Following the launch of its Warsaw pilot network in July, the Polish company ChargeEuropa has announced its expansion to 1,000 charging locations over the next two years. ChargeEuropa relies on advertising to finance its charging stations. The young company sees the advertising concept as “the secret recipe for building and operating profitable e-charging networks in […] More…

In the USA, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced $1.66 billion in grants that will benefit transit agencies, territories and states to modernise their bus fleets and facilities. The agency has released a list of 150 projects that will receive funding. The grant selections are to provide for more than 1,800 new buses, more […] More…

The South Korean battery cell manufacturer Samsung SDI is expanding its research and development (R&D) activities for new battery technologies. New locations this year are being founded in the USA and Germany with a further centre planned in China next year. The new R&D centre in Boston called SDI R&D America (SDIRA) is Samsung SDI’s […] More…

In the years-long legal dispute over the vehicle design of the German electric scooter manufacturer Kumpan Electric with the Italian Vespa manufacturer Piaggio has reached an important decision: Vespa’s copyright claim to the scooter’s design was not successful. The Italian Vespa manufacturer had challenged the EU-copyrighted design of the Kumpan scooter, as it considered, among […] More…

BYD plans to invest 28.5 billion yuan (4.1 billion euros) in a battery factory and mining project in Yichun in China’s Jiangxi province. This is provided for in a framework agreement now signed with the city government. The battery factory is to be designed for an annual capacity of 30 GWh. The mining project will […] More…

Panasonic wants to increase production at its factory in Nevada, where it operates jointly with Tesla, by another ten per cent. According to a media report, this will not be achieved by a new production line, but by optimising the efficiency of manufacturing. For the improvement, Panasonic plans to send production managers from Japan to […] More…

According to media reports, Hyundai is working on two electric small cars for the European market, which are to replace the i10 combustion model and be offered for under 20,000 euros. So far, only the drive is clear, many other points are still open. The reports do not come as a surprise, as indications of […] More…

The first pictures of the patent application for a large Volvo SUV have appeared on the Internet. Volvo has also registered the name ‘EXC90’ with the European Patent Office. This fuels speculation about the purely electric successor generation – but it could also be a comprehensive upgrade of the current plug-in hybrid. It is already […] More…

The German electric car manufacturer Next.e.GO Mobile has signed an agreement with the Republic of Northern Macedonia to establish a production facility in the country. Next.e.GO Mobile’s micro-factory in Northern Macedonia is to be built near the town of Tetovo. According to the company, the plant will have a capacity of up to 30,000 vehicles […] More…

The Volkswagen Group and Indian vehicle manufacturer Mahindra have signed a term sheet for the supply of MEB components for Mahindra’s new Inglo all-electric vehicle platform. Mahindra has also provided a preview of the first five models. The term sheet now signed will deepen the partnership agreement reached in May, Volkswagen said. The aim is […] More…

The FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX) has started its first all-electric season in Hell, Norway. Johan Kristoffersson won the season opener at the traditional Norwegian race track last weekend. The World Automobile Federation had already announced the start of the electric WRX for 2021. However, when the decision was made in 2019, the Corona pandemic […] More…

In the USA, FedEx subsidiary FedEx Office is piloting ten Ford E-Transit vans across its SameDay City network, which is the company’s local shipping option. The Ford E-Transit vehicles are being tested in nine markets coast-to-coast to assess performance in different road and weather conditions. The SameDay City network offers door-to-door delivery of time-sensitive parcels […] More…

The German charging provider Plugsurfing has just signed another cooperation agreement with a Chinese electric car manufacturer. Xpeng drivers in Norway will now receive Plugsurfing’s charging solution and a co-branded charging key that will give them access to 300,000 public charging points across Europe via the Plugsurfing network. In May this year, Plugsurfing partnered with […] More…

Mercedes-Benz is recalling 7,810 units of the electric models EQE and EQS worldwide due to faulty threads of the towing devices. In Germany, 1,746 vehicles are affected. For Mercedes, it is not a profound recall, but an annoying one nonetheless. According to the entry in the KBA recall database, the issue is a possibly faulty […] More…

Volcon, a Texas-based off-road electric vehicle startup, will equip all of its models with General Motors powertrains. The company offers two- and four-wheeled electric vehicles for off-road use that are equipped with battery modules and other electric drive system components from GM. Volcon’s products are not off-road electric vehicles or pickups, which are in direct […] More…

According to a media report, BMW wants to produce fuel cell SUVs in large series from 2025. BMW had previously only confirmed that it intended to offer the iX5 Hydrogen in small series this year. This is reported by the Japanese business paper Nikkei with reference to BMW sales chief Pieter Nota. According to Nikkei, […] More…

The Chinese car company GAC Group is investing 2.16 billion yuan (312 million euros) in setting up a subsidiary for the production of electric drive systems. The new subsidiary plans to build production lines with an annual capacity of 400,000 integrated electric drive systems by 2025. Officially, the electric drive system subsidiary is a joint […] More…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has prepared the first areas of production at its plant in Hanover for future variants of the ID. Buzz. The modernisation measures at the plant were carried out during a three-week summer break. The specific variants, according to the statement, involve the ID. Buzz with a long wheelbase, which VWN plans to […] More…

Stoffel Vandoorne has won the Formula E championship. At the final race weekend in Seoul, a fifth and a second place were enough for the Mercedes EQ driver to win the title. The manufacturers’ championship also went to Mercedes for the second year in a row. Races 99 and 100 in the history of Formula […] More…

Tesla has imposed an order freeze in North America for one of the most popular variants of the Model 3. The Model 3 can no longer be ordered Long Range in the USA and Canada, only as a base and performance version. According to CEO Elon Musk, the background to this is that the waiting […] More…