With more than 930,000 vehicles delivered, Tesla confirmed it also achieved new records in sales and profits in 2021, as the new annual report shows. The manufacturer itself speaks of a “breakthrough year”. In the medium term, Tesla wants to deliver 50 per cent more cars per year – and could thus come close to […] More…

Kia has announced US pricing for the 2022 EV6. The EV6 uses the Group’s E-GMP architecture made for pure electric models. When revealed last year, it represented a new era at Kia, which plans seven EVs on the platform of which the EV6 is the first. US pricing for the 2022 EV6 will begin at […] More…

The Spanish manufacturer Irizar has revealed another electric bus order from Rheinbahn in Düsseldorf, Germany. The transport company has now ordered eight more examples of the 12-metre version of the ie bus. According to Irizar, the new electric buses have a new generation of batteries and a reduced weight. The batteries are charged overnight. According […] More…

Natural Resources Canada has announced more funding for charging points. This will fund public charging points in Windsor-Essex County in Ontario, Alberta, and the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. We recently reported on the up to 250 AC chargers for Nova Scotia. Since then, Natural Resources Canada has said it will fund up to 300 […] More…

Nikola and Corcentric Fleet Funding Solutions, have signed an agreement to facilitate sales of Class 8 Nikola Tre BEVs and FCEVs. Corcentric will purchase vehicles and related assets directly from Nikola to offer Nikola customers a bundled lease. The agreement outlining the purchase of vehicles and related assets – such as charging equipment –  should […] More…

Continental Engineering Services (CES), Continental’s development and production service provider, and the startup Volterio have entered into a partnership to develop an intelligent charging robot to make charging easier. The first near-series systems are planned for mid-2022. According to Continental, CES meets all the necessary certification criteria of the automotive industry. Series production of the […] More…

Panasonic and Toyota have started joint research with the University of Tokyo on battery resources and recycling. In addition to CO2 neutrality, the aim of the project is to reduce production costs in the entire battery supply chain. The research project has two main focal points: the development of new processes in resource development as […] More…

The Israeli battery technology company Addionics has closed a series A financing round of 27 million US dollars. The backers include automotive supplier Magna International and aluminium recycler Novelis. The startup plans to use the funds to advance its technology, among other things. The financing round was led by Deep Insight, Catalyst Fund, Delek Motors […] More…

After Lamborghini published its electrification strategy last year, there are now more details about the brand’s electric-only plans. British media, citing Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann, report that the brand’s first electric crossover is due in 2028. The previous electric strategy ‘Direzione Cor Tauri’ announced the hybridisation of the entire model range by the end of […] More…

Baidu and Geely are investing a total of around 400 million US dollars in their electric car joint venture Jidu Auto. The money will go towards the development and series production of Jidu’s first “robot car”. The model is to be presented at the Beijing Auto Show in April this year and go on sale […] More…

Bentley will produce its first BEV model at its plant in Crewe, England, from 2025, the luxury car manufacturer has now officially confirmed. Bentley plans to invest £2.5 billion in the site and in research and development over the next ten years, with a particular focus on sustainability. In the course of the investments, the […] More…

General Motors has announced investments of 6.6 billion US dollars – around 5.8 billion euros – in the expansion of production capacities for electric vehicles and battery cells in Michigan. An existing vehicle plant will be extensively modernised and converted to electric cars, and a third cell production facility will also be built in Michigan. […] More…

Norway subjects micromobility to traffic rules: Norway’s government is tightening the rules for the use of electric kick scooters and other electric micromobility vehicles. In future, they will be classified as motor vehicles and a blood alcohol limit (0.02 BAC), an age limit (from 12 years) and compulsory helmets for people under 15 years will […] More…

Foxconn has reached an agreement with the Indonesian Ministry of Investment, the electric scooter manufacturer Gogoro and other partners to create an ecosystem around e-mobility in Indonesia. However, the system is to encompass much more than the exchangeable batteries for Gogoro scooters. According to Focxonn, the ecosystem will include the production of batteries, the development […] More…

Australian mining company Fortescue Metals Group is acquiring Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), the engineering and battery company founded by Formula One team Williams, for £164 million. Fortescue wants to use Williams’ battery technology in goods trains and trucks, among other things WAE’s critical battery technology will in turn enable Fortescue to realise its 2030 net-zero […] More…

Australian mining company Fortescue Metals Group is acquiring Williams Advanced Engineering (WAE), the engineering and battery company founded by Formula One team Williams, for £164 million. Fortescue wants to use Williams’ battery technology in goods trains and trucks, among other things. WAE’s critical battery technology will in turn enable Fortescue to realise its 2030 net-zero […] More…

In the USA, Advanced Battery Concepts (ABC) is to supply its patented GreenSeal storage batteries to thousands of Solar EV Charging Plazas being installed by GreenCore EV Services across the country. Under the Memorandum of Understanding between the two companies, ABC will manufacture and supply the energy storage systems for an estimated 10,000 Solar EV […] More…

The Indian electric vehicle manufacturer Ola Electric has closed another financing round of 200 million US dollars and is now valued at a total of 5 billion US dollars. Ola Electric had already raised 200 million US dollars from investors in autumn 2021. In the past twelve months, Ola Electric has built up its so-called […] More…

Indian electric scooter manufacturer Hero Electric has partnered with Alt Mobility, a dedicated platform for leasing electric vehicles for the logistics market, to deploy 10,000 Hero Nyx electric scooters by 2023. Under the collaboration, the companies will work with logistic aggregators and fleet operators. Alt Mobility claims to be India’s first dedicated platform for leasing […] More…

The Danfoss Editron marine drivetrain system is powering the Southern Hemisphere’s first fully electric passenger ferry, after the East by West Ferries service officially launched the Ika Rere zero-emission vessel in Wellington, New Zealand. The ferry was commissioned following research results by the New Zealand Government showing that domestic ships such as ferries and freighters […] More…