According to Chinese media reports, Tesla will use improved LFP cells from CATL in the Model Y produced in China starting from next year. CATL will supply so-called ‘M3P’ batteries to Tesla for the first time for the Model Y with a 72 kWh battery from the fourth quarter of 2022. The cathode is no […] More…

Tesla is enabling paid charging at Destination Chargers, however, the rollout is limited. Operators must have at least six Tesla wall boxes and so far, the function appears to be exclusive to the US market. Destination Chargers are Tesla version of AC charging (Level 2) and have been established as addition to the company’s proprietary […] More…

Contract manufacturer Magna has completed the first 55 prototypes of the Fisker Ocean, which will now undergo various final tests before series production of the electric SUV is scheduled to begin at Magna in Graz on 17 November 2022. Fisker also announced in its latest annual report that the introductory edition called Fisker Ocean One […] More…

Energy company E.On plans to install 2,000 ultra-rapid charging stations across Europe by the end of 2024. The German utility joins forces with Alpitronic to provide HPC equipment. Their plans reach beyond 2024. By 2026, E.On plans to own a total of 5,000 new high-power charging points. The Group with headquarters in Essen wants to […] More…

The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors has cut its production target for 2022 in half. Instead of the previously forecast 12,000 to 14,000 cars, Lucid now only expects to produce 6,000 to 7,000 vehicles this year. The company writes this in its annual report for the second quarter. The reason given is “extraordinary challenges […] More…

Tesla has confirmed the relaunch of the Model S and Model X in Europe, which will initially be limited to the Plaid versions. Orders for the Plaid versions are being accepted now, with the first deliveries announced for November or December 2022. The Model S Plaid, which was introduced during the ‘refresh’ of the two […] More…

Tesla has confirmed the relaunch of the Model S and Model X in Europe, which will initially be limited to the Plaid versions. Orders for the Plaid versions are being accepted now, with the first deliveries announced for November or December 2022. The Model S Plaid, which was introduced during the ‘refresh’ of the two […] More…

British battery developer Nexeon secured over 200 million dollars to fund battery materials manufacturing. The company speaks of soon making “tens of thousands of metric tonnes” of its silicon-based anode materials and mentions supplying Tier 1 OEMs. Nexeon left names undisclosed. We heard about the company first in 2016. Already then, Nexeon focused on silicon […] More…

BMW CEO Oliver Zipse revealed some new details about the new electric car generation based on the New Class planned from 2025 during the conference call on the group’s half-year report. Zipse also commented on future drive plans. It was already known that BMW was planning a model in the 3 Series segment based on […] More…

ABTC is expanding their battery research facilities at the University of Nevada, Reno. The idea is that expansion of laboratory capabilities supports the ramp-up of commercialization projects for an increase in domestically and sustainably sourced battery metal supply. American Battery Technology Company (ABTC) is an American critical battery materials company that is commercializing both its […] More…

The Chinese battery manufacturer Farasis Energy is planning another production facility. The new factory in Ganzhou, Jiangxi province, will have a final annual capacity of 30 GWh and will be built in two phases. According to a memorandum of understanding signed by the company and the Ganzhou Economic & Technological Development Zone administration, the first […] More…

French company Elis has acquired eleven electric trucks from Renault Trucks. The textile service will use the new EVs for night-time delivery and collection of linen from Elis customers in the hotel and catering sector in Paris and Clermont-Ferrand. Elis reasons that low-emission zones in Paris and Clermont-Ferrand have made this a necessary step in […] More…

Toyota is apparently threatening to stop its British car production if the ban on new hybrid cars in the UK is brought forward to 2030. The British government had brought forward the ban on the sale of cars with internal combustion engines by five years to 2030 and announced the end of hybrid cars by […] More…

The US company Ascend Elements has announced plans to invest up to one billion US dollars in a factory for the production of sustainable battery materials for electric vehicles in southwestern Kentucky. Production is scheduled to start at the end of 2023. The Hopkinsville facility, which is expected to begin construction this year and be […] More…

The Stellantis subsidiary Dodge will drop the V8 combustion engine in favour of pure electric drives in the next generation of its Charger and Challenger models. Accordingly, the next generation of the Charger and Challenger, which are expected to be launched in 2024, will be powered exclusively by battery-electric drives. The news was broken by […] More…

The government of British Columbia has increased the maximum provincial rebate under the ‘CleanBC Go Electric Passenger Vehicle Rebate Program’ from $3,000 to $4,000. At the same time, the province decreased the funding for households with higher incomes. British Columbia’s rebate scheme includes purchasing or leasing a BEV, FCEV and long-range PHEV. The maximum rebate […] More…

Volvo Group plans to build a battery cell plant in Sweden to mass produce battery packs for its heavy-duty commercial vehicles. Volvo says it has already identified “an ideal location” for the factory. Mariestad in the Swedish province of Skaraborgs has resulted from “an extensive site localization study”, says Volvo Group. That Mariestad would come […] More…

According to a media report, the series version of the electric Mini Urbanaut concept could be produced by Canoo in the USA from 2025. Mini is looking for a technical basis and a production site for the series version of the Urbanaut study, which could complement the Mini range as an electric van. But there […] More…

Ingka Group, which owns most Ikea stores, says it will install over a thousand EV charge points at Ikea stores in Sweden and Norway by late 2024. Ikea Sweden will add 700 new charging points and Ikea Norway more than 300 new charging stations. More than 300 of the incoming charge columns will deliver fast […] More…

A special attraction will be inaugurated tomorrow at the Roland Schüren Seed&Greet charging park in Hilden, Germany. A Tesla swimming pool will open at the pit stop for personal cooling during the charging break. Instructions were posted by Tesla that indicate that up to 4 people can use the pool at the same time for […] More…