Hyundai recalls its Nexo fuel-cell SUV in the US due to a possible hydrogen leak. The recall stemmed from an incident in South Korea when a 2019 Nexo caught fire at a hydrogen refuelling station. In the US, the recall so far affects 54 Nexo vehicles built between 10 August and 17 December 2019. It […] More…

NHS Lothian in Scotland has invested over half a million pounds into its electric fleet. £525,000 recently bought the National Health Service in Lothian 58 electric vehicles and 46 charging stations and brought up fleet electrification to 25 per cent. With the additional 58 electric vehicles, NHS Lothian now operates 187 electric vehicles, just over […] More…

Norwegian charge point operator Mer says it has opted for Kempower from Finland to deliver fast-charging equipment to Mer in Norway. They have signed a framework agreement and say the DC charging infrastructure will be rolled out “at scale.” How many DC chargers the new agreement entails was not disclosed, however. “We have an ambitious […] More…

Turkish electric bus manufacturer Karsan has booked further orders from Romania and Italy. A total of 16 e-buses are to be delivered to the Romanian city of Focsani and 42 units to Italian operations. The Romanian city of Focsani has ordered nine units of the e-Atak model and seven of the e-Jest model. Both are […] More…

Croatia’s EV powerhouse Rimac has received another 120 million euros from Investindustrial. The Italian investment fund first took a stake in Rimac in 2021. The renewed investment could be about more than “just” profit since Investindustrial also holds a stake in British sports carmaker Morgan. First to Rimac’s positioning in which Porsche and Hyundai are […] More…

Switch Mobility has announced plans to invest £300Mn across the UK and India to develop its electric buses and light commercial vehicles. The British subsidiary of India’s Ashok Leyland has similar targets for Europe, where a new facility is under construction in Spain. Switch Mobility took a visit by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to […] More…

Skoda has dropped the Enyaq 60 with the small battery from its UK line-up. A spokesperson cited high demand as well as supply chain issues due to the war in Ukraine but added it was an interim measure. Volkswagen’s Czech subsidiary had made similar cuts in other markets earlier. The cuts follow VW having to […] More…

In Paris, a number of car parks are being equipped with a total of around 1,100 AC charging points for electric vehicles. The car park operator Saemes has chosen TotalEnergies and the telecommunications provider Sogetrel as partners for this project. Some charging points are already in operation. The largest completed project is the Madeleine-Tronchet car […] More…

In Paris, a number of car parks are being equipped with 1,100 AC charging points for electric vehicles. The car park operator Saemes has chosen TotalEnergies and the telecommunications provider Sogetrel as partners for this project. Some charge points are already in operation. The largest completed project is the Madeleine-Tronchet car park in the 8th […] More…

US electric aerial vehicle developer Beta Technologies has raised US$375 million from investors in its latest Series B funding round. Beta intends to use the funds to further develop its electric aerial system. Specifically, the company, based in South Burlington in the US state of Vermont, wants to continue flight testing its Alia 250 eVTOL, […] More…

The Chinese battery cell manufacturer CATL has secured the mining rights for a lithium mine in Yichun in Jiangxi province for 865 million yuan (123 million euros). According to CATL, the mine is expected to yield 2.66 million tonnes of lithium metal oxide. The prospect area reportedly covers 6.44 square kilometres. CATL now plans to […] More…

Tesla is considering using an 800-volt architecture for the Cybertruck and the Semi. This was said by Tesla manager Andrew Baglino during the investor conference on the latest quarterly figures. He also commented on 800-volt considerations for other models. On Wednesday evening, Tesla had presented its annual report for the first quarter of 2022 – […] More…

Honda is banking on three new all-electric vehicle platforms in its plan to achieve sales volumes of more than two million electric cars per year by 2030. The first of these is set to debut as early as 2024. Shinji Aoyama, Honda’s global head of electrification, told Reuters news agency that the company will introduce […] More…

A few days ago, a stock market service circulated the news that Tesla had bought the exploration company Lithium Corporation. Later it turned out that the announcement was apparently a deliberate hoax to increase the value of the lithium company’s share. The Lithium Corporation responded with a statement that it “wishes to inform shareholders that, […] More…

Gridserve announced it opened the first ‘Compact Electric Forecourt’ in Norwich. “Compact” is, however, relative as the site hosts 36 charging stations, including 22 high power chargers delivering up to 350 kW. The Norwich site is the third in a series of charging hubs the company plans to install with a £1-billion investment. As with […] More…

Gridserve says it has opened the first ‘Compact Electric Forecourt’, this time in Norwich. “Compact” is, however, relative as the site hosts 36 charging stations, including 22 high power chargers. The Norwich site is the third in a series of charging hubs the company plans to install through a £1-billion investment. As with the company’s […] More…

Mahle Smart Bike Systems has launched the new e-bike drive X20. The company claims it is the lightest drive system for e-bikes as it weighs just 3.2 kilograms, including the battery. Mahle has opted for a rear hub approach. In the X20, the hub motor weighs just 1.4 kilograms. According to the e-bike subsidiary of […] More…

An Austrian consortium is researching significant improvements to lithium-ion batteries as part of the “OpMoSi” project. The aim of the project is to increase the energy density of cells by 20 to 30 per cent at 1,000 charges. As Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH emphasises in the press release, this is the first purely Styrian consortium […] More…

The automotive supplier Schaeffler has signed a five-year contract with the Norwegian company REEtec for the purchase of rare earth oxides. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2024. The declared goal is to make electric motors for hybrid modules, hybrid transmissions and purely electric axle drives more sustainable. Among other things, this involves neodymium, which […] More…

The Spanish charging infrastructure manufacturer Wallbox Chargers has opened its new production facility in Barcelona, in which around nine million euros have been invested. Currently, the new factory in Barcelona produces almost 1,200 chargers per day. The fact that production is already running at this level for the opening has a simple reason: the opening […] More…