Hubject has announced a cooperation with Free To X, a startup of Autostrade per l’Italia Group founded in March 2021. Free To X says it will extend its HPC infrastructure along Italian highways to a large number of electric car drivers within Hubject’s Intercharge network. Free To X says it is building one of the […] More…

California-based Karat Packaging, a manufacturer of disposable food products, has ordered ten Tesla Semis. The order is part of Karat Packaging’s plan to expand its logistics offerings geographically from its existing distribution centres in Texas, New Jersey and South Carolina, and to continue expanding in California. Karat Packaging says it currently has 86 trucks and […] More…

Spanish utility Endesa is partnering with Spanish petroleum company Cepsa (Compañía Española de Petróleos) to develop what they say will be the largest interoperable HPC network for electric cars in Spain and Portugal. Cepsa says it will build a network of 150-kW charging points on all corridors and main roads, complementing Endesa X’s existing HPC […] More…

The German standards testing company TÜV SÜD has announced that it will invest 44 million US dollars in an approximately 7,400 square meter test facility for electric vehicle batteries near Detroit in the US state of Michigan. This is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2023 and will create 40 jobs. The testing […] More…

The German engineering company Manz has received an order from Britishvolt to supply machines for the first expansion stage of the factory being built in Northumberland in northern England. Britishvolt intends to manufacture lithium-ion cells there with an initial volume of four GWh. Manz has said that the order volume for this first expansion stage […] More…

The Norwegian hydrogen storage specialist Hexagon Purus has been contracted by two major truck manufacturers in North America to deliver complete vehicle integration of two hydrogen-powered class 8 trucks. Hexagon Purus will assemble the trucks with zero-emission systems and deliver the complete trucks. For the assembly of the trucks, Hexagon Purus will integrate an electric […] More…

BYD is now introducing its range of electric vans and trucks to the Hungarian market. These include the ETP3 van and the ETM6 truck, which can be ordered there now and are scheduled for delivery in 2022. Sales in Hungary will be handled by the partner Eurotrade. This also includes customer service, aftersales and spare […] More…

Under the title Project Arrow, Canadian automotive suppliers are planning an electric SUV that will be developed and built entirely in Canada. The first drivable prototype is scheduled for 2023, with series production starting in 2025. The plan is to produce around 60,000 units per year. Apart from the fact that it is to be […] More…

Polestar is developing a new electric motor and battery pack with an 800-volt system, according to a media report. The drive system, which is to be used exclusively by Polestar, could make its debut in the Polestar 5. The news was broken by Polestar’s American unit head Gregor Hembrough. The electric motor, developed under the […] More…

The Government of Canada is funnelling more money into its Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles (iZEV) programme. An additional $73 million will be added to Transport Canada’s budget to offer purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles until the end of March 2022, when the next federal budget is due. The programme was originally launched in 2019, with […] More…

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL has started production at its largest plant to date in Fuding near Ningde in Fujian province, which is to offer an annual capacity of 120 GWh when completed. The first phase, which has now started, is said to have a capacity of 60 GWh per year. The Fuding plant […] More…

The Czech Republic’s new head of government, Petr Fiala, has announced his opposition to the EU Commission’s planned de facto ban on internal combustion vehicles from 2035. “This is unacceptable and the Czech Republic will seek allies in Europe to prevent it,” said the prime minister. The ministers’ response does not show a high degree […] More…

EV fleet and infrastructure start-up Gravity has launched the first electric cars in a fleet of all-electric NYC yellow taxis. Gravity’s Ford Mustang Mach E is the first to ever serve as an NYC taxi. The company intends to deploy a fleet of at least 50 cabs made up of the Mach E and the […] More…

BYD has just delivered what BYD says is the largest local pure electric fleet of passenger vehicles to Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in Manila in the Philippines. The first 11 delivered electric vehicles included the T3 and the e2 models, and it is expected that BYD will finish delivering a total of 18 units in […] More…

Hyzon Motors has become the exclusive vendor for hydrogen fuel cell trucks for the Dutch refuse collection company Geesinknorba. Under the agreement, 300 trucks or more are to be supplied by Hyzon during the three-year contract. The first trucks are destined for Barcelona where Geesinknorba has been contracted to provide zero-emission trucks. Geesinknorba already deploys […] More…

In the last week, the Dutch electric bus company Ebusco delivered a total of 25 electric buses to Transdev in Frankfurt and to Nobina in Copenhagen. Another two electric buses were handed over to Stadtwerke München where yet another major order was made. In Denmark, public transport operator Nobina will now utilise the 13 Ebusco […] More…

Goldhofer has delivered the first customer vehicle of the towbar-less electric aircraft tractor Phoenix E to Lufthansa LEOS in Frankfurt. The model was tested at Munich Airport, among other places. The Phoenix E has been in use in Munich since January 2021, and further tests took place in Vienna, Zurich and Los Angeles, according to […] More…

BYD is massively expanding its battery production capacities in China. An investment agreement was signed with the municipal government of Fuzhou in China’s Jiangxi province to build a new battery production facility for electric vehicles. According to the agreement, BYD will invest eight billion yuan (about 1.11 billion euros) in a factory with an annual […] More…

The Swiss commodities company Blackstone Resources has raised 50 million Swiss francs, the equivalent of 48 million euros, through a partial sale of a subsidiary in its precious metals division. Blackstone plans to use the money to further develop and expand its battery metals and lithium projects. “For this sale of a minority stake, we […] More…

The British company Innervated Vehicle Engineering (IVE) is developing a small van with fuel cell propulsion, which is to go into production in 2024. The IndiGo, with a payload of 1.5 tonnes, will have a range of up to 900 kilometres. The van has a permissible total weight of 3.5 tonnes, which means it can […] More…