The Chinese electric car manufacturer Leap Motor has filed for its IPO in Hong Kong and plans to launch eight new models by 2025. It is estimated that the listing on the Hong Kong stock exchange could bring the company at least one billion US dollars. The equivalent of around 900 million euros is to […] More…
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BYD delivers another 21 electric buses to Copenhagen
BYD has delivered 21 more electric buses to the Danish bus operator Anchersen. These are 13-metre-long new-generation low-entry electric buses that will be used on several lines of the public transport operator Movia in Copenhagen. The 13-metre buses with their LFP batteries are said to have a range of up to 300 kilometres. This is […] More…
Nissan & Enel build second-life storage in Melilla
In Spanish city of Melilla in North Africa, Nissan has teamed up with energy company Enel for a project on the second-life use of electric car batteries. Old batteries from Nissan electric cars have been integrated into a stationary storage system to improve grid stability. The storage system was installed at a conventionally operated power […] More…
Maserati to go fully electric by 2030
With the Italian car manufacturer Maserati, another Stellantis brand has announced its transformation into an all-electric car manufacturer. By 2025, Maserati will offer a fully electric version for all of its models and from 2030 will only sell electric cars. This makes it the first Italian luxury car brand to make this transition, according to […] More…
VW delays MEB production in Zwickau until April
Volkswagen’s electric car plant in Zwickau will not resume production until the beginning of April. The reason for this is the lack of cable harnesses from Ukraine, which could not be delivered due to Russia’s invasion of the neighbouring country. This was stated by production director Christian Vollmer. Previously there had been talk of a […] More…
Porsche confirms electric 718 successor
Porsche has now officially confirmed that it intends to offer its mid-engine 718 sports car exclusively in all-electric form by the middle of the decade. The sports car brand will also invest in its own HPC infrastructure. Porsche did not provide further details on the electric sports car during the announcement of its business figures […] More…
Tesla tyres taken in Germany
Vandalism at the Tesla site in Weiterstadt, Hesse: During the night from Friday (11.3) to Saturday (12.3), unknown persons stole the entire tyre sets from six Tesla vehicles. The hub caps were removed from five other Teslas and the panorama roof of another car was smashed. The police are still looking for witnesses. carscoops.com More…
eMobility update: Audi A6 Avant e-tron concept ++ More details on BMW i7 ++ Allego completes IPO in New York
Welcome to this eMobility Update. The news today: Audi presents A6 Avant e-tron concept ++ BMW readies i7 ahead of Auto China ++ Allego completes their IPO in New York ++ As this is a new format, we’d appreciate your feedback and are open to sponsorship and networking opportunities. #1 – Audi reveals A6 Avant […] More…
Queensland introduces EV purchase incentives
In the Australian state of Queensland, incentives have been introduced for the purchase of electric cars. The subsidy per car amounts to $3,000 Australian (around 2,000 euros) for new battery-electric cars that cost up to $58,000. The incentives were announced as the Queensland government released the new EV strategy Queensland Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy 2022-2032. […] More…
Moreno Valley electrifies school buses
In California, USA, 42 electric school buses and an EV charging infrastructure will be deployed with a project from InCharge Energy, Creative Bus Sales and IC Bus. The project has now been approved by the Moreno Valley Unified School District (MVUSD). The partners say that this initiative represents the largest electric school bus purchase in […] More…
London Borough of Sutton gets 113 charge points
The London Borough of Sutton is installing 113 new EV charging points across the borough. Sutton Council has teamed up with Siemens and their partner Ubitricity to provide new charging points which use electricity from existing lamp columns. Installation of the new points began in late 2021 and will be complete by the end of […] More…
ChargePoint provides Picnic with fleet solution
The US charging infrastructure provider ChargePoint has signed up another major customer for its expansion in Europe. The online supermarket Picnic, which operates in 200 cities in the Netherlands, Germany and France, is adopting ChargePoint’s cloud-based fleet charging solution for its electric delivery fleet. According to ChargePoint, Picnic will use ChargePoint’s software platform to manage […] More…
Volkswagen joins initiative for responsible mining
The Volkswagen Group has joined the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA). The initiative works to establish strict standards for the responsible mining of raw materials. IRMA is an alliance of non-governmental organisations, trade unions, affected local communities, investors, mine operators and raw materials customers, which claims to have more than 50 members. Volkswagen is […] More…
Eramet & Suez to build battery recycling plant in France
The mining group Eramet and the environmental services group Suez have presented plans to build a recycling factory for electric car batteries in France by 2024. Later, the material extracted there will also be processed on-site. Eramet already produces large quantities of nickel and manganese, but primarily for the steel sector – for example from […] More…
Fleetzero develops battery-swapping for ships
The US start-up Fleetzero has developed an interesting concept for the electrification of shipping. Electric ships are to receive batteries stowed in freight containers and make more stops at smaller ports, where the empty batteries are handed in and only so many new ones are picked up to take the electric ships to their next […] More…
Mini to bring back the Paceman as an electric crossover model
The BMW brand Mini is planning a revival of the Paceman as an electric crossover for 2024. However, the name is the only thing the new Paceman will share with the combustion model built between 2013 and 2016. The aforementioned combustion model was a small SUV coupé based on the Mini Countryman, but was only […] More…
Tesla secures water supply in Brandenburg
Tesla can continue with the production ramp-up at Giga Berlin as planned. According to media reports, the Strausberg-Erkner Water Association (WSE) will not terminate the supply contract as threatened in the meantime. As the Berliner Zeitung writes, there was a meeting on Wednesday afternoon between WSE boss André Bähler and the head of water at the […] More…
BMW presents additional data for the i7
BMW will present its electric flagship i7 at Auto China in Beijing on 20 April – and with it the new 7 Series. In advance, the manufacturer has shown the first teaser images of the uncloaked i7 and revealed some details. According to BMW’s chief development officer Frank Weber, the all-electric i7 will be the […] More…
Hyundai opens automobile plant in Indonesia
Hyundai has opened its first vehicle plant in Indonesia. The factory in Cikarang is the first Hyundai plant in Southeast Asia to also produce battery-electric vehicles. Specifically, this will initially be the Ioniq 5, with a battery cell factory to follow. The vehicle plant in Cikarang is located 40 kilometres east of the capital Jakarta […] More…
Audi presents near-series A6 e-tron estate concept
Audi has presented the electric estate concept A6 Avant e-tron. The near-production concept is intended to provide a preview of the production model planned for 2024 – one year after the sedan. That same saloon, the Audi A6 e-tron, had its premiere as a concept in April 2021 – and at that time already bore […] More…