Renault has unveiled the all-electric Mégane at the IAA. The compact car with the full name Mégane E-TECH Electric will go on sale in two drive variants and with two battery options. As the first electric car on Renault’s CMF EV platform, it marks the start of a new generation of vehicles for the French […] More…

At the IAA Mobility, Mercedes presented a near-production study of an electric G-Class. The Concept EQG is even supposed to surpass the legendary combustion engine model in some areas of off-road capability. For customers with an affinity for luxury, on the other hand, Mercedes is presenting another study in Munich. The fact that there will […] More…

With the Concept #1 at the IAA Mobility in Munich, Smart gives a concrete preview of the first series model of the new all-electric vehicle generation. Instead of a small electric two-seater, there will be an SUV model from Smart in the future. It is already known that Smart is making a completely new start: […] More…

A few months before the sales launch, Skoda has revealed more details about the Enyaq iV Coupé. However, the SUV coupé of the well-known MEB battery-electric car will only be launched in three of the five drive variants of its SUV brother. Specifically, these are the Enyaq Coupé iV 60, 80 and 80x. The 60 […] More…

Twitter user Pepe Lucho recently made the rare discovery of a General Motors EV1 hiding in plain sight, parked outside behind Howard University’s school of engineering in Washington, D.C. The EV1 was leased to customers in California and a few other locations between 1998 and 2003. Customers that actually drove an EV1 generally gave positive […] More…

The topic of e-mobility security takes centre stage on Juice World Charging Day 2021. Juice Technology, which is known for innovative charging solutions and has dominated the market for mobile 22 kW charging stations for years with the Juice Booster 2, is giving the rather mundane chapter a cool cyberpunk touch. The recently opened “Happening […] More…

The topic of e-mobility security takes centre stage on Juice World Charging Day 2021. Juice Technology, which is known for innovative charging solutions and has dominated the market for mobile 22 kW charging stations for years with the Juice Booster 2, is giving the rather mundane chapter a cool cyberpunk touch. The recently opened “Happening […] More…

Mercedes is presenting the AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+ at the IAA Mobility in Munich. The AMG version of the electric luxury sedan is in the performance class of a Porsche Taycan Turbo S and aims to score with both dynamics and luxurious ambience. The Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 4MATIC+ is the first battery-electric production model from […] More…

Mercedes has presented the EQE in the run-up to the IAA Mobility. The electric counterpart to the E-Class shares both the platform and basic design features with the larger EQS. The EQE is aimed at the lucrative company car market. Mercedes itself speaks of the new “business avant-garde”. With a length of 4.94 metres, the […] More…

The Polish electric bus manufacturer has just completed an order by delivering 14 electric buses to municipal operator PKM Sosnowiec in the Polish city of Sosnowiec. The order includes 9 Urbino 12 electric solo buses and 5 articulated Urbino 18 electric units as well as charging infrastructure. In terms of the charging infrastructure, the delivery […] More…

The two charging specialists aim to help provide better urban charging opportunities for fleet drivers in the UK who do not have access to their own parking and charging opportunities at home, which is suspected to be a large hurdle for EV adoption. The idea behind the concept is not complicated: FleetCharge, the new off-street […] More…

Nissan opens the order books for its all-electric crossover model Ariya in Norway on 9 September. All other European countries are to follow “in the coming months”. Deliveries are scheduled to start in summer 2022. “Nissan has led electrification for over 10 years and we can’t wait to get customers behind the wheels of our […] More…

Mercedes has delivered a new variant of the eCitaro to Switzerland. With the use of charging rails, the electric bus is supposed to be able to drive around Zurich airport for up to 22 hours and 370 kilometres a day. By charging rails, Mercedes means a top-down pantograph: unlike the solution offered by Mercedes simply […] More…

EKPO Fuel Cell, the joint venture between ElringKlinger and Plastic Omnium, is shining the spotlight on various next-generation fuel cell stack platforms at next week’s IAA Mobility. They are said to feature an improved design and higher performance. EKPO will exhibit a total of three different stack platforms in Munich. “The stacks set international standards […] More…

The EV conversion specialist Pepper Motion (formerly e-troFit) has concretised its plans to serve new electric commercial vehicles in the future. The first variants are to go into series production as early as spring 2022. When e-troFit was renamed Pepper Motion, the company had already announced that “new vehicles in the commercial vehicle sector under […] More…

BMW presents an electric two-wheeler concept in Munich that is somewhere between a motorbike and a scooter. In the course of the IAA, the Munich-based company will also announce the licensing of its e-bike/e-trek scooter duo presented in July to partner companies Cube and SoFlow. First of all, the new two-wheeler concept: the ‘BMW Motorrad […] More…

Valmet Automotive has received a second order to produce batteries for the battery plant in Salo, Finland. The new order will expand production at the Salo plant to include high-voltage batteries. So far, the Salo plant has mainly assembled 48-volt batteries for corresponding hybrid vehicles. Valmet does not specify whether the high-voltage batteries from the […] More…

A few weeks after the ‘Skysphere Concept’ electric cabrio, Audi has presented another concept study. The’”Grandsphere Concept’ is a 5.35-metre-long luxury saloon with an electric drive system and semi-autonomous driving functions. The German company even speaks of a “private jet for the road”. Right from the start, Audi makes it clear that the luxury concept […] More…

BMW has struck a deal with Marvel Studios for the iX3 to star in “Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings” coming to global cinemas as you read. The BMW iX3’s integration in the new Marvel movie coincides with the launch of the updated model. The update itself mostly features design updates on the […] More…

People in Singapore may now book an electric cab as local taxi company Strides Taxis takes delivery of 15 electric cars. The China-made MG 5 vehicles are the first of a total of 300 to arrive in the city-state by the end of the year. Strides Taxis and distributor Eurokar had scored a $30 million […] More…