Nio, a Chinese manufacturer of premium electric vehicles, is advancing its planned expansion into additional European countries and has now launched sales in Hungary. Together with the local trade group AutoWallis, Nio has opened a showroom in Budapest. Read more…

Chinese electric truck manufacturer Windrose is establishing operations at the Belgian port of Antwerp-Bruges. At the “Windrose Park Antwerp,” the company plans to assemble vehicles for the European market and also establish departments for research & development and aftersales. Read more…

Over nine million units sold made the Renault 5 an icon. With the Renault 5 E-Tech Electric, the French are transferring this legacy into the electric age. The electric compact car aims to combine retro charm, driving pleasure, and everyday practicality. Our driving report reveals whether this concept succeeds.

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Driving an electric vehicle in the US state of Tennessee could soon become slightly more expensive—at least when using public fast chargers. The state government is planning to introduce a tax on charging electricity. Read more…

US battery recycler Redwood Materials has announced the final closing of its Series E financing round. After Redwood already raised $350 million in this round, the total volume now amounts to $425 million with Google on board as a new investor. Read more…

Thailand’s auto market showed early signs of recovery in 2025, supported by rising demand for electrified vehicles. Battery-electric vehicles made the largest contribution, with sales rising 80.27 per cent year-on-year. Read more…

MG Motor has launched the new version of its electric model MG4 in the UK. The new front-wheel-drive MG4 Urban, equipped with a smaller battery (43 kWh), is already available from £23,495. Read more…

An initiative by the mobility app Freenow by Lyft has announced Hamburg’s third major project for passenger transport using autonomous vehicles. The successor to MyTaxi aims to introduce self-driving taxis in cooperation with taxi companies. Read more…

Tesla has resumed US production of Model Y batteries with its in-house 4680 cells—more than two years after the company halted production of the Model Y with 4680 cells to prioritize the Cybertruck. Read more…

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The Mobility House North America has revealed its Cascade EV Aggregator, a vehicle-grid integration platform for utilities. The aggregator allows electric vehicles to function as energy storage assets for grid balancing. Read more…

The Mobility House North America has revealed its Cascade EV Aggregator, a vehicle-grid integration platform for utilities. The aggregator allows electric vehicles to function as energy storage assets for grid balancing. Read more…

The Aachen-based battery recycling startup Cylib has demonstrated in a customer project that its in-house developed technology works. The company recovered lithium carbonate from used NMC batteries, which is now being used in new electric car batteries. Read more…

The Aachen-based battery recycling startup Cylib has demonstrated in a customer project that its in-house developed technology works. The company recovered lithium carbonate from used NMC batteries, which is now being used in new electric car batteries. Read more…

The German technology company Kiepe Electric has sold its business unit for electric systems for trolleybuses to the Swiss bus manufacturer Hess. Kiepe now plans to focus entirely on its core business of electric systems and components for rail vehicles. Read more…

Kempower has installed three new charging hubs with a total of 28 DC charging points at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport for the growing fleet of electric apron buses and other ground vehicles. Additional charging centers are planned. Read more…

Volkswagen, Cariad, and Xpeng have brought the new China Electronic Architecture (CEA) to production readiness in just 18 months. This enables the market launch of the first CEA-based model, the VW ID.UNYX 07, to begin in China. Read more…

Light and shade in ACEA’s 2025 balance: the European truck market is contracting, but records slight gains in the share of electric trucks thanks to a handful of pioneer markets. By contrast, buses – and electric buses in particular – show noticeable growth. In Germany alone, the number of newly registered electric buses doubled in 2025. Read more…

Volvo Trucks North America will supply three Volvo VNR Electric trucks to City Harvest in 2026 under the so-called Bronx is Breathing initiative. Backed by a USD 10 million award from the New York Clean Transportation Prizes programme, the project combines battery-electric vehicles and new charging infrastructure to cut emissions and noise in one of North America’s major urban freight hubs. Read more…

The German federal government is expected to publish a new funding call this week to support the construction of hydrogen refueling stations and trucks equipped with hydrogen fuel cell or hydrogen combustion engines, with a total of 220 million euros in funding. This initiative aims to establish a core network for heavy-duty transport—as required by the AFIR regulation. Read more…