Cupra is now starting series production of its first all-electric Born model at the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau. With the sales launch in November, Cupra will introduce a new sales strategy with the agency model. In addition, customers will have the option of purchasing the Born by subscription. The Born was first introduced in 2019 […] More…
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Tevva presents 7.5 tonne truck with range extender
The English company Tevva presents a 7.5-tonne truck that is supposed to have a range of up to 250 kilometres in electric drive mode and a range of up to 500 kilometres with the FC range extender activated. Production of the Tevva truck is scheduled to start in July 2022. Tevva boasts in a statement […] More…
Tesla to build 300,000th vehicle in China so far this year
Tesla’s Gigafactory in Shanghai will apparently produce its 300,000th electric car this year. The upcoming annual general meeting of the Californian electric car manufacturer is also to take place at the production facility under construction in Texas. The date: 7 October. A Reuters report says that Tesla wants to reach a cumulative production figure of […] More…
Saietta announces as sole motor supplier for EAV
Saietta is now the exclusive supplier of in-wheel traction motors to Electric Assisted Vehicles (EAV). The Saietta and EAV collaboration aims to accelerate the widespread adoption of e-mobility solutions within urban areas and congested town centres. The collaboration will begin by focusing on EAV’s Lightweight Inner-City Solution (LINCS) vehicle, which incorporates a modular lightweight skateboard […] More…
Total to install 11,000 public charge points in China
Total is to build a charging network in China. Through a 50:50 joint venture with the state-owned utility China Three Gorges Corporation (CTG), more than 11,000 public charging points with 60 to 120 kW are to be installed in Hubei province by 2025. Strictly speaking, the joint venture between Total and CTG is being set […] More…
Lyten to launch Li-S battery for 2025/26
The new battery material company Lyten from Silicon Valley presents a lithium-sulphur battery platform for electric vehicles. With this, a gravimetric energy density of 900 Wh/kg is to be achieved. Lyten expects the start of production and market availability in 2025/26. Lyten says it laid the foundation for the Li-S platform, called LytCell EV, by […] More…
Mahle & Bramble to extend hydrogen cooperation
Mahle Powertrain and Bramble Energy have agreed to continue their collaboration to develop Bramble’s PCBFC hydrogen fuel cell technology. The phase 1 demonstrator vehicle was launched at the Cenex Low Carbon Vehicle show. The initial phase 1 results of the collaboration are based around the modification of a Renault Kangoo ZE with a 5 kW […] More…
Volvo Buses presents new electric bus chassis
Volvo Buses is introducing a new chassis for electric buses called BZL Electric. It is designed for both single and double-decker buses with several options for bodybuilders and features a powertrain developed entirely by Volvo. According to Volvo, the new chassis is based on proven and successful technologies already in use in Europe. At its […] More…
Ford & SKI to build 4 e-mobility plants in the USA
Ford announces a massive expansion of its electric vehicle business. Together with battery partner SK Innovation (SKI), Ford will invest 11.4 billion US dollars in the construction of second new sites with assembly and battery plants in Tennessee and Kentucky. Operations are scheduled to begin in 2025. The investments will go towards a total of […] More…
SP Networks launches free online tool for charge point planning
In the UK, SP Energy Networks has launched the Charge Project’s ConnectMore Interactive Map (CIM). The map is a free online tool that allows local councils, site owners, property developers and chargepoint operators to identify optimum locations for charge points. The Charge Project comes from SP Energy Networks and its partners EA Technology, PTV Group […] More…
Hyundai pilots EV customer care systems in Singapore
In Singapore, Hyunda and partners SP Group and Komoco Motors are trialling customer care packages with the ‘E-mobility Pilot’. A total of 50 long-range Ioniq 5 electric cars will be involved in the program which mainly includes charging and maintenance packages. Hyundai says that the aim of the pilot is: “to identify real-world customer concerns […] More…
Free Now to offer EVs as default option in the UK
In the UK, the ride-hailing service Free Now has started to offer electric cars as the default first option for customers ahead of petrol or diesel vehicles. Free Now is now targeting the goal that 100% of their trips will be zero-emission by 2030 across all key European cities. In the UK, the German sharing […] More…
Ford & AVL UK to examine FCEV Transit viability
Ford and powertrain testing specialist AVL UK have teamed up to build a functional Transit FCEV prototype, which will be used to research the suitability of hydrogen powertrains in the commercial vehicle sector. The two partners aim to analyze both the technical viability of converting the transporter to a fuel cell drive, as well as […] More…
Bosch presents e-motor for light & medium commercial vehicles
Bosch has presented a new electric motor for light and medium-duty commercial vehicles at the Motor Bella trade fair in the USA. The new electric motor 230 has a rated voltage of 800 volts and is designed for power levels between 150 and 230 kW continuous output. The new electric motor is known at Bosch […] More…
LG ES & UC San Diego announce silicon-based solid-state battery
Researchers from LG Energy Solution and the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of battery that combines two technological approaches. Specifically, the battery has both a solid-state electrolyte and an all-silicon anode, making it an all-silicon solid-state battery. According to the project team, the first rounds of testing have shown that […] More…
Geely rolls out battery-swapping stations in China
The Chinese car company Geely wants to set up 5,000 battery swapping stations for electric cars in China by 2025. The associated service is called E-Energee. E-Energee’s first battery-swapping station went live in Chongqing in September 2020. Since then, the service has been expanded to ten Chinese provinces. Geely says it has the goal of […] More…
Karsan expands electric bus lineup with solo and articulated buses
The Turkish bus builder Karsan has presented its new electric bus family e-ATA, which is offered in lengths of ten, twelve and 18 metres. Production has already started. There is also a first order for a total of 66 units of the new buses from Romania. The e-ATA models complement the company’s existing electric minibuses. […] More…
Serial version of the UrbanRebel to release in 2025
The production version of the ‘UrbanRebel Concept’ by the Seat brand Cupra, planned for 2025, is to cost around 25,000 euros, which is around 5,000 euros more expensive than the VW offshoot of the planned electric small car family. With the ‘UrbanRebel Concept’, Cupra had shown its own idea of a sporty electric small car. […] More…
VinFast is coming to Europe in 2022
The Vietnamese car manufacturer VinFast gives more details about its European strategy. According to this, the company’s first two electric cars, the VF e35 and the VF e36, are to make their market debut in three European countries in 2022. VinFast currently develops and manufactures exclusively electric scooters and electric buses in its own production […] More…
Polestar closing in on SPAC merger for IPO
Polestar is apparently close to completing the proposed SPAC merger with investment firm Gores Guggenheim that was first leaked in July. The official announcement could be made in the course of today, Monday. Reuters news agency, citing sources familiar with the planned US IPO, reports that the merger with Gores Guggenheim could give the proposed […] More…
