The German battery analytics software provider Twaice has partnered with Sycada, a Dutch telematics and fleet management company. Twaice will complement Sycada’s solutions with detailed insights into battery health. Sycada operates an online platform designed to provide planners, traffic managers, operators and drivers in the transport sector with accurate information for the optimal operational running […] More…

German construction equipment manufacturer Wacker Neuson and US agricultural equipment manufacturer John Deere have entered into a strategic cooperation agreement. This includes a long-term, exclusive OEM supply contract for mini and compact excavators weighing less than five tonnes and also includes battery-electric excavators. The excavators will be developed and manufactured at Wacker Neuson’s production plants […] More…

BYD and its subsidiary FinDreams Battery have opened the first production line of its battery factory in Shaoxing in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. The blade batteries produced there will be used in future BYD models with the DM-i PHEV drive. After the groundbreaking ceremony, the company needed only eight months to put the […] More…

The companies Iberdrola, CIE Automotive, Enagás, EIT InnoEnergy and CIC energiGUNE have launched the Basquevolt initiative with the Basque government to research, develop and produce solid-state batteries. The plan is to develop prototype cells and commission a pilot production line in 2025 with investments of 700 million euros. An annual production volume of 10 GWh […] More…

Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn has started building its first battery factory. The plant, located in Taiwan’s second-largest city Kaohsiung, is scheduled to start producing LFP cells with a planned capacity of 1.27 GWh in the first quarter of 2024. The plant will also include a research and development centre. The batteries will initially be used […] More…

General Motors is investing more than 81 million US dollars in its Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan, to prepare the campus for the construction of the Cadillac Celestiq. Like the Lyriq SUV model, Cadillac’s future all-electric flagship sedan is to be built on GM’s Ultium platform. A concept of the Cadillac Celestiq, for which […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio has presented its new ES7 model. The E-SUV is now available for pre-order in China. Deliveries are scheduled to start on 28 August. The Nio ES7 is a five-seat electric SUV positioned between the ES6 and ES8. Prices start at 468,000 yuan (about 67,000 euros) before subsidies or from […] More…

Ford has had to recall 48,924 units of its Mustang Mach-E electric model, which is about half of the model’s total production. The manufacturer has also imposed a sales stop on potentially affected vehicles. The problem lies with fast charging and repeated heavy acceleration, which can cause the main contactors of the high-voltage battery to […] More…

VW has given the GTX models of ID.4 and ID.5 a slight upgrade. The previously optional ‘Design’ and ‘Comfort’ equipment packages are now included in the standard equipment. In return, however, the base price for both models has increased. GTX variants of the ID.3 and even the ID. Buzz are to follow. The ID.4 GTX […] More…

Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) has started testing an articulated dump truck with a fuel cell system. The prototype of the six-wheeled Volvo HX04 was developed as part of a Swedish research project. The Volvo HX04 from Volvo CE is now entering testing. The heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell vehicle is the result of a research […] More…

Macerich, an owner, operator and developer of major regional town centers in the US, is adding public ultra-fast electric vehicle charging stations at 12 properties in six states through its ongoing collaboration with Electrify America. VW’s diesel-gate subsidiary Electrify America announced the collaboration in 2019 with nine additional companies to host more than 30 fast […] More…

Swedish automated electric vehicle tech specialist Einride and the food company Oatly are to expand their partnership to electrify Oatly’s North American fleet. Einride has already been managing and operating electric trucks for Oatly in Sweden since 2020. In the USA, five connected electric trucks from Einride, complete with charging infrastructure and connectivity services, will […] More…

The German-Indian start-up Nunam wants to put three electric rickshaws on India’s roads that are powered by used batteries from Audi e-tron test vehicles. However, the project goes beyond pure technology. The stated aim of the project is to explore how modules from high-voltage batteries can be reused after their use in cars and become […] More…

In the USA, Blink Charging is to acquire SemaConnect, a provider of EV charging infrastructure solutions in North America, for $200 million. Hereby, Blink looks set to gain 13,000 EV chargers, an additional 3,800 site host locations, and more than 150,000 registered EV driver members. Blink Charging will acquire SemaConnect in a cash and common […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Nio plans to start producing its own developed battery packs in 2024. The 800-volt battery packs are to be used in models of the new brand for more affordable electric cars announced last year. In the long term, the company also plans to manufacture its own cells. Nio CEO William […] More…

TotalEnergies plans to implement Plug&Charge for compatible HPC charging stations at its service stations, starting in the fourth quarter of 2022, initially in France and later in other countries. To kick things off, TotalEnergies and its partners Hubject and Alpitronic successfully tested Plug&Charge a few days ago at the St. Mathurin site in France. Hubject’s […] More…

The market entry of Dongfeng’s Voyah brand in Europe is becoming concrete: The electric car brand has opened its first showroom outside China in the Norwegian capital Oslo. The first Voyah vehicles are to be delivered in Norway this year. The location in the centre of the Norwegian capital Oslo coincides with the launch of […] More…

Traton subsidiary MAN is on schedule with preparations for large-scale production of electric trucks at its Munich plant. In the first twelve months since the eMobility Centre was established at its main plant, MAN Truck & Bus has launched 20 prototypes of the upcoming heavy-duty electric truck. Even more important than building the vehicles themselves: […] More…

Beijing Benz Automotive (BBAC) has started production of the all-electric EQE in China. The EQE is now rolling off the production line at the BBAC plant in the Shunyi district of the Chinese capital Beijing. The batteries for the EQE are also produced by BBAC. The premiere EQE was probably also an anniversary vehicle: it […] More…

US start-up Electric Last Mile Solutions, which specialises in commercial electric utility vehicles, has filed for bankruptcy. The bankruptcy filing comes about a year after the company went public and follows the resignation of its founders James Taylor and Jason Luo and an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In a communication, […] More…