The electric vehicle charge point operator EasyGo has secured 15 million euros of funding. This should enable the company to grow its charge point network across the Irish Republic and expand into Northern Ireland. EasyGo is based in the town of Kildare about 50 km west of Dublin. The financing gathered from backers that include […] More…

Chile has announced the ban of sales of most internal combustion vehicles in favor of battery-electric variants starting in 2035. Under the new electric transport strategy, all sales of light and medium vehicles, public transport and heavy trucks will have to be zero-emission vehicles. Following the initial 2035 ban, in 2040, the conversion of the […] More…

Chile has announced the ban of sales of most internal combustion vehicles in favor of battery-electric variants starting in 2035. Under the new electric transport strategy, all sales of light and medium vehicles, public transport and heavy trucks will have to be zero-emission vehicles. Following the initial 2035 ban, in 2040, the conversion of the […] More…

Fuel cell specialist Ballard Power Systems and battery manufacturer Forsee Power have agreed on a strategic partnership to jointly develop integrated fuel cell battery solutions for heavy-duty mobility applications such as buses, trucks, trains and ships. According to the Canadian company Ballard, a memorandum of understanding has now been signed with the French battery manufacturer. […] More…

Materials technology and recycling group Umicore has signed long-term lithium supply agreements with Ganfeng Lithium and Vulcan Energy Resources. Both contracts have an initial term of five years and can be extended by mutual agreement. The agreement with the Chinese group Ganfeng Lithium covers the supply of lithium from 2022 and will, according to Umicore, […] More…

Tesla has concluded another supply contract for nickel. Tesla has agreed to purchase around 42,000 tonnes of nickel from New Caledonia as part of a multi-year contract with the commodities company Prony Resources. As Antonin Beurrier, CEO of Prony, stated, the agreement makes Tesla by far Prony’s largest customer. The volume of 42,000 tonnes is […] More…

Ford has announced that it will manufacture components for its electric cars and electric commercial vehicles in Europe at its British transmission plant in Halewood from mid-2024. Halewood thus beat Ford’s transmission plant in Cologne – probably also due to British government subsidies. According to Ford, the company will invest the equivalent of 273 million […] More…

Tesla has now officially started deliveries of the new Model X in the US. This is evidenced by shots of an initial handover of five vehicles shared on social networks. In Europe, meanwhile, the refresh of the two premium models Model X and Model S is not expected until the end of 2022. The new […] More…

National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), the Swedish electric car subsidiary of the heavily indebted Chinese real estate group Evergrande, is looking for new owners. NEVS CEO Stefan Tilk has now confirmed talks with several investors. The situation at Evergrande is apparently not yet directly threatening the existence of NEVS: according to Tilk, the company still […] More…

The Volkswagen Group handed over a total of 122,100 BEVs to customers in Q3 2021, more than twice as many as in the same quarter of the previous year. In China in particular, the market ramp-up accelerated significantly in Q3. Specifically, 28,900 battery-electric cars were delivered in China between the beginning of July and the […] More…

Stellantis and LG Energy Solution have announced a joint venture to manufacture battery cells and modules in North America. A factory with an annual production capacity of 40 GWh is planned to go into operation in the first quarter of 2024. A corresponding letter of intent has now been signed, as both companies announce. The […] More…

The US regulation authority NHTSA has notified Tesla of recall obligations over update and wants more info on FSD test. Additionally, Tesla has been asked for more information about the non-disclosure agreement it made ‘Full Self-Driving Beta’ testers agree to. As the agency wrote in a letter: “Given that NHTSA relies on reports from consumers […] More…

BorgWarner is to deliver the P3 hybrid drive module for a major European performance-based OEM that intends to use it for a variety of front-wheel and AWD SUVs. The module contains the motor, power electronics, gears and water cooling all integrated within one unit. The company promises that P3 solution enables significant fuel economy gains, […] More…

Mercedes Benz Vans UK has now partnered up with EO Charging to provide their van drivers with chargers, charge point management software and ongoing support and maintenance. The new partnership with EO Charging is supposed to benefit UK customers purchasing a Mercedes electric van. This includes both individual drivers charging at home as well as […] More…

Nikola Motor has announced a collaboration with international multi-service flatbed transportation company PGT Trucking to advance electric drive heavy-duty transport. This collaboration includes a Letter of Intent to lease 100 Nikola Tre. The agreement is dependent on following the satisfactory completion of a Nikola Tre FCEV demonstration program under terms to be agreed to between […] More…

The US American battery startup Solid Power has been awarded up to $12.5 Million to develop nickel- and cobalt-free solid-state battery cells. Additionally, the company has unveiled cell safety and performance data. The funding was awarded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) for a multi-phase, multi-year research contract to develop nickel- and cobalt-free […] More…

The US start-up Electric Last Mile Solutions, which specialises in commercial electric utility vehicles, has signed a battery supply contract with CATL. In the future, CATL could also manufacture these cells locally in the US. ELMS focuses on the eponymous last-mile delivery vehicles and in September started production of a Class 1 delivery van at […] More…

The Japanese electric motor manufacturer Nidec has signed a supply contract with the Geely brand Zeekr. According to Nidec, the 200 kW axle drive will be installed in the Zeekr 001. Geely had announced the premium electric brand Zeekr only this March, and in April Zeekr unveiled the debut model 001 at the Shanghai Auto […] More…

Berlin-based engineering service provider IAV presents a modular platform for battery-electric vehicles that supports construction from small cars to light commercial vehicles. The electric modular system is intended to make the development of BEVs “faster, cheaper and more sustainable”. The platform developed by the Berlin-based company covers a power range from 100 to 440 kW, […] More…

Four Swiss partners have joined forces to convert and operate two Futuricum electric trucks into special vehicles. The two examples feature an additional length of one metre, an increase of the payload by two tonnes and the expansion of the battery capacity to 900 kWh. In addition to the Designwerk Group, to whose brands Futuricum […] More…