Loop Energy, a Canadian company specialising in fuel cell systems for commercial vehicles, announces its first deal in South Korea. NGVI, a well-connected local manufacturer of hydrogen buses, has opted for Loop’s eFlow fuel cell platform. The agreement could see over a thousand hydrogen buses being rolled out across South Korea thanks to NGVI’s connection […] More…

It looks like Hyundai has decided to postpone the start of production of the Ioniq 6 by two to three months to May or June 2022. The design is apparently to be revised again and the Ioniq 6 is to receive a larger battery for more milage. The Korea Economic Daily (KED) has reported the […] More…

In December last year, the UK saw the introduction of green license plates to designate zero-emission vehicles. The number plates were also to enable local authorities to grant electric vehicles special rights. However, it looks like the uptake is lagging behind. According to a survey by the New Scientist, no councils have introduced incentives in […] More…

BlackRock is investing over 100 million Australian dollars in the charging infrastructure company Jolt. The company wants to build 5,000 charging stations for electric cars at sites across Australia by 2030. BlackRock bound its commitment to supporting Jolt’s target. The Australian company is an EV charging provider which combines charging offers with billboard advertising. For […] More…

The British petrol station operator Motor Fuel Group (MFG) has named Swarco a key partner in its roll-out of charging stations at sites across the UK. The deal sees Swarco supply 150 Ua Rapid EV chargers and electrifying 28 sites by the end of 2021. The partnership comes as part of MFG’s announced investments of […] More…

Energy provider Ovo just rolled out a new tariff providing a flat rate to drivers charging electric vehicles. The company says this would bring down charging costs to roughly £100 a year at a guaranteed flat rate of 5p per kWh for charging at all times of the day. Called ‘Drive Anytime,’ the new Ovo […] More…

Slovakia’s battery specialist InoBat announces cooperation with Group14 Technologies, a supplier of lithium-silicon battery materials based in the United States. The partners say they will produce high-energy-density batteries for automotive applications which are customisable. InoBat adds it has seen demand for high energy density batteries “skyrocket” and that silicon-based anode materials would deliver “dramatically more” […] More…

Ford is reported to have doubled production targets for the electric version of its F-150 pickup truck ahead of the market launch in spring 2022. According to the report, the second-largest US carmaker is now aiming for annual production of more than 80,000 vehicles in 2024. Referring to information from insiders, Reuters writes that the […] More…

Tesla has handed over the first Model Ys to customers in Europe. As social media posts show, the first handovers are in Germany, the Netherlands and Norway. There are also new rumours about the battery technology of the Model Y to be built at Giga Berlin. In view of the first deliveries in Europe, Teslerati […] More…

CATL has presented a sodium-ion cell along with plans to start production in 2023. What are the advantages and disadvantages of replacing lithium? Christoph M. Schwarzer evaluated the technology by speaking to battery experts from P3 Automotive and Prof. Dr Markus Hölzle from ZSW. The potential is huge! * * * Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd. […] More…

McDonald’s Austria has commissioned Statkraft’s e-mobility outlet Mer to build fast-charging stations. By the end of 2023, the partners want to equip all McDonald’s Austria branches that have a parking lot with ultra-rapid chargers delivering 150 or up to 300 kW. According to the statement, Mer’s German business unit, known until recently as E-Wald or […] More…

Oxford City Council has announced a new £5000 grant for licenced drivers of Hackney Carriages or black cabs to transition to an electric vehicle. The £5,000 grant is now available as a grant contribution towards the costs of purchasing a new ua-low emission taxi. The funding is part of the city’s ‘Zero Emission Zone Pilot’, […] More…

The German “Schnelladegesetz” (SchnellLG) or the ‘Fast Charging Act’ includes a call to install over a thousand federal fast-charging parks nationwide. The government named them “Bundes-Ladeparks” and ratified the bill in May this year. Now, the Transport Ministry and agencies have detailed the tender process, including a controversial price cap. For the record, the “Schnellladegesetz” […] More…

Fox E-Mobility has presented an integrated mini construction kit for the Mia 2.0 electric car. The concept, called skateboard, allows several derivatives of the Mia product family such as shorter or longer models for three or four passengers or small vans with 1,500 litres of space. Fox E-Mobility took over the rights to the Mia […] More…

A few months before the official market launch of the Ford E-Transit in spring 2022, European fleet customers have now received some pre-production vehicles for real-life field trials. In Germany, two electric vans are being tested in Cologne. Ford says that users of the tests, which were announced in May and are to be implemented […] More…

Geely is planning a joint venture with the Chinese company Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery. The joint venture with Sunwoda and Geely subsidiary Jirun Automobile will develop and produce battery cells, modules and packs for hybrid vehicles. Geely Automobile Holding announced in a statement that the joint venture will have a starting capital of 100 million […] More…

Sakuu Corporation has started the construction of a pilot line for the production of solid-state batteries with an annual capacity of 2.5 MWh. In May, the company announced a 3D industrial printer to enable the rapid mass production of solid-state traction batteries. Sakuu (formerly KeraCel Inc.) aims to complete the plant by the end of […] More…

The Vietnamese e-car start-up VinFast has agreed to cooperate with Volkswagen’s battery partner Gotion High-Tech on the development and production of LFP cells. The construction of a factory for such cells in Vietnam is also being considered. According to VinFast, a corresponding letter of intent has been signed with Gotion High-Tech. This includes not only […] More…

Kia is said to have a large SUV with seven seats and a crossover in preparation as its second and third electric model based on the E-GMP platform. While the former will be called EV7 or EV8 and will be aimed at the US market, the crossover is likely to enter the European market as […] More…

Tesla has increased production of the Model Y to 1,000 units per day at its Shanghai plant after a four-day rebuild break, according to a local observer. This means that the production rate for the Model Y in Shanghai is now higher than for the Model 3 at 800 units a day. The information comes […] More…