Swedish electric truck start-up Volta Trucks has raised 37 million euros in its Series B funding round. Pre-orders for the Volta Zero now exceed 2,500 vehicles with an order value of more than 600 million euros and have doubled in the last three months. Since Volta Trucks had not previously communicated prices for the Zero, […] More…
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EVBox to install 300,000 charging stations across Denmark
Charging infrastructure provider EVBox Group has announced a new cooperation with Norlys, Denmark’s largest energy and telecommunications group. The partners target to install 300,000 charging stations for electric vehicles across Denmark by 2030. The deal also includes both the private and public sectors, with Norlys wanting to integrate EVBox’ charging stations and management software Everon […] More…
Foxconn suspends plans with Byton
Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn has suspended its plans to cooperate with the struggling Chinese electric car start-up Byton. Insiders say this is due to Byton’s deteriorating financial situation. In January this year, both companies had announced that Foxconn would support Byton in bringing the M-Byte into series production by the first quarter of 2022. Byton […] More…
Xiaomi planning to launch first EV in 2024
New details are now emerging about Xiaomi’s electric car plans, which will involve launching its first model in 2024. The following three years will see another 3 models released and looks like involving two factories in China. In March this year Xiomi announced plans to manufacture EVs ” and completed the trade registration of its […] More…
BMW’s i5 should hit markets in 2023
A new media report in Germany provides some info on the all-electric version of BMW’s 5 Series. The BMW i5 is to be presented in 2023 and will also have an M variant. The main rivals are said to be the Mercedes EQE and the Audi A6 e-tron. The German website Focus Online claims that […] More…
All-electric BMW i5 should hit markets in 2023
A new media report in Germany provides some info on the all-electric version of BMW’s 5 Series. The BMW i5 is to be presented in 2023 and will also have an M variant. The main rivals are said to be the Mercedes EQE and the Audi A6 e-tron. The German website Focus Online claims that […] More…
Xpeng P5 launched in China
Xpeng has now officially launched its third series model, the P5, on the Chinese market and published the technical specifications and prices in detail. Rumour has it that the high-tech electric car could also be launched in Europe. In China, Xpeng presented the smaller electric sedan at the Shanghai auto show in April. XPeng is […] More…
Iveco & Nikola getting closer to truck plant in Germany
Nikola & Iveco gear up for truck production in Germany at the Iveco plant in Ulm as planned. The factory has now been officially presented with the production of the Nikola Tre to begin there this year. The pilot customer in Europe is the Port of Hamburg that will work up to 25 trucks next […] More…
Battery manufacturer e.battery systems founds US branch
e.battery systems, based in Vorarlberg, Austria, has founded its own branch in Silicon Valley. Just a few weeks ago, the Austrian company announced an order for at least 10,000 batteries for electric motorcycles from the Swedish manufacturer RGNT. According to e.battery systems, the team in Silicon Valley should quickly comprise a double-digit number of employees […] More…
Porsche & Customcells close in on battery plant site
According to media reports, the Porsche Board of Directors wants to decide where to build the planned 100 MWh battery cell factory in the next few weeks. So far, Tübingen, Gärtringen or a location near Heilbronn are being considered. Initially, the two German daily newspapers Stuttgarter Nachrichten and Stuttgarter Zeitung had reported on the approaching conclusion […] More…
Beijing-led city cluster to demonstrate hydrogen economy
A Beijing-led city cluster has been appointed an FCEV demonstration cluster. Starting this year and running throughout 2025, at least 5,300 hydrogen fuel cell vehicles will be deployed in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region to play out ten scenarios designed to exhibit global influence. The most prominent use case will likely be the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, […] More…
Redwood Materials wants to expand beyond recycling
Redwood Materials, founded by ex-Tesla CTO JB Straubel, has announced an expansion of its business beyond pure battery recycling. Starting from next year, Redwood itself wants to produce battery materials on a large scale from recycled materials. A concrete location for such a production facility is to be announced by the beginning of 2022, as […] More…
UK: InstaVolt targets installing 10,000 EV chargers by 2030
EV charging company InstaVolt has published a pledge to install 10,000 electric vehicle chargers across the UK by 2030. So far, however, InstaVolt has a thousand chargers either active or in development and yet set ambitious intermediate targets. Speaking of the commitment, InstaVolt CEO Adrian Keen said the company is already on track to deliver […] More…
Deloitte places largest Mini Electric order in Europe so far
The auditing and consulting firm Deloitte has ordered 140 all-electric Mini Cooper SE. The new electric cars complement 100 Mini EVs the company had already added to its fleet in Belgium in August. For BMW, this is the largest order of electric Minis in Europe to date. At Deloitte Belgium, the branch that placed the […] More…
MAN announces new electrification strategy plans
In future, MAN Truck & Bus will focus primarily on the areas of electromobility, autonomous vehicles and digital solutions. These are the cornerstones of a new strategy called ‘NewMAN’, which the commercial vehicle manufacturer from Munich, part of the Traton Group, has now presented. The most important product news in the course of the strategy […] More…
MAN announces future electrification strategy ‘NewMAN’
In future, MAN Truck & Bus will focus primarily on the areas of electromobility, autonomous vehicles and digital solutions. These are the cornerstones of a new strategy called ‘NewMAN’, which the commercial vehicle manufacturer from Munich, part of the Traton Group, has now presented. The most important product news in the course of the strategy […] More…
Rivian completes first production vehicle
After the US electric car start-up Rivian had twice postponed the start of deliveries for its R1T electric pickup, the time has apparently come: According to founder and CEO RJ Scaringe, the first customer vehicle has now rolled off the production line. Scaringe confirmed the news on Twitter: “After months of manufacturing pre-production models, the […] More…
Polestar reveals details to electric SUV Polestar 3
Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath revealed some information about the Polestar 3 at the IAA Mobility. According to this, the brand wants to offer the electric SUV with one as well as two engines. Ingenlath also gave new details about the interior. The electric SUV, which will reportedly go into production in 2022, will only be […] More…
Czech PM says his country can’t handle EU emissions targets
The Czech Republic has joined a growing number of countries and manufacturers that oppose the EU Commission’s climate package. The ‘Fit for 55’ plan effectively bans the sale of combustion engine cars in Europe from 2035 – an unwelcomed move for some. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced his opposition to Fit for 55 climate […] More…
Czech PM baulks at EU emissions targets
The Czech Republic has joined a growing number of countries and manufacturers that oppose the EU Commission’s climate package. The ‘Fit for 55’ plan effectively bans the sale of combustion engine cars in Europe from 2035 – an unwelcome move for some. Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced his opposition to Fit for 55 climate […] More…
