The Battery Cell Recycling Competence Center (Cell Recycling Competence Center; CRCC) in Salching, Lower Bavaria, announced about a year ago, has now commenced operations. There, BMW and Encory are implementing direct recycling to recover battery raw materials. Read more…

French battery manufacturer and Renault partner Verkor has officially opened its battery cell factory in northern France. The plant in Dunkirk has an initial annual capacity of 16 GWh, with plans to expand to 50 GWh by 2030. Read more…

Last week, the EU Commission proposed a 90 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions as a target for 2035. Sebastian Bock of Transport & Environment has now calculated what impact this figure could have. Read more…

According to the ‘Christmas Peace’ agreement in 2024, the Zwickau electric car plant was supposed to lose all models except the Audi Q4 e-tron to other locations. However, during a recent works meeting, management announced that the Cupra Born will continue to be produced in Saxony long-term, and the ID.3 will also continue to roll off the production line there. At least for now. Read more…

Nio’s new entry-level brand, Firefly, has begun production of the right-hand-drive Firefly EV. The company will export the first batch to Singapore, its first market in Southeast Asia. Read more…

The Orbit Clipper, the first fully electric ferry in Great Britain, has completed its maiden voyage. Its regular service is scheduled to begin in February 2026, when it will cross the river with a capacity of 150 passengers and 100 bicycles, operating every 10 minutes on weekdays and every 15 minutes on weekends. Read more…

The Orbit Clipper, the first fully electric ferry in Great Britain, has completed its maiden voyage. Its regular service is scheduled to begin in February 2026, when it will cross the river with a capacity of 150 passengers and 100 bicycles, operating every 10 minutes on weekdays and every 15 minutes on weekends. Read more…

Adelaide’s public transport bus fleet has begun a new phase of electrification. Operator Adelaide Metro has taken delivery of the initial two vehicles from supplier Scania, marking the start of a rollout that will see 60 electric buses operating across the network by mid-2026. Read more…

Seat and Cupra have inaugurated their battery system assembly plant in Martorell. There, it will assemble up to 300,000 battery systems per year for the Volkswagen Group’s electric compact cars built in Spain. Read more…

French automaker Renault is discontinuing its electric car-sharing services and slowing down the expansion of fast-charging stations under its Mobilize division, which focuses on new mobility solutions. With this move, the company aims to redirect investments toward more profitable business areas. Read more…

Tesla’s sales in the USA fell to a nearly four-year low in November, despite the automaker introducing new, more affordable versions of its high-volume models. Oddly enough, as the overall U.S. electric vehicle market declined across all brands, Tesla’s market share still increased. Read more…

Scania and Swedish mining operator LKAB are intensifying their collaboration to further electrify transport in mining. A new, fully electric 8×4 heavy-duty dump truck with two steerable front axles – the first of its kind in the world from Scania – has started operations at LKAB’s mine in Malmberget in northern Sweden. Read more…

EV manufacturer Rivian, a key partner of Volkswagen, unveiled its own in-house developed silicon chip at its first ‘Autonomy & AI Day’. Rivian also outlined a roadmap for next-generation vehicle autonomy and showcased an advanced software architecture based on artificial intelligence. Read more…

Grab Vietnam and Charge+ have signed a partnership to develop an electric vehicle charging and battery swapping network in Vietnam. The collaboration targets electric cars, motorcycles and e-scooters, supporting Grab drivers and wider EV adoption in line with Vietnam’s net-zero ambitions. Read more…

bp pulse has expanded its US ultrafast EV charging network with its first site in Arizona and new locations in Texas, Florida and Ohio. The new sites offer charging speeds of up to 400 kW and support both CCS and NACS connectors. Read more…

UK customer deliveries of the Fiat Grande Panda have been delayed to March 2026, 11 months later than originally planned. The reason cited is “outsized demand for left-hand-drive cars” in other markets. Read more…

Bristol-based battery technology startup Anaphite has raised £1.4 million to accelerate the development of its manufacturing technology designed to reduce both the energy intensity and carbon footprint of electric vehicle battery production. The funding follows the company’s £10.4 million Series A round, which closed in September, and will be used to advance the industrialisation of dry electrode coating. Read more…

The Hyundai Motor Group has announced a new order for 224 hydrogen buses from the state-owned Guangzhou Public Transport Group. According to Hyundai, it is the largest single order for hydrogen buses in China to date. Read more…

Royal Mail has introduced its 8,000th electric vehicle into service in the UK, marking a significant milestone in the electrification of its delivery fleet. The CEP provider aims to be net zero by 2040. Read more…

The EU and China have resumed negotiations on a minimum price plan for electric cars manufactured in China. Most recently, the EU had examined a possible exemption for Volkswagen from EV tariffs, which now appears to have set the process in motion again. Read more…