Rolls-Royce boss Torsten Müller-Ötvös has given insights into the further electrification strategy of the British BMW subsidiary following the debut of the Spectre electric car. According to this, the successors to the current models will only be powered purely by battery-electric drives. As Müller-Ötvös told the magazine Autocar, Rolls-Royce will follow the Spectre with fully […] More…

Jaguar Land Rover has received a £625-million-loan from twelve commercial banks, secured by the UK government with half a billion pounds, for the research, development and export of battery electric vehicles. The loan will support JLR’s Reimagine electrification strategy, unveiled around a year ago, according to the UK government. Converted, the sum of the loan […] More…

Tesla has bought an existing train track from the German regional railway company DRE to better connect to its plant in Grünheide. Tesla plans to run a shuttle train to Giga Berlin at shift change times until the new station is commissioned. According to the Brandenburg Ministry for Infrastructure and Regional Planning, Tesla is responsible […] More…

Skoda presented the Enyaq Coupé in Prague. With this vehicle, the Czech VW subsidiary expands its electric range, albeit with familiar technology on a familiar basis. Thanks to the aerodynamic body, some performance data have changed. Skoda presented the Enyaq in September 2020 a few days before the ID.4. VW has turned the tables on […] More…

Union Pacific Railroad intends to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations. The company expects the deal to exceed $100 million, representing the largest investment in battery-electric technology in the US. The partners are no stranger to the business either. Union Pacific Railroad opted for technology from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, and […] More…

Union Pacific Railroad intends to purchase 20 battery-electric locomotives for testing in yard operations. The company expects the deal to exceed $100 million, representing the largest investment in battery-electric technology in the US. The partners are no stranger to the business either. Union Pacific Railroad opted for technology from Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, and […] More…

Estonian ultracapacitor manufacturer Skeleton Technologies has raised a further €37.6 million from investors in its D3 funding round. The D3 round brings total investment in Skeleton to over 200 million euros. Among other things, the company plans to use the fresh capital to scale its production of ultracapacitors in Saxony, Germany. The plant was originally […] More…

Vulcan Energy Resources has entered into a binding lithium offtake agreement with LG Energy Solution. Unlike the deal with Renault, the delivery volume in the urgent order with LGES is as high as announced. The deal had already been announced in July 2021  for up to 10,000 metric tonnes per year over the five-year term. […] More…

Swiss charging infrastructure provider Juice Technology has expanded in Northern Europe by founding the subsidiary Juice Nordics AB, based in Uppsala, Sweden. With the establishment of Juice Nordics, the company is now present in the entire Scandinavian region, i.e. Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Juice Nordics is to strengthen the company’s distribution in the Scandinavian […] More…

The French police have opted for a semi-electric approach. Peugeot has delivered nearly 400 plug-in hybrid cars, namely the Peugeot 3008, to the Ministry of the Interior’s Gendarmerie Nationale. The PHEVs come screen-printed and join several unmarked vehicles ordered in 2020. Peugeot considers the new order proof that the 3008 Hybrids were “an important development […] More…

UK-based LiFe Network, powered by RAW Charging, has begun working with Plugsurfing to push their expansion across the UK and Europe. The charge point aggregator will provide RAW Charging with its back-end cloud software to grow the network. RAW currently operates 600 charging ports within the LiFe network and says the Plugsurfing partnership will help […] More…

The Canadian battery recycling company Li-Cycle has announced its first factory outside North America, in Norway. What is more, the company is building another recycling factory in North America in cooperation with GM’s Ultium Cells. The plant will be Li-Cycle largest facility to date. The plant in Norway is to be built in the south […] More…

The new Formula E season in Saudi Arabia began with a one-two for Team Mercedes-EQ with Nyck de Vries in first place. The second race in Diriyah was won by Edoardo Mortara (ROKiT Venturi Racing) in a Mercedes customer car. In the first race, world champion de Vries finished ahead of his teammate Stoffel Vandoorne, […] More…

After Tesla opened Superchargers to third parties in the Netherlands three months ago, it looks like the time has come for EV drivers in other European countries as well. Please note, we have just updated this article to include new information emerging. Since publishing the first draft, Tesla has followed suit to include information on […] More…

Renault’s Alpine sports car brand will produce its all-electric GT X-Over model at the Dieppe plant from 2025. The electric crossover will be based on the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance’s CMF-EV platform, which is specifically designed for electric vehicles. Thus, the GT X-Over, for which Alpine has released a first teaser image, will be built on the […] More…

As a part of the reorientation towards e-mobility, Mercedes-Benz has restructured its development department and filled some crucial positions. In the new structure, the previous role of the series manager is to be eliminated. German Automobilwoche reports on the personnel and structures of the top management without giving further details of sources. The aim is to […] More…

US President Joe Biden has praised General Motors and Ford on Twitter for producing electric vehicles – ignoring Tesla once again, even though the Californian company builds the most electric cars in the USA by far. Elon Musk’s response did not take long. “Starts with a T, ends with an A, ESL in the middle,” […] More…

BYD has presented another electric school bus with bidirectional charging in the USA. The new ‘Type A’ is significantly smaller than the ‘Type D’ the company introduced last year. The new electric school bus of Type A comes in three lengths of 22.9, 24.5 and 26.7 feet (7 to 8.1 meters) and can accommodate up […] More…

BAM Infra Nederland has commissioned Wirtgen and New Electric to convert an asphalt spreading machine into the first fully-electric asphalt paver. On an annual basis, the use of this machine will save more than 93,000 kilograms of CO₂ and 115,000 grams of nitrogen oxide emissions. The newly installed electric drive comprises two motors and a […] More…

A new battery company from the US called Sparkz announced opening a pilot facility in Livermore, California, for its patented solid-state battery technology. Last year, Sparkz won a grant for $2.6 million from the California Energy Commission (CEC). The money was to extend Sparkz’ development into solid-state batteries. The company is banking on a zero-cobalt […] More…