According to Sales Board Member Martin Sander, the VW group is adjusting its production planning. As a result, fewer combustion engine vehicles will be built in Wolfsburg this year – and conversely, more electric cars will roll off the production lines in Emden and Zwickau. Read more…

UK charging network Gridserve is expanding its partnership with electric haulier Voltloader. The deal will give Voltloader access to dedicated public eHGV charging hubs and preferential rates across key freight routes. Read more…

VinFast subsidiary, Green SM, has launched an initial fleet of 500 6-seater VinFast Green Limo electric cars for its ride-sharing, taxi and rental services in Indonesia. The Vietnamese automotive giant’s ride-sharing subsidiary has also launched VinFast electric motorbikes as part of its service in the Southeast Asian country’s capital and its largest city, Jakarta. Read more…

Geely’s commercial vehicle brand is further expanding its structures in Europe. At the IAA Transportation in Hanover, the manufacturer presented cooperations with AMF-Bruns, Allianz Partners, BNP Paribas, CATL, Bosch, and ZF. Additionally, Farizon plans to establish its own companies in Germany and France and announces further variants of the electric transporter SV. Read more…

Japanese automaker Toyota apparently plans to launch an electric car with a range extender in China, featuring a small combustion engine for additional range. According to a Japanese publication, 400,000 units of the model are to be built as early as 2028. Read more…

43 municipalities in the Dutch provinces of South Holland and Zeeland have awarded new regional concessions for public charging infrastructure. TotalEnergies Public Charging and Velian were awarded the contract, involving thousands of charging points. Read more…

Current Skoda boss Klaus Zellmer (59) will become the new President and CEO of Volvo Cars by October 2027 at the latest. He will succeed Håkan Samuelsson, who at 75 has already announced that he will no longer work full-time after his contract ends in April 2027. Read more…

Dongfeng has just presented three truck models at the IAA Transportation in Germany, all based on its new hydrogen-electric platform T1. The highlight is a 400-kW fuel cell system that, according to Dongfeng, is set to deliver a “realistic range of 1,700 kilometers”. Read more…

Sunwoda is advancing its plans for extremely fast charging with megawatt charging systems (MCS). The Chinese battery manufacturer wants to build a charging ecosystem around its 15C battery, introduced in spring, which will include a total of 10,000 MCS charging stations with adjacent renewable energy infrastructure by the end of 2027. Read more…

Gavin Newsom has just signed a package of legislation that the California governor says will make electric vehicles and charging infrastructure more affordable, accessible, and easier to build across the state. The new laws aim to cut red tape and accelerate charging infrastructure. Read more…

Volkswagen has begun production of the ID. Cross at its plant in Navarra, Spain, near Pamplona – initially in the higher equipment variants. The production kickoff of the ID. Cross means the German carmaking giant is now mass producing of all four new smaller electric car models. Read more…

BMW North America is accelerating the market launch of the electric SUV iX3 faster than expected because of strong customer demand. Deliveries are reported to have begun ahead of schedule. In the USA, the BMW iX3 50 xDrive can be ordered at prices starting from $61,500. Read more…

BYD is recalling 183,211 electric cars of the Qin and Tang series in China because of a potentially faulty component in the brake pedal. In worst case scenarios, this could cause the brake lights to remain permanently activated. Nio has also been hit with recalls, and has to retrofit several hundred Firefly models due to a problem with the power steering. Read more…

US electric fleet service provider Forum Mobility is building four truck charging sites in California, expanding its charging capacity by 30 megawatts. The company is leveraging a close partnership with Tesla, which will operate public ‘Megachargers’ at three of the four locations. Read more…

Lucid and Bolt aim to jointly establish autonomous mobility services in Europe. To this end, Bolt plans to deploy at least 25,000 autonomous electric vehicles based on Lucid’s upcoming midsize platform across multiple European cities and countries. Read more…

Pakistani capital Islamabad has acquired 50 new electric cars for its police force. The new electric police car fleet has already entered operations and is being used across the city. Read more…

Isuzu has launched a new battery-swapping trial for electric trucks in Thailand’s logistics sector. It has partnered with two local companies for this initiative: V. Cargo, a comprehensive logistics service provider, and Home Product Center (HomePro), a major retailer of home improvement products and services. Read more…

Onsemi has introduced the Embedded Power Platform (EPP), a new architecture for power electronics. According to the semiconductor manufacturer, it enables up to four times higher power density and 15 per cent lower power losses in traction inverters for electric vehicles. Read more…

The new Volvo XC60 Plug-in Hybrid will in the future offer a purely electric range of up to 200 km. Meanwhile, the larger and heavier Volvo XC90 Plug-in Hybrid can travel up to 163 km purely electrically per battery charge. Read more…

Chinese commercial vehicle brand Delivan is targeting a network of more than 100 UK dealerships as it looks to establish itself in the European electric light commercial vehicle market. The Chery-owned brand is currently exhibiting its first production models at IAA Transportation in Hanover. Read more…