership in the US with DC-America. The company will now utilise Tritium fast chargers in its modular charging system. The deal also brings Tritium further in line with federal funding opportunities. With DC-America now offering customers its charging system equipped with Tritium’s PKM150 fast chargers, the company is compliant with […] More…

The Chinese battery manufacturer WeLion has closed a series D financing round of 1.5 billion yuan (206 million euros). WeLion intends to invest the capital in expanding its production and research and development activities. WeLion is known to be the Chinese battery cell manufacturer that supplies the semi-solid-state battery for the Nio ET7. In March […] More…

Volvo Cars has just unveiled the EX90 in Stockholm. The revamped e-SUV and XC 90 successor is exclusively electric and boasts numerous new features, while it could still visually pass as a facelift of the familiar model. When Volvo presented the XC90 in Stockholm in 2014, it was a turning point for the Swedish carmaker. The large flagship SUV was […] More…

Uber and Barcelona-based Wallbox Chargers are expanding their cooperation to include seven European countries. Uber drivers in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, France, Portugal and Belgium may now buy home chargers from Wallbox at discounted rates. The agreement builds on Wallbox and Uber’s partnership in the USA and Canada which was launched in 2021. […] More…

American truckmaker Nikola Motor has agreed on a deal with charging infrastructure provider ChargePoint. Nikola may now resell ChargePoint’s charging hardware and software to its fleet customers in the US. According to Nikola president Pablo Koziner, the truck manufacturer has secured “complete access to the entire ChargePoint product line”, ranging from simpler DC to high-power […] More…

The Danish bus company Vikingbus has ordered 45 electric buses from MAN. Vikingbus will deploy the e-buses of type Lion City 12 E on routes in the greater Copenhagen area from spring next year. They will join a growing fleet of zero-emission vehicles out for Vikingbus. The company won several recent tenders for bus routes […] More…

The supply contract negotiated by Tesla with the Australian lithium producer Core Lithium will not be concluded. According to Core Lithium, the deadline for the deal was 26 October 2022, but the contract was not finalised. However, the company does not give details – but they seem to be further open for potential cooperation in […] More…

With Aehra, a new premium electric car brand from Italy announces itself with a preview of its first model. Based in Milan, Aehra released pictures of a still unnamed SUV model positioned in the luxury segment. The Aehra EV is to produce between 550 and 600 kW and offer a range of over 800 kilometres. […] More…

Teco 2030, Norway’s company specialising in fuel cell systems for ships, Shell and other partners want to retrofit a full-size tanker to run on hydrogen starting next year. The EU-funded HyEkoTank project is all about size and heavy loads. The vessel destined for the hydrogen fuel cell retrofit is an existing tanker by Ektank made […] More…

Elon Musk has dumped another 19.5 million Tesla shares worth $3.95 billion. Musk now still holds around 14 per cent of Tesla. The value of Tesla shares has fallen to its lowest level in almost a year and a half. The latest share sales are probably related to Musk’s takeover of Twitter, which was completed […] More…

In China, sales of new-energy passenger cars were almost unchanged in October compared to the previous record month of September 2022. About 676,000 NEV passenger cars were sold in October 2022, including about 508,000 BEVs and 167,000 PHEVs. Compared to the 675,000 New Energy Vehicles sold in September, the 676,000 units are again a slight […] More…