BP will invest up to £50m in an EV battery testing centre and analytical laboratory. The site will be located in Pangbourne, Berkshire, at the existing global headquarters for its Castrol business. The new battery research facilities are planned to “help advance the development of fluid technologies and engineering for hybrid and fully battery electric […] More…
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Bratislava opts for Solaris hydrogen buses
Solaris has received an order from Dopravný Podnik Bratislava (DPB) for four hydrogen buses. This is the first order under a framework agreement for Solaris to supply up to 40 fuel cell vehicles to Bratislava. The FCEVs of type Urbino 12 Hydrogen will be the first fuel cell buses entering Slovakia. Solaris and DBP, however, […] More…
Royal Mail delivers with 3,000 electric vans coming in on target
Royal Mail announced it had surpassed 3,000 electric vehicles across its postal delivery fleet. The roll-out largely follows cities with low-emission zones, including London, Bristol, Glasgow, Cambridge and Oxford. Royal Mail thus delivers on its target set in June last year to roll out 3,000 electric vans to delivery offices across the UK. So far, […] More…
Ganfeng Lithium building huge solid-state battery plant
Ganfeng Lithium has begun construction of a solid-state battery production facility, which the company says will be the largest of its kind in China to date. Once completed, the factory in Chongqing will offer annual capacities of 10 GWh each for the production of battery cells as well as battery packs. Ganfeng is actually the […] More…
Webasto want to sell parts of their EV charging division
German automotive supplier Webasto is looking for a partner and investor in its business with charging equipment for electric cars. Still, according to local media, Webasto does not want to sell its complete charging division. Handelsblatt broke the news relying on financial circles. Still, Webasto confirmed the information later on request: “We see at our […] More…
Webasto seeks investor for EV charging division
German automotive supplier Webasto is looking for a partner and investor in its business with charging equipment for electric cars. Still, according to local media, Webasto does not want to sell its complete charging division. Handelsblatt broke the news relying on financial circles. Still, Webasto confirmed the information later on request: “We see at our […] More…
Dennis and di Grassi take the win in London Formula E races
Andretti driver Jake Dennis and Venturi driver Lucas di Grassi won races 13 and 14 of the Formula E season in London. In the battle for the championship, Stoffel Vandoorne and his Mercedes team were the big winners even without a race win. Saturday’s season race 13 was started from pole position by Brit Dennis […] More…
Dennis and di Grassi win the London Formula E races
Andretti driver Jake Dennis and Venturi driver Lucas di Grassi won races 13 and 14 of the Formula E season in London. In the battle for the championship, Stoffel Vandoorne and his Mercedes team were the big winners even without a race win. Saturday’s season race 13 was started from pole position by Brit Dennis […] More…
Togg produces first electric test cars in Turkey
Turkey’s budding EV manufacturer Togg has taken a key step toward series production. Togg released the first test cars straight off the lines in the Gemlik industrial centre, southeast of Istanbul. CEO Gürcan Karakas told German media more about the ambitious schedule. Quotes Handelsblatt: “At the beginning of November, we will have perfected the processes […] More…
Nio plans to set up an affordable electric car brand
The Chinese manufacturer Nio plans the third brand for even more affordable electric cars. According to a media report, the third Nio label will cover the EV segment with a price range of 100,000 to 200,000 yuan – equivalent to about 14,500 to 29,000 euros. In addition to the current core Nio brand with higher-priced […] More…
BMW opens second battery module production line in Leipzig
At the BMW plant in Leipzig, the second production line for battery modules has started series production. The new production line manufactures battery modules for the all-electric BMW i4, which is being built at the Munich plant. The first production line in Leipzig had opened in May 2021, supplying battery modules for the BMW iX. […] More…
BMW opens second battery module line in Leipzig
At the BMW plant in Leipzig, the second production line for battery modules has started series production. The new production line manufactures battery modules for the all-electric BMW i4, which is being built at the Munich plant. The first production line in Leipzig had opened in May 2021, supplying battery modules for the BMW iX. […] More…
EV owners in the US not allowed to sound their individual warning
The US auto safety agency NHTSA has decided that carmakers and EV owners may not choose their noises to warn pedestrians of their vehicles’ approach. Instead, electrified cars will have to give a standardized warning sound at low speeds. What this will sound like will be up to the manufacturers, however there are some guidelines: […] More…
US Senate to move forward with new EV tax credit
The Democrats in the US Senate have presented a new bill on the tax credit for electric cars. This bill retains the amount of 7,500 dollars, but the upper limit of 200,000 electric cars per manufacturer is removed – which would make Tesla and GM eligible again. The law has not yet been passed, but […] More…
Rimac announces more energy-dense battery development
Rimac is working on a new battery module that will use larger 46 mm diameter cylindrical cells as it looks to increase the energy density of its future packs. Rimac’s head of research and advanced engineering, Wasim Sarwar Dilov, revealed that the Croatian company is working on structural battery packs that would be integrated in […] More…
Free to X progresses Italy’s largest High Power Charging network
Free to X, the high power charging project by Autostrade per l’Italia Group (ASPI), has provided an update to electrive. Their DC ultra-rapid charging network, lining main highways in Italy, now operates 24 HPC hubs between Milan and Bari, with more under construction. Established in May 2021, Free to X reportedly targets equipping 100 rest […] More…
Loop Energy supplies fuel cells for M&I hydrogen city buses
Loop Energy has announced a deal with the Slovakian bus maker Mobility & Innovation (M&I). The company has ordered another ten fuel cell systems to keep up with demand for its hydrogen city bus. For Loop Energy, this is the second scale-up with a manufacturer in the last few months. For M&I, the company will […] More…
SkyDrive next up to opt for EP Systems’ air taxi batteries
News of advances in urban air mobility keeps flying in with Electric Power Systems announcing a new customer, this time from Japan. SkyDrive, a self-described developer of flying cars based at Toyota City, has opted for EPS’ ‘EPiC’ battery system to power future passenger drones. SkyDrive aims to launch the air taxis in the Osaka […] More…
German TÜV certifies Foton electric truck for European markets
The iBlue EV electric truck from Chinese manufacturer Foton has received EU type approval from TÜV Rheinland. With the receipt of the EU-EVTA certificate, the vehicle can now be exported to EU countries and other markets that require WVTA certification. Foton sees the certificate as an “access card” to the EU market. This is because […] More…
Stellantis raises global BEV sales by nearly 50 per cent
Stellantis has seen global sales of BEV vehicles increase by almost 50 per cent year-on-year to 136,000 units in the first half of 2022. This is according to the company’s recently published figures. According to the company’s own figures, this puts it in second place in the EU30 market for BEV and LEV sales. Light […] More…
