Rivian has decided to build its planned second US plant to the east of Atlanta, in the state of Georgia. Once completed, the plant should be able to produce up to 400,000 electric vehicles per year. Construction is scheduled to begin in the summer of 2022 and production is to start in 2024. The plant […] More…

Marelli Electric Powertrain Strasbourg, a joint venture established in May between automotive supplier Marelli and transmission manufacturer Punch, has received its first series order for electric axles from an unnamed OEM. The ordered drive system will be developed, tested and manufactured by the joint venture in Strasbourg, France. Production is scheduled to start in 2024. […] More…

In the UK, Dobbies Garden Centres has announced a partnership with Gridserve to provide electric vehicle chargers at locations throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The agreement initially covers 30 ‘Destination Electric Hubs’ installed at Dobbie’s car parks. Each of these will have up to 12 high-power charge points with connectors to support “all […] More…

Lion Electric has received a conditional purchase order for 200 all-electric LionC school buses from Langs Bus Lines in Ontario, Canada. Deliveries should begin gradually in 2022, through to 2026. Langs Bus Lines Limited operates over 600 school buses and minibuses throughout Southern Ontario. The bus operator is already familiar with Lion Electric buses. Langs […] More…

BYD has delivered 20 21-ton electric trucks to Mexican beer maker Grupo Modelo. The Mexican beer maker has already ordered another 20 electric trucks from BYD and says it plans to add a total of 500 electric trucks to its fleet over the next two years. BYD will also supply the company with electric forklifts. […] More…

Korean electric bus manufacturer Edison Motors has signed an agreement with the NY-based hygrogen fuell cell specialist Plug Power to develop and bring to market a hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric city bus. Plug Power’s 125kW ProGen fuel cell system will provide power to Edison Motors’ electric bus platform. Edison Motors has tentatively named the upcoming […] More…

What happens to a battery-powered truck when the thermometer reads -25° C and strong winds are blowing? To find out, Volvo Trucks has completed winter tests with its upcoming 44-tonne FH Electric in the far north of Sweden – and introduced a preconditioning function in response. The FH Electric is one of three new electric […] More…

Daimler Truck, the Traton Group and the Volvo Group have now signed a binding agreement to establish the joint venture that they had announced in July. The aim is to establish and operate a public charging network for battery-electric heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches in Europe. The joint venture, which will be headquartered in Amsterdam, […] More…

The South Korean steel company Posco is investing 830 million US dollars in a new lithium factory in Argentina. This is to be built near the salt lake Salar del Hombre Muerto in northern Argentina from the first half of 2022. When completed in the first half of 2024, it is expected to have a […] More…

The South Korean steel company Posco is investing 830 million US dollars in a new lithium factory in Argentina. This is to be built near the salt lake Salar del Hombre Muerto in northern Argentina from the first half of 2022. When completed in the first half of 2024, it is expected to have a […] More…

According to the current planning round, Audi wants to invest 18 billion euros in electrification alone from 2022 to 2026. In the last planning round a year ago, Audi had put the investment in electrification for the years 2021 to 2025 at 15 billion euros. The Ingolstadt company always concludes its planning round shortly after […] More…

US-based eMobility startup Canoo and Dutch company VDL have terminated their talks about the planned contract manufacturing of Canoo’s debut electric Lifestyle Vehicle in the Netherlands. Canoo has now officially confirmed this. The background to this is presumably that Rivian could not only use the Dutch production plant VDL NedCar for production itself in future, […] More…

The solar car start-up Lightyear has revealed further data on its already announced second model. The new model, with which Lightyear is targeting the mass market and whose production is to begin in 2024 or 2025, will be called Lightyear Two and is to be offered from as little as 30,000 euros. The Dutch start-up, […] More…

Fiat has presented the ‘New Scudo’ announced at the end of October and opened the order books for the electric transporter. After the Ducato, the New Scudo is the second commercial vehicle from Fiat Professional that is also available in an electric version. The drive of the BEV variant New Scudo is well known from […] More…

Soon, all electric models in VW’s ID. series will roll off the production line with a new software version that will bring advantages when charging. Most of the updates will be applied “over the air” to vehicles that have already been delivered. With the 77 kWh battery, the maximum charging power increases from 125 to […] More…

On Saturday evening, there was a serious accident with a Tesla Model 3 in Paris in which one person died and 20 others were injured. A taxi driver lost control of the car during a private ride. According to the driver, the pedal jammed. According to Tesla, a remote data evaluation of data did not […] More…

The Bucharest-based energy company OMV Petrom is expanding its charging network in Southeastern Europe. The Romanian oil company plans to install a total of around 100 fast and ultra-fast charging stations at its service stations in Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Serbia by the end of 2022. The bulk of the charging stations are to be […] More…

In Germany, the energy giant EnBW has now officially opened one of the largest fast-charging sites in Europe at Kamener Kreuz. This is where up to 52 electric cars can charge simultaneously and with up to 300 kilowatts of peak power. The new charging park services the Kamener Kreuz, which is an intersection located in […] More…

Australian charging station manufacturer Tritium has signed a new global framework agreement with Shell to supply DC charging stations. Tritium has been supplying Shell with fast charging stations since 2020 and has now also been selected in Shell’s latest tender. Neither company has disclosed the scope of the order. Tritium simply says: “This agreement is […] More…

The British government has again adjusted its electric car subsidy downwards. Both the subsidy rate and the price cap for eligible electric cars have been slightly reduced. There are also new subsidy rules for other electric vehicle types such as vans, motorbikes and mopeds. After the subsidy for the purchase of electric cars was already […] More…