Vietnamese electric car startup VinFast has announced another battery development collaboration, this time with Israeli company StoreDot. VinFast wants access to the Israelis’ fast-charging batteries – and potentially to manufacture batteries itself. VinFast had already recently agreed to cooperate with Volkswagen’s battery partner Gotion High-Tech on the development and production of LFP cells. Together with […] More…

U.S. startup Nuro, which specializes in autonomous electric vehicles, announces the construction of a production facility in southern Nevada. Nuro states the capacity of the future plant as “tens of thousands of delivery vehicles”. For production, Nuro is enlisting support from BYD North America. Construction on the manufacturing facility is scheduled to begin in the […] More…

Bus builder Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has received an order from the Liverpool City Region to deliver 20 fuel cell buses. It is the first contract for the new H2.0 generation ADL presented in March. The hydrogen bus utilises fuel cell technology from Ballard and Voith. The 20 ADL Enviro400FCEV buses are being directly purchased […] More…

The Dutch EV robotic charging solution specialist Rocsys has announced the opening of a new office in the United States. This will help pave the way towards building business in the continental Americas. The new office in Portland will be the company’s second location and will allow Rocsys to serve the customers within the region […] More…

South Korean company Posco has started producing high-purity nickel for electric car battery cells. The factory in Gwangyang is expected to reach an annual nickel production of 20,000 tons by 2023, enough for 500,000 electric vehicles. The factory itself is operated by SNNC, a subsidiary of Posco. A wet refining process will increase the nickel […] More…

Geely’s premium electric car brand Zeekr has raised a total of 500 million US dollars from external investors – the equivalent of about 424 million euros. The five strategic investors include the Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL. Zeekr signed investment partnerships with Intel Capital, CATL, Bilibili, the Cathay Fortune Group and Boyu Capital to “expand […] More…

The electric car manufacturer Rivian has filed its documents for an IPO with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Furthermore, Rivian wants to carry out the IPO on its own and not, like many other eMobility companies, merge with an exchange shell. Rivian could expect a valuation of around 70 to 80 billion dollars […] More…

Volkswagen will produce and sell its ID.3 electric model in China in the future. The China ID.3 will be produced by SAIC-VW together with the ID.4 X and ID.6 X in Anting and will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year. Volkswagen has thus officially confirmed rumours that had been circulating for some […] More…

The 24 electric buses ordered by the transport company HEAG mobilo about a year ago have now been put into operation in Darmstadt. The battery technology of the 24 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro, eleven solo and 13 articulated buses, is based on second-generation nickel-manganese-cobalt cells (NMC). The new fleet addition is an important part of HEAG mobilo […] More…

Renault’s mobility brand Mobilize presents an all-electric sedan for individual passenger transport by limousine and taxi services. The Mobilize Limo will be offered in selected international markets at flex rates as a complete mobility and service package to commercial and private ride services. The world premiere of the electric car will take place on 8 […] More…

Charging specialist Tritium has announced a strategic partnership with power electronics company Solcon Industries. Solcon Industries thus becomes an official channel partner and service provider for Tritium and is to help meet the growing demand for charging infrastructure in Israel and Palestine. The partnership is announced just after the July 24 announcement by the Israeli […] More…

Ford Performance has announced an electric crate motor designed to make EV conversions easy. Dubbed Eluminator, it will be unveiled at the annual SEMA show in Las Vegas this autumn. The electric motor itself comes from the Ford Mustang Mach-E GT can be ordered online for 3,900 US dollars. At first, not much is known […] More…

The American/Chinese startup Faraday Future is aligning itself to boost production and sales in the USA. A cooperation with installation provider Qmerit will help with charging, while the board of directors has a new chair. Further, Faraday is planning to significantly expand their workforce. Faraday’s cooperation with Qmerit is aimed to “support future FF 91 […] More…

The Polish bus manufacturer Solaris has received two smaller orders for electric buses from Spain. A total of six battery-electric buses are to be delivered to Martorell and the Basque Country by the end of 2022. pecifically, the Municipality of Martorell (Ayuntamiento de Martorell) has ordered two Urbino 8.9 LE electric. Martorell is located near […] More…

The Swedish company Candela Speedboat has presented its new electric hydrofoil C-8. Based on the Candela C-7, the manufacturer calls the C-8 the “iPhone moment for electric boats” and wants to bring them to large-scale production. As a reminder, the previous model, known as the C-7 or Seven, had a range of 92 kilometres at […] More…

CATL wants to take a ten per cent stake in Chinese cobalt miner Jinchuan Group International Resources and secure at least 3,000 tonnes of cobalt per year, according to a media report. CATL, however, denies this. Reuters news agency had reported on Thursday, citing insiders, that both CATL and Huayou Cobalt were each to acquire […] More…

Mercedes-Benz has presented a locally developed electric bus chassis in Brazil called eO500U. It features a low-floor design and can accommodate bodies up to 13.2 metres long. The chassis is expected to offer a range of 250 km and will be available from 2022. Mercedes-Benz is primarily targeting markets in South America with the electric […] More…

The financially troubled electric car start-up Lordstown Motors has appointed a new CEO, Daniel Ninivaggi. Previously, Steve Burns had stepped down as CEO and Julio Rodriguez as CFO. Daniel Ninivaggi is now to drive the series production and market launch of the Endurance electric pickup truck and raise additional capital, according to Lordstown. Ninivaggi himself […] More…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer Xpeng has presented its business figures for the second quarter of 2021. Deliveries climbed to 17,398 vehicles from April to June, an increase of 439 per cent compared to the previous year. Xpeng also announced plans to release at least two new models every year from 2023. Along with the […] More…

In the third public participation in the approval procedure for Tesla’s planned vehicle factory in Grünheide, 395 new objectors raised objections to the planned Gigafactory. A new public hearing will therefore be necessary. The Brandenburg State Office for the Environment has decided to schedule another hearing to discuss the objections. The date this time will […] More…