Electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors is firing around 18 per cent of its employees. As part of a restructuring plan, the US company wants to reduce its costs after going deep in the red in 2022. In addition, Lucid also has to recall some units of its Lucid Air. Lucid Motors plans to lay off […] More…

The US and Japan have signed a trade agreement on minerals for electric vehicle batteries. It allows Japanese car manufacturers broader access to the US market and subsidies there under the Inflation Reduction Act. Under the agreement, the countries will not be able to impose reciprocal export restrictions on the materials in question. These include […] More…

About two weeks after teasing the design, Kia presented the EV9, ready for series production and with full technical specs. The large E-SUV comes with another drive than the EV6 and has a slightly longer range. While Kia published the data officially tonight, it remains preliminary until testing completes. So far, however, the Korean carmaker […] More…

The Indian food delivery service Zomato plans to integrate 50,000 electric two-wheelers into its fleet over the next two years. Sun Mobility is to provide its battery swap solutions for this purpose. Zomato is an online ordering and food delivery platform based in Gugurgam, India. Currently, the company has somewhere around 5,000 employees. The company […] More…

It is set – there won’t be any more sales of cars with internal combustion engines in the EU from 2035. The Member States had their final vote in the Council today. The regulation will now be published in the EU’s Official Journal. The rules on banning ICE vehicles in the EU will then come […] More…

Climate think-tank InfluenceMap has accused several truck manufacturers of lobbying against stricter climate regulations for the industry. In particular, InfluenceMap is targeting the Volvo Group. The Volvo Group opposes ambitious climate regulations in both the US and the EU, although it claims to be engaged in policies in line with the Paris Climate Agreement. In […] More…

Plug Power also wants to enable small warehouses to rely on hydrogen-powered forklifts. That is why the hydrogen specialist is now expanding its GenKey solution and offering a modular H2 storage solution. According to Plug Power, the switch to hydrogen-powered forklifts had not been worthwhile for a fleet of 40 to 100 vehicles. The expense […] More…

VinFast has launched deliveries of the VF 9 in Vietnam with the first 27 vehicles delivered to customers. The delivery came about a year after the official public introduction of the vehicle. At the same time, 45 VF 8 were delivered to US American customers. The six-seated VF 9 runs on a 300kW electric drive, […] More…

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has chosen a busy truck stop in California to install high-power chargers for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The utility considers the installation the first of its kind. However, while the chargers are set to provide high power charging at up to 250 kW for trucks, vans, buses and other […] More…

Researchers at the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) have been able to replace toxic solvents with water in the production of cathodes. Water-based production is also suitable for batteries for electric vehicles. In order to increase the energy density, lithium-ion batteries consist of materials with a large proportion of nickel in […] More…

Stellantis and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are calling on budding engineers at vocational schools and universities to enter the ‘Battery Workforce Challenge’ this fall. It is a three-year team engineering competition that includes other training. The Battery Workforce Challenge does not only focus on fostering science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) degrees but […] More…

Bury Council in Greater Manchester has appointed the EV charging network Be.EV to help them double the number of charge points in the regions. Thirty new EV charge points shall be installed with Be.EV funding the cost of over £9 million. Be.EV is a network known mainly across the North West of England. The company […] More…

Daimler Truck North America has won a deal to deliver 200 zero-emission trucks to Velocity Truck Rental & Leasing. The first five trucks by its US brand Freightliner are already working at EV-heavy ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Specifically, the US truck rental company ordered 125 eCascadia and 75 eM2 from Freightliner and […] More…

Negotiators of the European Parliament and the EU states have agreed on binding national targets for the expansion of the infrastructure for alternative fuels – both for passenger cars and trucks. In the passenger car sector, charging stations are to be built every 60 kilometres along the main routes in the EU. The agreement that […] More…

Factorial Energy, a US developer of solid-state battery cells backed by Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Hyundai-Kia, is coming to Europe. The company will open a European office in Germany. However, the company did not clearly state where exactly the company will set up shop in Germany or when the European office will open. But the location […] More…

British startup Helixx has unveiled a new concept allowing companies to deploy electric light vehicles in metropolitan areas at low cost. At the core of the approach are franchise agreements with the companies to which Helixx sells licenses for its technology. If a customer acquires such a license, Helixx provides everything needed to assemble the […] More…

To celebrate Autism Acceptance Week (Monday 27th March to Sunday 2nd April), UK electric vehicle charging network Osprey Charging will be displaying eye-catching, unique artwork created by autistic artist Rebecca Ellis, across its EV chargers. “At Osprey we are building an EV charging network that is open to all, and it’s therefore critical for us […] More…

The North American battery recycler Li-Cycle is cooperating with the industrial truck manufacturer Kion Group. Under the agreement, which runs until 2030, Li-Cycle will recycle batteries from Kion’s global brands starting in the second half of 2023. “Through our partnership, Li-Cycle expects to support both KION’s recycling needs and Kion’s ability to align with the […] More…

Fisker has opened the configurator for its Ocean all-electric SUV. There are three variants available: Sport, Ultra and Exrtreme. Prices in Germany start at €38,882. The smallest variant has a WTLP range of 440 kilometres, while the Ultra and Extreme variants have a WLTP range of 610 and 707 kilometres, respectively. The base version has […] More…

Rock Tech Lithium has broken ground for its lithium plant in Guben, Brandenburg. The German-Canadian raw materials company is building a converter plant there to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide for use in electromobility. Rock Tech recently received the first partial permit and will now proceed as planned with the testing work for the concrete piles […] More…