BYD North America has unveiled two next-generation battery-electric heavy-duty trucks; the ‘Gen3 8TT’ and ‘6F’. The truck cabs were designed by Wolfgang Josef Egger, former Audi chief designer, and have up to 185kW CCS1 charging capability. The extended-range version of the 8TT and 6F offer a range of up to 200 miles on a charge. […] More…
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Bye Aerospace delivers three electric aircraft to Reykjavik
US manufacturer Bye Aerospace announces another order for its electric aircraft. The Reykjavik Flight Academy has signed a contract for the purchase of three all-electric eFlyer training aircraft. Specifically, these are two units of the two-seater eFlyer 2 and a four-seater eFlyer 4. In addition, the manufacturer and the Reykjavik Flight Academy are negotiating an […] More…
Tesla is looking for 4680 cell suppliers in China
Tesla is apparently looking for more suppliers to manufacture its 4680 battery cell in China. According to a Chinese media report, Tesla is already negotiating with several battery manufacturers in the country, such as the existing suppliers CATL and LG, but also with new suppliers. The information comes from the portal 36 Krypton, which refers […] More…
CALB to expand production capacities by 2025
The Chinese battery manufacturer CALB (China Lithium Battery Technology) has announced the expansion of its production capacities to 300 GWh by 2025. Among other things, the company is planning a new factory in Hefei with a capacity of 50 GWh. International carmakers could also benefit from this. As the company recently announced on its WeChat […] More…
Shell to finance Ubitricity charge points in the UK
Shell is to install 50,000 Ubitricity charging points in the UK by 2025. The transitioning oil producer acquired the Berlin-based charging infrastructure specialist Ubitricity earlier this year. Shell says it will assume part of the costs for the new charging points. Around 3,600 Ubitricity chargers are already installed in the UK. To reach the 50,000 […] More…
Mercedes presents first performance PHEV
With the Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S E Performance, Daimler has presented its first high-performance plug-in hybrid. The vehicle has a system output of 620 kW – the purely electric range, however, is just twelve kilometres. The Stuttgart-based company had already announced at the end of March that the Mercedes Performance subsidiary AMG was working on […] More…
VanMoof collects $128 million in financing
The Dutch e-bike manufacturer VanMoof has received another 128 million US dollars from investors – the equivalent of around 108.5 million euros. According to the company, this is “the largest Series C investment ever made for a European e-bike brand”. Together with the two previous funding rounds last year, VanMoof now has a funding pot […] More…
Ideanomics takes over Via Motors for electric trucks
Chinese-US fintech and sustainable transport company Ideanomics has acquired US electric utility vehicle manufacturer Via Motors for $450 million. This is Ideanomics’ fourth acquisition in the last 12 months in the electric mobility sector. Headquartered in New York with offices in Beijing, Guangzhou, and Qingdao, China, Ideanomics has invested heavily in zero-emission transport recently. The […] More…
Auckland gets three-axle BYD ALD electric bus
Alexander Dennis Limited (ADL) has delivered the first three-axle BYD ADL Enviro200EV XLB for New Zealand to launch customer Auckland Transport. BYD ADL electric buses for New Zealand will be built locally by ADL’s partner Kiwi Bus Builders on BYD chassis. The two bus makers say that the Enviro200EV XLB now arrived in Auckland, is […] More…
BYD adds to Link Transit electric bus fleet
In the USA, BYD has announced the delivery of two battery-electric 30-foot K7M-ER buses to Link Transit in Wenatchee, Washington. This brings the number of the agency’s zero-emission bus fleet to a total of 12. The BYD electric buses have been manufactured at the Chinese company’s plant in Lancaster, California. The BYD K8M is a […] More…
Louisiana funds charging points across the state
In the USA, funding for electric vehicle charging stations worth a total of more than $1.7 million is being allocated to 26 local government agencies, universities and electric utilities in the state of Louisiana. These have been financed with the proceeds of the case against Volkswagen in the wake of the diesel scandal. The Louisiana […] More…
Ampcontrol & PPK develop electric underground mining vehicles
A new collaboration between the two Australian manufacturing and technology companies Ampcontrol and PPK Mining Equipment is set to deliver a range of new battery-electric vehicle solutions for underground mining applications. The two will install Ampcontrol’s electric drive systems into PPK personnel carriers. The partnership will also include retrofitting diesel drive trains in a range […] More…
Optima showcases machine solution for fuel cells
The Optima Group has developed machine solutions to increase the throughput of fuel cells. The process steps required in production, namely coating, cutting, joining the individual layers and stacking, are automated by machine. According to the family-owned company from Schwäbisch Hall, the system is now available worldwide. It is a complete solution for fuel cell […] More…
Schaeffler announces chainless e-bike drive
Schaeffler will present the new “Free Drive” chainless electric drive system for bicycles at Eurobike 2021 in Friedrichshafen. The ‘Bike-by-Wire’ system is a joint development with the two-wheel electric drive specialist Heinzmann and does without a mechanical connection between generator and motor. The system is a serial hybrid: a generator developed by Schaeffler on the […] More…
Futuricum electric truck sets new range record
The electric truck brand Futuricum has set a new world record together with its partners DPD and Continental: The electric truck covered 1,099 kilometres in 23 hours without intermediate charging. The record drive, which was recognised by Guinness World Records, took place on Continental’s test track ‘Contidrom’ near Hanover. The aim of the project was […] More…
Sweden & Netherlands EV subsidies on hold
In Sweden, the budget for government subsidies for new electric cars and plug-in hybrids is almost exhausted for this year. The situation is similar in the Netherlands, where only subsidies for used electric cars are affected. Therefore, a subsidy freeze is currently in effect in both countries. In Sweden, the Swedish Transport Agency has stopped […] More…
Lotus to release four EV models by 2026
The Geely brand Lotus has published its electric strategy. Four new electric models are planned between 2022 and 2026, which will be produced in a new plant in China that is to open this year. An electric SUV is to make the start. In the announcement, the British sports car brand still refers to the […] More…
DS Automobiles reveals their upcoming electric models
Stellantis subsidiary DS Automobiles has given the first details of its next two BEV models – including one based on the new Group platform STLA Medium. The other electric vehicle model is basically already known. After Stellantis had already announced a few weeks ago during the presentation of its business figures for the first half […] More…
VW plans to drop manual gears in the shift to e-mobility
VW wants to offer only automatic transmissions in the future as part of the shift to electromobility, thus saving costs for the further development of traditional transmission technology. The first VW model completely without a clutch pedal will be the 3rd generation Tiguan from 2023. Considering that few electric vehicles have more than one gear […] More…
Hyundai-Kia update US electric car line-up
Hyundai and Kia are updating their electrified car line-up in the United States. Hyundai, for example, lowered the price for the Kona Electric while Kia is bringing in some new hybrid cars in the model year 2022. Said MY2022 also carries upgrades. First to Hyundai and the Kona Electric. The company’s longer-serving electric car will […] More…
