US battery recycler Redwood Materials has completed a Series E financing round worth $350 million. Redwood intends to use the new capital primarily to build more second-life energy storage facilities, but also to expand its refinery and materials production. Read more…

The North American fast-charging joint venture Ionna, formed by BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Toyota, has entered into a location partnership with Casey’s, the third-largest convenience store chain and fifth-largest pizza chain in the US. Read more…

Rivian Automotive is laying off around 4.5 per cent of its workforce. Founder and CEO RJ Scaringe cites ‘changing conditions’ as the reason for this in an internal memo. Read more…

Ford is halting production of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck. Until further notice, the company will focus on the F-150 with a combustion engine. It is currently unclear whether production of the Lightning will resume at all. Read more…

Following BYD, Changan will become the next Chinese automaker to expand the role of its Thai car plant beyond ASEAN. The company has announced plans to export EVs to Europe soon. Read more…

The Volkswagen Group is planning further cost-cutting measures to improve key financial indicators – with talk of twelve billion euros in 2026 alone. This is likely to affect existing and planned electric cars for the US market. Read more…

SwitchLabs, a new sustainable transport solutions provider in India, has announced that it will add 52 electric trucks to its fleet by November. It will operate these trucks for its clients under long-term contracts of eight to ten years. Read more…

The BYD Yangwang U9 Extreme has been considered the world’s fastest production car since September. Now it has also smashed the record for the fastest electric model on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife, relegating the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra to second place. Read more…

The BYD Yangwang U9 Extreme has been considered the world’s fastest production car since September. Now it has also smashed the record for the fastest electric model on the Nürburgring’s Nordschleife, relegating the Xiaomi SU7 Ultra to second place. Read more…

With the ES90, the Swedes are bringing their interpretation of a fully electric premium saloon to market. As the brand’s first model to use an 800-volt architecture, the ES90 marks the beginning of a new era for Volvo. Out on the road, the ES90 impresses with plenty of comfort and that familiar Scandinavian composure one expects from Volvo – though on closer inspection, it also reveals a few edges and quirks. Our test drive shows exactly where.

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With the ES90, the Swedes are bringing their interpretation of a fully electric premium saloon to market. As the brand’s first model to use an 800-volt architecture, the ES90 marks the beginning of a new era for Volvo. Out on the road, the ES90 impresses with plenty of comfort and that familiar Scandinavian composure one expects from Volvo – though on closer inspection, it also reveals a few edges and quirks. Our test drive shows exactly where.

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Last year, General Motors shut down its robot taxi division Cruise, but wanted to use the expertise gained there for applications in regular passenger cars. Now there is the first concrete announcement: the Cadillac Escalade IQ is to be the first vehicle in the group to feature highly automated Level 3 driving in 2028. Read more…

Public transport operator ZET in the Croatian capital Zagreb plans to electrify its entire bus fleet over the next ten years by procuring 500 electric buses. Zagreb’s mayor announced the initiative during the launch of two MAN electric buses now operating on city routes. Read more…

Last year, General Motors shut down its robot taxi division Cruise, but wanted to use the expertise gained there for applications in regular passenger cars. Now there is the first concrete announcement: the Cadillac Escalade IQ is to be the first vehicle in the group to feature highly automated Level 3 driving in 2028. Read more…

The Arizona Department of Transportation is looking for private organisations to either build, upgrade, operate and maintain 34 EV charging hubs on highways across the state. It’s the second phase of a strategy to build an EV fast charging network in Arizona. Read more…

The Arizona Department of Transportation is looking for private organisations to either build, upgrade, operate and maintain 34 EV charging hubs on highways across the state. It’s the second phase of a strategy to build an EV fast charging network in Arizona. Read more…

CATL subsidiary Brunp Recycling has released information about its latest material recovery rates in battery recycling: the Chinese company now extracts almost 100 per cent of nickel, cobalt and manganese from battery scrap and, according to its own figures, 96.5 per cent of lithium. Read more…

Porsche introduced the fifth engine option for the electric Macan. The GTS sprints to 100 kph in 3.8 seconds. Although its 380 kW puts it below the Turbo, the Macan GTS is said to offer similarly agile handling. Read more…

The next Chinese manufacturer presents a near-series solid-state battery: according to Chinese media reports, Sunwoda presented the ‘Xin Bixiao’ battery with an energy density of 400 Wh/kg and a service life of 1,200 cycles at a conference. The associated pilot line is also expected to be online by the end of the year. Read more…

German Chancellor Merz hosted an auto summit this month and delivered the catchy line that “the electric car drives on the main road”. But where does the electric truck drive? We spoke to someone who attended the summit: Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus, on shared industry interests, new competition from China, and political misconceptions. Read more…