The Canadian company First Cobalt wants to build North America’s first factory complex for the production of battery materials specifically for electric vehicles. As part of the realignment, First Cobalt is renaming itself Electra Battery Materials. Electra Battery Materials (the name change is subject to shareholder approval) promises to make domestic battery-grade nickel and cobalt, […] More…

Australian mining company European Lithium is in the process of securing two promising lithium deposits in Ukraine, aiming to become the largest lithium supplier in Europe and an essential part of an integrated European battery supply chain. The two deposits, discovered and subsequently explored in the 1980s and 1990s, are located in Shevchenkivske in the […] More…

In New Zealand, Auckland Transport and bus operator NZ Bus have reached an agreement to put 152 more battery-electric buses on Auckland’s roads over the next four years. The first of the new electric buses are scheduled to enter service in October 2022. So far, 33 electric buses are already in operation in Auckland. In […] More…

Tesla has acquired Colorado-based battery start-up SiILion, according to a new patent for a silicon-based battery anode. Tesla is also planning a new factory in Canada to build battery production facilities. There were already rumours about the takeover of SilLion last year, but the deal was not confirmed. At that time, Tesla had hired some […] More…

In October, 368,000 new energy vehicles were sold in China, an increase over both the same month last year and the previous month. However, the best-selling NEV in October did not come from BYD or Tesla. The 368,000 NEVs in October represent an increase of 148.1 per cent compared to the same month last year […] More…

The British charging infrastructure company Connected Kerb has said it will install a total of 190,000 publicly accessible AC chargers in the UK by 2030. The company specialises in standard chargers with 7 to 22 kW for overnight street parking. The public chargers will require overall investments of up to 1.9 billion pounds (2.22 billion […] More…

A climate plan has now been drawn up by the Flemish regional government to phase out the sale of cars and vans with combustion engines in favour of electrically powered vehicles from 2029. This phase-out includes petrol, diesel and hybrid vehicles. The push is part of about 40 measures that the Belgian region of Flanders […] More…

The Irish government has presented a climate protection plan that also includes targets for electrification in the transport sector. A total of almost one million electric vehicles are to be on the country’s roads by 2030. According to the government in Dublin, 845,000 of these should be electrically powered passenger cars, 95,000 vans and 1,500 […] More…

Greece wants to ban the sale of new cars with combustion engines from 2030. This was announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis. As early as 2025, all new taxis and one third of rental cars in Athens and Thessaloniki will have to be electric. The planned phasing out of internal combustion vehicles is part of […] More…

The Chinese manufacturer BYD is closing its electric bus production facility in France. The first electric buses were produced at the BYD plant in Allonne near Beauvais in France at the end of 2018. Since the grand opening of the facility, however, only about 30 vehicles have left the production halls due to a lack […] More…

Canadian commercial vehicle manufacturer Vicinity Motor announces that it has received a letter of intent from Pioneer Auto Group, a retail automotive dealer in British Columbia, for 100 electric trucks worth about CAD 14 million (€9.7Mn/$11.1). Pioneer is a Canadian dealership group with 17 locations located chiefly throughout British Columbia and retails over 6,000 vehicles […] More…

New Flyer continues its winning streak in the US as the NFI subsidiary receives an order over 30 electric buses from Capital Metro Transportation Authority (CapMetro) in Austin, Texas. New Flyer says this was the largest ever electric bus procurement in the US, considering CapMetro’s option over 141 e-buses. Breaking down the order, New Flyer […] More…

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has been awarded a $6mn grant by the California Energy Commission to install one of the largest EV fleet charging systems in the US. The funding comes after the agency had announced to transition its entire fleet to electric in time for the Summer Olympics in 2028. The […] More…

Renault plans to build out the circular economy in Spain. As a supplement to the so-called Refactory at the French site in Flins, which readies EV components for reuse, Renault has now also announced such a Refactory for the plant in Seville, Spain. The French carmaker wants to build the Refactory in Seville between 2022 […] More…

The US Congress has passed a landmark $1tn (£741bn) infrastructure package, following the Senate’s earlier agreement. President Biden now only has to sign it into law, effectively freeing $15Bn in funding for electric transportation, after he had to make concessions. Specifically, the trillion-dollar package includes $7.5 billion for expanding electric vehicle charging infrastructure nationwide and […] More…

The transport company Go-Ahead has ordered its first fuel cell buses. The order from the Northern Irish manufacturer Wrightbus comprises 20 H2 buses of the type GB Kite Hydroliner in the greater London Gatwick Airport area from June 2022. Operation of the new Hydroliner fuel cell bus fleet will be done by the bus companies […] More…

Israeli battery developer StoreDot has been awarded a patent for a digital battery system that will enable electric car owners to access a constant range throughout the life of their vehicle. StoreDot says this is achieved through a combination of patented software and cell chemistry management. The digital battery system controls both the charging voltages […] More…

US start-up Wright Electric has announced plans for a 100-seat fully-electric regional jet that could take off from 2026. The electric aeroplane, named Wright Spirit, is an electric-powered version of the BAe 146 regional jet originally manufactured by BAE Systems. The Wright Spirit is based on a conversion of the four-engine aircraft, creating a retrofit […] More…

Together with partners, Citroën wants to transform the Greek island of Halki, located in the south-eastern Aegean Sea, into an emission-free, energy-autonomous eco-island. In the medium term, every vehicle on Halki is to be replaced by an electric car. With the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Greek government, the French embassy and […] More…

The electric motorbike manufacturer Zero Motorcycles presents new battery technology, software updates to increase performance and the new Zero SR for the new 2022 model year. The electric motorbikes of the 2022 model series are available to order now and are to be delivered successively to all Zero dealers. The new lithium-ion batteries feature an […] More…