Lucid Motors has signed a supply agreement for battery cells with Panasonic Energy. The Panasonic batteries will be installed in both the Lucid Air and the upcoming Gravity SUV. Until now, the cells came from LG. The partnership with LG (then LG Chem, today the company is known as LG Energy Solution) was announced in […] More…

France has extended the ‘Benefit-in-Kind’ scheme for electric cars by two years – it now applies until the end of 2024. In addition, electric car drivers pay fewer tolls for using French motorways. The ‘Benefit-in Kind’ tax is more or less equivalent to the imputed income – a tax for employees who receive benefits or […] More…

Jaguar has presented the new model year of the F-Pace. The battery of the PHEV variant F-Pace P400e, which can be charged to 80 per cent in 30 minutes with up to 35 kW DC, now has an energy content of 19.2 kWh, which should give it a range of 65 km (40 miles) of […] More…

Mahindra has announced an electric vehicle manufacturing facility in Pune in the Indian state of Maharashtra and plans to invest the equivalent of Rs. 1.14 billion for the purpose over a period of seven to eight years. The investment of Rs. 10,000 crore (approx. €1,137,700) will be accompanied by an industrial promotion programme for electric […] More…

Opel/Vauxhall is now bringing the new electric drive generation from the Astra Electric to the electric Mokka. The small SUV has been renamed from Mokka-e to Mokka Electric and now comes with a range of over 406 kilometres (252 miles) according to WLTP. The drive of the Mokka Electric is an evolution of the previous […] More…

On the way to a purely electric vehicle range by the end of the decade, Mercedes-Benz has now made important decisions for drive production. This means that it has been decided in which plants the drive units and battery systems will be assembled. After Mercedes had determined the production order of the vehicle plants for […] More…

It looks as if Honda could get ahead even of Tesla when it comes to in-car entertainment. New reports suggest that the company is working with Sony to take the Playstation 5 inside the EV. Fun aside, the suggestion actually stands on more serious grounds. After all, Sony and Honda founded a mobility joint venture […] More…

Hyundai is bringing its hydrogen fuel cell truck Xcient to Israel, its first market in the Middle East. The vehicles will form part of a partnership between Hyundai agency Colmobil, hydrogen producer Bazan and refuelling station operator Sonol. The aim is to form a hydrogen value chain in Israel, so Hyundai, if only a short […] More…

Italian electric motorbike brand Energica has launched sales of its high-performance motorbikes in Japan and Australia. The first electric motorcycles are scheduled to arrive in both countries in the first quarter of 2023. With this, Energica aims to strengthen its market position in the ASEAN region. There are already some Energicas on the road in […] More…

The Japanese industrial group Nidec has opened a development centre for its electric drive division in the Bulgarian capital Sofia. The main purpose of the centre is to develop inverters for vehicles and onboard chargers. At the time of the opening, Nidec Elesys RnD Europe Bulgaria employs 40 people. In the course of expansions, up […] More…

The US Forest Service is getting ready to decarbonise the fleet, which means replacing 17,000 vehicles by 2035 and nearly 9,000 commercial vehicles by 2027. The agency is, therefore, rigorously testing the Ford F-150 Lightning in a pilot that is the first of its kind. The pilot underway is to prepare the US Forest Service […] More…

French fuel cell truck developer Hylikko has signed a supply agreement with Forsee Power. Forsee will supply the battery systems for heavy hydrogen commercial vehicles. Specifically, Hyliko has chosen the Pulse 2.5 battery system, which is already used in the fuel cell vehicles of other manufacturers. As reported, Ballard Motive Solutions, a British subsidiary of […] More…

French fuel cell truck developer Hyliko has signed a supply agreement with Forsee Power. Forsee will supply the battery systems for heavy hydrogen commercial vehicles. Specifically, Hyliko has chosen the Pulse 2.5 battery system, which is already used in the fuel cell vehicles of other manufacturers. As reported, Ballard Motive Solutions, a British subsidiary of […] More…

The US electric car startup Rivian has opened its first location outside North America with a technology centre in the Serbian capital Belgrade. In the long term, 1,200 developers are to be employed there. The technology centre has now started with 200 engineers. In Serbia, the company primarily wants to push IT and software development. […] More…

EV charging companies 50five Group and NXT Mobility have signed an agreement to build a fast charging network in the Netherlands together. They envision running 150 to 200 locations by 2030, focusing on underserved areas. To install fast-charging hubs at sites with strained grids or low-voltage areas, they will use the battery-boosted systems by ADS-TEC […] More…

Zeekr has confidentially filed for a US public offering to raise over $1 billion in capital, according to inside sources. Zeekr lodged its filings with US regulators last week and is planning to go public in New York as early as the second quarter of 2023. The news comes after NEV sales in China reached […] More…

The Volkswagen Group and Enel X Way, Enel Group’s e-mobility arm, launched their equally-owned joint venture Ewiva today. Ewiva shall build a truly high-power charging network comprising 3,000 charge points in Italy. Plans for the joint venture first came to light as part of Volkswagen’s ‘New Auto’ strategy announced in July 2021 then still under […] More…

Ultium Cells, the General Motors joint venture with LG Energy Solutions (LGES), has received $2.5 billion through the US Department of Energy (DoE). Ultium Cells is reportedly working to set up at least three battery cell factories in the USA. The Loan Programs Office of the DoE announced the closing of the loan today. The […] More…

Volkswagen’s new North American CEO, Pablo Di Si, has announced in an interview that he wants to set up his business unit more independently. He wants to more than double the market share by 2030 with new electric SUVs that are to be different from the European models. As Di Si, who succeeded Scott Keogh, […] More…

According to an agency report, Toyota will present a new three-year plan to its suppliers in early 2023 as part of its electric strategy. With the new plan, the manufacturer wants to increase the competitiveness of its upcoming electric vehicle models, but is probably accepting delays for this. Reuters, citing Toyota insiders, reports that the […] More…