Tritium announced a 40-million Australian dollar private placement by Cigna Investments. Tritium intends to use the proceeds to continue scaling its global operations during its ongoing merger with Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation II. Australia’s prime DC charging equipment manufacturer that turns twenty this year had announced the SPAC deal in our newsletter in May. The […] More…

The ‘Siemens Autonomous Charging System’ is debuting in Munich today, and Siemens says the solution allows fully automated charging of electric vehicles from cars to trucks. The prototype now on display has a charging capacity of up to 300 kW, but the company is gearing for one megawatt in future. This high capacity required to […] More…

According to a media report, the Korean battery manufacturer LG Energy Solutions is currently developing LFP pouch cells. Allegedly, a pilot line for the lithium iron phosphate cells is to be built as early as next year. This was reported by the portal The Elec, which is usually well-informed in the South Korean eMobility industry, […] More…

Wallbox Chargers, a charging technology company from Spain, presents its first ultra-rapid charging column for public use. Named Hypernova, the HPC station can deliver up to 350 kW and expands the manufacturer’s DC product portfolio. In October 2020, Wallbox Chargers had presented the Supernova, its first fast-charging station for public charging electric cars in cities […] More…

BMW presented several concepts for electric two-wheel mobility at the IAA Mobility. With these vehicles, the Munich-based company wants to cover various aspects of urban mobility – and in doing so, go beyond the currently permissible legal framework. In addition to the BMW Motorrad Concept CE 02, which is somewhere between a motorbike and a […] More…

Preliminary work has begun on Britishvolt’s battery cell factory in the northern English county of Northumberland. The actual construction of the production facility is scheduled for late autumn or early winter of this year. The planning permission for the large-scale project is dated 6 July 2021. Specifically, Britishvolt has commissioned its construction partner ISG with […] More…

At the IAA Mobility, Porsche presented its vision of purely electric customer motorsport with the Mission R concept. The concept car is intended to be more than just a design study – a rolling chassis is already being tested. Unlike the usual GT racing cars for customer motorsport, the Mission R presented in Munich is […] More…

The Hyundai Motor Group has presented its “Hydrogen Vision 2040”. The strategic plan of the Koreans envisages offering a fuel cell version for all commercial vehicle models of the group by 2028. However, it will still take a few years before the costs drop to BEV level. The “Hydrogen Vision 2040”, which Hyundai presented at […] More…

At the IAA Mobility, Great Wall Motors (GWM) is giving a preview of the first two models of its Ora and Wey brands, with which the Chinese car company soon wants to gain a foothold in Europe. The Ora Cat is a BEV compact car, while the Wey Coffee 01 is a plug-in hybrid SUV […] More…

Polestar has announced that the single-engine variants of the Polestar 2, which were introduced in the spring, will be delivered for the first time this month. The Swedish-Chinese brand also plans to expand further globally. Polestar had announced the single-motor, small-battery and large-battery variants of the Polestar 2 in April. The Polestar 2 Single Motor […] More…

Daimler’s focus on battery-electric vehicles also has an impact on plug-in hybrids. The Stuttgart-based carmaker is no longer planning any new developments here. Suppliers such as ZF, however, assess the future of PHEVs differently. Since only purely electrically powered cars are to be sold under the Mercedes-Benz brand by the end of the decade, not […] More…

The faulty LG battery cells that led to major recalls for electric cars from GM and Hyundai originate from at least two Asian plants of the battery manufacturer, specifically in South Korea and China, according to new findings. GM managed to identify the battery defects as a torn anode tab and a folded separator, and […] More…

Australia Post continues to green its fleets with the addition of 20 Fuso eCanter trucks. The mail service expects the vans to hit the road in October and says it is among the first clients. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) launched the eCanter in Australia in April. With the rollout Down Under, the […] More…

Logistics provider Schneider announced a major battery-electric truck deployment as part of the carrier’s plan to reduce greenhouse emissions. Beginning in 2022, Schneider will add 50 Freightliner eCascadias to its Southern California operations. The company claims this would make the organisation one of the largest battery-electric truck fleets in North America. The buying decision followed […] More…

At the IAA Mobility 2021, the Hyundai Motor Company announced its voluntary commitment to become climate-neutral by 2045. In the course of this, no more combustion vehicles are to be sold in Europe from 2035, and in the remaining most important world markets from 2040. The voluntary commitment applies to the Hyundai Motor Company, i.e. […] More…

At the IAA Mobility 2021, the Hyundai Motor Company announced its voluntary commitment to become climate-neutral by 2045. In the course of this, no more combustion vehicles are to be sold in Europe from 2035, and in the remaining most important world markets from 2040. The voluntary commitment applies to the Hyundai Motor Company, i.e. […] More…

At the IAA Mobility, the supplier ZF presented a new electric drive kit called “Modular eDrive Kit”. The kit is designed to continue offering customer-specific solutions – but in half the usual development time. The kit includes the electric motors themselves, an inverter platform, various transmission layouts and software systems. In concrete terms, the drives […] More…

The Israeli battery developer StoreDot has presented a cylindrical cell in the 4680 format that, according to the company, can be fully charged in ten minutes and is scheduled to go into production in 2024. This expands StoreDot’s choice of cell formats for its fast-charging ‘XFC FlashBattery’ with silicon-dominant anode. In addition to the already […] More…

US manufacturer Atlis Motor Vehicles has found a distributor in the Southeast Asia and Oceania region as the company announces a collaboration agreement with Australian Manufactured Vehicles (AusMV). AusMV will buy ATLIS XT pickup trucks and complete right-hand drive production in Australia for sale under the Atlis label. AusMV will purchase over 19,000 XT electric […] More…

US manufacturer Atlis Motor Vehicles has found a distributor in the Southeast Asia and Oceania region as the company announces a collaboration agreement with Australian Manufactured Vehicles (AusMV). AusMV will buy XT pickup trucks and complete right-hand drive production in Australia. AusMV will purchase over 19,000 XT electric pickups from Atlis through 2025 and says […] More…