Stellantis subsidiary DS Automobiles has given the first details of its next two BEV models – including one based on the new Group platform STLA Medium. The other electric vehicle model is basically already known. After Stellantis had already announced a few weeks ago during the presentation of its business figures for the first half […] More…
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VW plans to drop manual gears in the shift to e-mobility
VW wants to offer only automatic transmissions in the future as part of the shift to electromobility, thus saving costs for the further development of traditional transmission technology. The first VW model completely without a clutch pedal will be the 3rd generation Tiguan from 2023. Considering that few electric vehicles have more than one gear […] More…
Hyundai-Kia update US electric car line-up
Hyundai and Kia are updating their electrified car line-up in the United States. Hyundai, for example, lowered the price for the Kona Electric while Kia is bringing in some new hybrid cars in the model year 2022. Said MY2022 also carries upgrades. First to Hyundai and the Kona Electric. The company’s longer-serving electric car will […] More…
HyPoint & Piasecki to develop helicopter fuel cell drives
HyPoint, which specializes in air-cooled fuel cells for electric aircraft, has signed a development agreement with Piasecki Aircraft Corporation (PiAC). The goal is to develop FC systems – including for what is expected to be the world’s first manned H2 helicopter. Specifically, the partners initially plan to develop five 650-kW hydrogen fuel cell systems for […] More…
Maryland to spend $3.7Mn from Volkswagen settlement
This week, Maryland Governor Larry Hogan announced that the state awarded $3.7 million from Maryland’s settlement with Volkswagen for diesel-gate to install EV charging stations. The money is going to 37 sites for public and workplace charging. In concrete terms, Maryland is funding 36 new public fast chargers at 13 locations and 145 workplace charging […] More…
VinFast announces battery cooperation with StoreDot
Vietnamese electric car startup VinFast has announced another battery development collaboration, this time with Israeli company StoreDot. VinFast wants access to the Israelis’ fast-charging batteries – and potentially to manufacture batteries itself. VinFast had already recently agreed to cooperate with Volkswagen’s battery partner Gotion High-Tech on the development and production of LFP cells. Together with […] More…
Nuro announces new plant in Nevada
U.S. startup Nuro, which specializes in autonomous electric vehicles, announces the construction of a production facility in southern Nevada. Nuro states the capacity of the future plant as “tens of thousands of delivery vehicles”. For production, Nuro is enlisting support from BYD North America. Construction on the manufacturing facility is scheduled to begin in the […] More…
Liverpool: ADL receives first fuel cell bus order for the H2.0
Bus builder Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has received an order from the Liverpool City Region to deliver 20 fuel cell buses. It is the first contract for the new H2.0 generation ADL presented in March. The hydrogen bus utilises fuel cell technology from Ballard and Voith. The 20 ADL Enviro400FCEV buses are being directly purchased […] More…
Rocsys opens new US office in Portland
The Dutch EV robotic charging solution specialist Rocsys has announced the opening of a new office in the United States. This will help pave the way towards building business in the continental Americas. The new office in Portland will be the company’s second location and will allow Rocsys to serve the customers within the region […] More…
Posco launches nickel processing in Gwangyang
South Korean company Posco has started producing high-purity nickel for electric car battery cells. The factory in Gwangyang is expected to reach an annual nickel production of 20,000 tons by 2023, enough for 500,000 electric vehicles. The factory itself is operated by SNNC, a subsidiary of Posco. A wet refining process will increase the nickel […] More…
Zeekr raises $500 million from investors
Geely’s premium electric car brand Zeekr has raised a total of 500 million US dollars from external investors – the equivalent of about 424 million euros. The five strategic investors include the Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL. Zeekr signed investment partnerships with Intel Capital, CATL, Bilibili, the Cathay Fortune Group and Boyu Capital to “expand […] More…
Rivian plans to hit the US stock market
The electric car manufacturer Rivian has filed its documents for an IPO with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Furthermore, Rivian wants to carry out the IPO on its own and not, like many other eMobility companies, merge with an exchange shell. Rivian could expect a valuation of around 70 to 80 billion dollars […] More…
VW confirms ID.3 launch in China this year
Volkswagen will produce and sell its ID.3 electric model in China in the future. The China ID.3 will be produced by SAIC-VW together with the ID.4 X and ID.6 X in Anting and will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year. Volkswagen has thus officially confirmed rumours that had been circulating for some […] More…
24 new eCitaro on Darmstadt’s roads
The 24 electric buses ordered by the transport company HEAG mobilo about a year ago have now been put into operation in Darmstadt. The battery technology of the 24 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro, eleven solo and 13 articulated buses, is based on second-generation nickel-manganese-cobalt cells (NMC). The new fleet addition is an important part of HEAG mobilo […] More…
Mobilize to present BEV for limousine & taxi services at IAA
Renault’s mobility brand Mobilize presents an all-electric sedan for individual passenger transport by limousine and taxi services. The Mobilize Limo will be offered in selected international markets at flex rates as a complete mobility and service package to commercial and private ride services. The world premiere of the electric car will take place on 8 […] More…
Tritium announces partnership with Solcon Industries
Charging specialist Tritium has announced a strategic partnership with power electronics company Solcon Industries. Solcon Industries thus becomes an official channel partner and service provider for Tritium and is to help meet the growing demand for charging infrastructure in Israel and Palestine. The partnership is announced just after the July 24 announcement by the Israeli […] More…
Ford announces electric conversion motor
Ford Performance has announced an electric crate motor designed to make EV conversions easy. Dubbed Eluminator, it will be unveiled at the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas this autumn. The electric motor itself comes from the Ford Mustang Mach-E GT can be ordered online for 3,900 US dollars. At first, not much is known […] More…
Faraday is getting ready to hit the market
The American/Chinese startup Faraday Future is aligning itself to boost production and sales in the USA. A cooperation with installation provider Qmerit will help with charging, while the board of directors has a new chair. Further, Faraday is planning to significantly expand their workforce. Faraday’s cooperation with Qmerit is aimed to “support future FF 91 […] More…
Solaris receives two electric bus orders from Spain
The Polish bus manufacturer Solaris has received two smaller orders for electric buses from Spain. A total of six battery-electric buses are to be delivered to Martorell and the Basque Country by the end of 2022. pecifically, the Municipality of Martorell (Ayuntamiento de Martorell) has ordered two Urbino 8.9 LE electric. Martorell is located near […] More…
Candela presents new electric hydrofoil ‘C-8’
The Swedish company Candela Speedboat has presented its new electric hydrofoil C-8. Based on the Candela C-7, the manufacturer calls the C-8 the “iPhone moment for electric boats” and wants to bring them to large-scale production. As a reminder, the previous model, known as the C-7 or Seven, had a range of 92 kilometres at […] More…