Faraday Future has unveiled the version of its first model planned for series production. Production of the FF 91 is scheduled to begin in Hanford, California, in the third quarter of 2022. According to the company, they have reached the fourth of a total of seven milestones on the way to the start of production: […] More…

Stellantis gave new details on its electrification strategy when presenting its 2021 financials. What is new is that Fiat and Abarth will become pure BEV brands in Europe from 2027. Fiat had previously given a rough time window of between 2025 and 2030 for this. At the time, the reasoning was that Fiat would then […] More…

The Californian electric car startup Lucid Motors has to announce the first small recall a few months after the start of deliveries of its debut model Air: There is a possibility that a part of the suspension was improperly assembled by the supplier. Lucid calculates that about one per cent of the 203 potentially affected […] More…

US electric truck maker Atlis Motor Vehicles announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with a U.S. Military supplier to jointly design and produce new technology to convert military vehicles such as gasoline or diesel-powered High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) into electric vehicles. Under the agreement, the technology can be sold to third-party customers, […] More…

The Geely brand Lotus wants to float its technology division Lotus Technology on the stock market in the next twelve to 24 months to raise capital for its electric campaign. It has not yet been decided whether the IPO will be carried out in Asia, London or New York, while the type of IPO is […] More…

US American drive system builder Cummins has announced its intention to acquire supplier Meritor for around USD 3.7 billion. The transaction still has to be approved by shareholders and is expected to be completed by the end of 2022. Specifically, an agreement calls for Cummins to pay $36.50 in cash per Meritor share, for a […] More…

Harley-Davidson is planning a second model called Del Mar for its electric motorbike brand LiveWire for the second quarter of 2022. As a more affordable model below the LiveWire One, the Del Mar is to be based on a new platform called Arrow, which has a special technical feature. As Harley CEO Jochen Zeitz recently […] More…

The Canadian commercial vehicle manufacturer Vicinity Motor has signed a sales and marketing agreement with Ontario-based auto sales, leasing & upfitting firm Paradigm with an initial CAD$12.0 million order for 100 VMC 1200 Class 3 electric trucks. Furthermore, Paradigm has also been appointed to act as Vicinity’s exclusive dealer in the Hamilton and Niagara regions […] More…

The charging infrastructure provider GreenWay, which has so far been active primarily in Poland and Slovakia, has secured investments totalling 85 million euros. The money is to be used, among other things, for the further expansion of GreenWay’s charging station network. GreenWay signed a funding agreement with Helios Energy Investments and Generation Capital (GC). The […] More…

The Swedish technology company Einride has ordered 200 8TT electric trucks from BYD for use in the USA. The vehicles will be assembled in Lancaster, California, and are to be delivered successively in the coming months. According to BYD, the order is the largest of its kind outside of Asia, with the first vehicles to […] More…

Dacia will launch a new electric subcompact car that will replace the brand’s Dacia Spring in 2024. Whereby the Dacia Spring was only launched in 2021. The announcement was made at the Renault Group’s annual press conference. It is already quite clear that the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance – and thus also the budget brand Dacia, which […] More…

Nissan has given its first mass-produced electric vehicle a facelift. The new Leaf 2022 is being released to herald in the new model year. The new Leaf comes with new colours and rims, among other new elements. The new Nissan Leaf will be available in Germany from 1 April at prices starting at 29,990 euros. […] More…

The German top manager Michael Lohscheller has joined Nikola Motor. The US manufacturer of battery and fuel cell trucks has appointed Lohscheller as president of the company. The former Opel CEO and short-term head of Vietnamese automotive start-up VinFast will report to CEO Mark Russell as president of Nikola. Nikola says that in his new […] More…

Volkswagen wants to take Porsche public. The rumours that had been circulating for some time have now been officially confirmed by Porsche SE. Volkswagen could use the proceeds of a Porsche IPO to finance the development of new electric models, among other things. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, which holds a 53 per cent majority stake […] More…

Volkswagen wants to take Porsche public. The rumours that had been circulating for some time have now been officially confirmed by Porsche SE. Volkswagen could use the proceeds of a Porsche IPO to finance the development of new electric models, among other things. Porsche Automobil Holding SE, which holds a 53 per cent majority stake […] More…

One of the goals in the series development of the all-electric BMW i7 is to keep as much disturbing noise away from the occupants as possible. BMW has now provided some details about the corresponding test programme on acoustic test benches specially designed for electromobility. For the clientele who afford a premium saloon, it is […] More…

In the UK, the English charging infrastructure provider InstaVolt now has a new owner: Zouk Capital has sold InstaVolt to the investor EQT Infrastructure. InstaVolt currently operates around 700 DC charging points with 50 kW capacity. The new owner EQT Infrastructure says they have committed to invest in the accelerated roll-out of InstaVolt charging points […] More…

US manufacturer Kenworth has just announced its largest electric truck order to date. Jack Khudikyan, owner of the logistics companies AJR Trucking and MDB Transportation, has ordered 25 electric trucks from Kenworth. The trucks now on order are 15 Kenworth T680E and ten Kenworth K270E. AJR Trucking, a contractor of the United States Postal Service, […] More…

The sharing provider Tier Mobility is bringing 1,500 e-bikes onto the streets of Berlin, Germany. At the same time, Tier is starting electric kick-scooter sharing services to Brussels in Belgium. In Berlin at the start of this week, Tier is initially providing 400 e-bikes, after which the electric bicycle fleet will be gradually expanded to […] More…

Twelve electric buses will be joining the fleet in the Australian capital Canberra this year. In addition, a tender for another 90 electric buses will be launched, which will run until the beginning of March. Of the first twelve electric buses, eight will be built by the Chinese manufacturer Yutong and four by the Australian […] More…