Volvo Car USA reveals complete pricing for its 2024 lineup, which now consists exclusively of mild hybrid, plug-in hybrid and fully electric vehicles. Read more…
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Nio lays off around 3,000 employees
The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio is laying off around ten per cent of its employees to lower costs. All the concerned positions will be cut before the end of November. Read more…
BYD could soon build electric cars in Hungary
According to a German media report, BYD’s first EV factory in Europe will be built in Hungary. Officially, however, the Chinese manufacturer will not announce the location of the first European plant until the end of the year. Read more…
Tesla: Musk announces another model from Grünheide
Tesla also wants to produce its future compact model in Germany. There are reports that Tesla CEO Elon Musk confirmed this last Friday during another visit to the plant in Grünheide. Read more…
Interview with Driivz CEO Doron Frenkel: “It’s really complex beneath the surface.”
New Skoda Superb to be available as PHEV again
Skoda has unveiled the fourth generation of its Superb, which is once again being launched as an estate and saloon. The new generation of the plug-in hybrid drive is reserved exclusively for the Superb Combi. Read more…
Temporary hiring freeze at VW
Volkswagen has imposed a temporary hiring freeze at six locations in Germany. All locations in Lower Saxony and Hesse are affected: Wolfsburg, Hanover, Brunswick, Salzgitter, Emden and Kassel. Read more…
Li-Cycle interrupts construction of US recycling plant
The Canadian battery recycling company Li-Cycle has interrupted construction on its first US plant in Rochester, New York. Li-Cycle justifies the step with increased construction costs – and heralds a review. Read more…
Hoverboard designer impresses with new car concept
Shane Chen, the inventor of the hoverboard, presents the concept of a futuristic electric car with his company Inventist. The electric vehicle called Shane is a passenger capsule with two large wheels on the side and is designed to be as stable as a four-wheeled electric car. Read more…
EVgo will prefabricate charging sites
The scalable model is said to save time and money when constructing new EV charging sites. First projects are already underway, with more sites to follow across the US in 2024. Read more…
Munich-based investor Mutares has taken over Efacec
The Portuguese company Efacec, which is active in the field of electromobility as a charging infrastructure manufacturer, has a new owner. The investment company Mutares, headquartered in Munich, has taken over Efacec from the Portuguese state as part of a reprivatization process initiated at the end of 2022. Read more…
FOR:EV to install charging stations at UK Starbucks
Scottish EV infrastructure provider FOR:EV has launched the roll-out of rapid charging stations at four branches of Starbucks. Installation is complete at Starbucks sites in Livingston and Dunfermline, with work due to start at two further sites in Galashiels and Blairgowrie later this month. Read more…
UK: Wine retailer Majestic adds 25 electric vans to its fleet
British wine retailer Majestic wants all its deliveries to be electric from 2030. In a first step, it will add 35 electric Citroen electric vans to its 216-strong van fleet by the end of the year. Read more…
KG Mobility to build battery factory in South Korea
The Ssangyong successor company KG Mobility has reached an agreement with BYD to build a factory for battery packs on the site of its engine factory in Changwon, South Korea. The opening is scheduled for the end of 2024. Read more…
Atos delivers IT for ACC battery factories
The IT service provider Atos has been commissioned by Automotive Cells Company (ACC), the battery cell joint venture between Stellantis, Total and Mercedes-Benz, to ensure and monitor the operation of the IT infrastructure of three factories in France, Germany and Italy. Read more…
Ionic MT prepares to produce silicon powder
Ionic Mineral Technologies, a US developer of nano-silicon powder for the anodes of electric car batteries, has set up shop in the state of Utah – and plans to start production there in 2024. Read more…
Fiat opens order books for its revised electric vans
Fiat Professional has opened orders for its revised model range in the first European countries. The new editions of the E-Ducato, E-Doblò and E-Scudo, presented a few days ago along with the vans and transporters from other Stellantis brands, can now be ordered in Italy and France. Read more…
Pepper discontinues end customer business
German conversion specialist Pepper Motion is continuing to change the core of its business. After the company shifted its focus from German public transport to customers abroad and lorry orders in May, the company is discontinuing its end customer business altogether to become a pure technology supplier. To this end, the workforce is to be “streamlined.” Read more…
Mack Trucks offers EV subscriptions in the US
US commercial vehicle manufacturer Mack Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, now offers ElectriFi Subscription, a usage-based leasing option exclusive to new Mack MD Electric models. Read more…
Tata to use JLR’s 800V EMA platform
Tata Passenger Electric Mobility (TPEM) and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), both wholly owned subsidiaries of Tata Motors Limited (TML), have signed an agreement to this effect. It will first be used in the Avinya – which, as it turns out, will not remain a single EV, but become a “Premium Pure Electric” vehicle series. Read more…
