Today, Audi has inaugurated its first charging hub at the exhibition in Nuremberg, Germany. The carmaker’s concept relies on battery buffers to deliver ultra-rapid charging using a standard 400-V connection and also offers an extended lounge area. The pilot location in Nuremberg sees Audi testing its new fast-charging concept announced in May in practice for […] More…

Daimler Truck has now delivered the first 20 electric buses with solid-state batteries as ordered by Bremen’s public transport operator BSAG. Another four eCitaro will arrive in Bremen in the coming weeks, while both sides have signed a contract for the delivery of 15 identical buses in 2022. Already when BSAG placed the order last […] More…

In Germany, Audi’s main plant in Ingolstadt will only produce electric cars from 2028. This means that the electric A6 successor will probably be built at the main plant rather than in Neckarsulm. These plans are quite ambitious seeing as the Ingolstadt plant hasn’t produced a single electric model to date. Within just three years, […] More…

Porsche is apparently planning a successor to its all-electric Panamera along with another electric model. These two models and the successor to the all-electric Macan are to be built at the carmaker’s Leipzig plant where Porsche is hiring additional personnel. In the most recent planning round, Volkswagen announced that “the synergies of the electric PPE […] More…

Nikola has delivered the first units of its Nikola Tre battery-electric truck in the USA. The vehicles went to logistics provider Total Transportation Services (TSSI), which serves the California Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. TSSI had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nikola in May to deliver a total of 100 BEV and […] More…

Nikola has delivered the first units of its Nikola Tre battery-electric truck in the USA. The vehicles went to logistics provider Total Transportation Services (TSSI), which serves the California Port of Los Angeles and Long Beach. TSSI had signed a memorandum of understanding with Nikola in May to deliver a total of 100 BEV and […] More…

Britain’s electric air taxi startup Vertical Aerospace made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after a blank-check SPAC deal valued at $2.2 billion got the go-ahead. It injects the company with 300 million in cash and has Vertical Aerospace looking to set up shop, perhaps in Ireland. However, first to the […] More…

General Motors announced deliveries of its first electric vehicles utilising the dedicated EV architecture Ultium. The US carmaker has handed over a GMC Hummer EV electric pickup truck and the first EV600 van from GM’s BrightDrop brand. FedEx is holding 500 of these vans on order. Both the pick-up truck and Brightdrop EV600 utilise GM’s […] More…

Ford’s commercial vehicle arm, Ford Pro, announced the launch of Ford Pro Charging, a solution for managing commercial electric vehicle charging. The fleet owners will receive software and commercial hardware infrastructure to support charging and energy management. Ford Pro Charging says it aims to be part of every fleet customer’s electrification journey by consulting on […] More…

Enel X has announced its expansion in the Canadian market as the company and agency partner Catalyst Sales and Marketing say they will expand EV charging solutions for multi-unit dwellings with Killam Apartment REIT, one of Canada’s largest multi-residential landlords. The plan is for Enel X to install 438 smart EV charging stations across Killam […] More…

Nova Bus, a Canadian subsidiary of Volvo Group, has announced its largest electric bus order to date. The North American manufacturer will supply four transit authorities in Quebec with a total of 24 e-buses starting in 2022. Nova Bus points out, this new order was part of a $30 million funding package coming through both […] More…

Barnet Council says they have secured over £3.5Mn (about €4.1Mn) in grant funding to deliver 500 on-street electric vehicle charge points by November 2022. The North London borough currently claims the second-highest EV ownership rate in London. The Office of Zero Emissions Vehicles (OZEV) grant will see the charge points installed in 34 of Barnet’s […] More…

ElringKlinger has announced it secured a contract with Piëch Engineering to supply battery prototypes for the all-electric high-end sports car GT planned by the Swiss-German manufacturer. The deal is worth a few million euros with ElringKlinger going to work as you read. More precisely, the project will initially cover a volume in the mid-single-digit million […] More…

Power management company Eaton has been awarded a grant of $4.9 million from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to reduce the cost and complexity of deploying DC electric vehicle charging infrastructure. During the three-year program, Eaton aims to develop and demonstrate a novel, compact and turnkey solution for DC fast-charging infrastructure that is meant […] More…

The location has now been chosen for the German battery cell factory planned for Cellforce Groupy – the joint venture between Porsche and Customcells. The industrial park lies across the districts of Reutlingen-Nord/Kirchentellinsfurt in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Building the Cellforce development and production facility for high-performance battery cells will start in 2022 and production […] More…

The location has now been chosen for the German battery cell factory planned for Cellforce Group, the battery joint venture between Porsche and Customcells. The industrial park lies across the districts of Reutlingen-Nord/Kirchentellinsfurt in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. Building the Cellforce development and production facility for high-performance battery cells will start in 2022 and production […] More…

Volkswagen of America has announced that it is now investing $20 million to support its more than 600 dealership partners to transform into “regional hubs of EV experience.” The idea of the program is to provide Volkswagen’s 50-state dealership network – which includes over 600 dealerships – with underlying EV infrastructures such as upgraded service […] More…

Nissan is now showing its former Bluebird model as a special all-electric model powered by the Nissan Leaf. The iconic, electrified car is unfortunately only a one-off to mark the 35th anniversary of production at the Sunderland plant. The old-new electric car has everything an electric car really needs. The iconic 80s car was converted […] More…

British electric vehicle developer Arrival has unveiled the first finished prototype of the Arrival Car, which is being developed with Uber for the ride-hailing business. Arrival will now begin testing the electric car and will incorporate feedback into the next design phase. The production of the vehicle was previously announced for the third quarter of […] More…

As announced, Nissan has now ended production at its plant in Barcelona. The electric Nissan e-NV200 van is now history after 49,000 units of e-NV200 were manufactured in Barcelona and exported globally. The van’s successor will be built in France. Nissan began production in Barcelona in 1983 with the Nissan Patrol. Since then, the plant […] More…