Volkswagen Group of America has entered into a wide-ranging collaboration with recycling start-up Redwood Materials, founded by former Tesla CTO JB Straubel, to establish a supply chain for recycling electric car batteries in the US. Redwood will work directly with the more than 1,000 Volkswagen Group of America (VWGoA) dealers to collect and recycle end-of-life […] More…

In China, 42 companies and three universities have developed an electric car that runs exclusively on solar energy. The small electric car has 8.1 square metres of solar panels that can generate up to 7.6 kWh of electricity on a sunny day. A range of 74.8 kilometres was reportedly tested. A video showed the concept […] More…

In Switzerland, the Regional Transport Authority of Baden-Wettingen (RVBW) in the Swiss canton of Aargau has ordered ten Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses for delivery next year. In addition to the electric solo buses, the order for Daimler Buses also includes the complete charging infrastructure at the depot, including the necessary conversions and charging management. RVBW’s three-door […] More…

Nordic public transport group Nobina has ordered more electric buses from Ebusco. The 19 Ebusco 3.0 12-metre electric buses on order are to be used by the Danish transport company Midtrafik in and around Horsens. Delivery is scheduled for mid-2023. The Ebusco 3.0 is the Dutch company’s latest model, first introduced in 2019. The 3.0 […] More…

The South Korean steel group Posco, which is very active in the field of battery materials for electric vehicles, has acquired Tera Technos, a Korean start-up for silicon anode materials, for the equivalent of around 37 million euros. Posco plans to start expanding Tera Technos’ production facilities this year and to sell silicon anode materials […] More…

SKC, a chemical company belonging to the South Korean conglomerate SK Group, has started building a factory in Poland for copper foils for use in electric vehicle batteries. Another plant in North America is being planned. The plant in the southern Polish city of Stalowa Wola is scheduled to start operation in the second half […] More…

The German manufacturer Voith is expanding its eMobility portfolio. At the IAA Transportation this year, the conversion expert plans to present a “Plug & Drive” H2 storage system suitable for heavy-duty commercial vehicles. There is also a new variant of the Voith Electrical Drive System (VEDS) for heavy electric trucks. According to Voith, its H2 […] More…

The Californian electric car start-up Canoo has announced a large order from Walmart. The US retail giant has signed a binding agreement with Canoo to buy 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles, starting with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), a cargo variant of the Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle. The contract includes the option to buy up to 10,000 […] More…

The English bus manufacturer Mellor has entered into a sales partnership for its battery-electric buses in Germany and Austria. The Hamburg-based company Jebsen & Jessen Industrial Solutions will take over the sales and service of Mellor’s electric buses in both countries. Together, Mellor and Jebsen & Jessen want to offer their customers a “holistic e-mobility […] More…

The Canadian government has launched the new Incentives for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicles (IMHZEV) Program. The $550 million programme will run for four years, starting on July 11 and will provide purchase incentives worth around 50% of the price difference between an electric vehicle and a combustion vehicle. With the launch of the new […] More…

The battery-electric Opel Vivaro-e is now also available as a flatbed truck with folding side and rear walls. The flatbed version of the Vivaro-e equipped with the 50 kWh or 75 kWh battery is built by the certified Opel partner Schoon Fahrzeugsysteme & Metalltechnik. The medium-high platform version is based on the so-called platform chassis, […] More…

Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions (Toshiba ESS) has entered into a partnership agreement with Echandia, a Swedish company engaged in the development, manufacture and sale of batteries and fuel cell systems for maritime applications. The partnership will focus on the development of fuel-cell technology combined with batteries to accelerate electrification of the maritime sector. The […] More…

In the USA, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is set to launch a new pilot program that aims to help small trucking fleets make the transition to zero-emission technologies. The Innovative Small e-Fleet pilot will focus on privately owned and nonprofit trucking fleets with 20 or fewer trucks and less than $15 million in […] More…

In California, USA, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Tesla have launched a new pilot program that creates a virtual power plant (VPP) to help support electric grid reliability. Customers who who contribute energy from their Tesla Powerwalls earn money from what they feed into the grid. Tesla has already invited approximately 25,000 PG&E […] More…

Ford is recalling more than 100,000 vehicles with hybrid or plug-in hybrid drive systems in the USA due to a fire hazard. The models affected are the Escape, Maverick and Corsair from the years 2020 to 2022 – however, the problem lies in the combustion part of the powertrain. In the event of an engine […] More…

Mercedes-Benz Cars sold 65,400 BEVs and PHEVs in the second quarter (incl. Smart). That is two per cent more than in the same quarter of the previous year. But: Within the electric vehicles, the purely battery-electric cars have made significant gains. In the same period, sales of purely electric EQ models rose by 90 per […] More…

In Belgium, the Flemish public transport company De Lijn is procuring the PSIebus charging and depot management system from German supplier PSI Transcom for its electric buses. The software package will control the charging processes of the electric buses and the movements of all buses in De Lijn’s depots. De Lijn says the contract is […] More…

Evolito, a Yasa spin-off specialising in motors and power electronics for electric flight applications, has acquired the battery specialist Electroflight. Evolito thus intends to offer its customers fully integrated powertrain and battery solutions from a single source in future. Through Yasa, Evolito is indirectly owned by Mercedes-Benz. The carmaker had taken over the British axial […] More…

Xing Mobility, a Taiwanese supplier of electric vehicle technologies, has introduced a new battery system with immersion cooling at the Battery Show Europe in Stuttgart. According to Xing, the Immersio XM25 is particularly well suited for heavy electrified vehicles used in logistics, construction, agriculture and mining. The Immersio XM25 combines a battery pack with a […] More…

Belgian materials technology and recycling group Umicore is investing in a PEM fuel cell catalyst production facility in China. Located in the northwest of Shanghai, the plant is expected to be operational by the end of 2024 and will be scalable to adapt to the growth of the H2 commercial vehicle market. According to Umicore, […] More…