The government of the UK has now officially extended its home EV charger grant scheme by another year. In addition, the UK further boosted the available amount per charging station from £350 to £500. Read more…

Polestar is expanding its Grid Rewards program in Germany and France. The electric car manufacturer aims to enable customers to save up to €300 annually on electricity costs, in collaboration with Octopus Energy. This will be achieved through grid-friendly home charging managed by Octopus. Read more…

African e-mobility pioneer Spiro secures an additional $50 million just months after its last funding round to further expand its electric motorcycle business and associated battery-swapping stations. Read more…

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city, is launching a total of 25 electric bus routes on March 1, with hundreds of electric buses set to operate on them. As early as summer 2025, the metropolis had announced 27 new electric bus routes. Read more…

Berlin-based electric truck-as-a-service provider Juna has drawn an interim balance after two years of operating electric trucks in Europe: The company currently operates just over 50 electric trucks and works with 20 customers. Before the end of the year, the Berlin-based company aims to quadruple its EV fleet. Read more…

With the new model year, Volvo is introducing a new drivetrain version for its entry-level electric model, the EX30. Additionally, there is a new ‘Black Label’ trim and the Vehicle-to-Load function. Read more…

Serbian LFP battery manufacturer ElevenEs has completed the first closing of its Series B investment round, supported by construction machinery manufacturer Caterpillar and commodity trading company BST. Read more…

Waymo is stepping up its pace: With the launch in Dallas, Houston, Orlando, and San Antonio, the robotaxi service has simultaneously expanded to four more U.S. cities. This brings Waymo’s availability to a total of ten locations. The expansion pace is set to remain high, as the company plans to add 20 cities by the end of this year. Read more…

German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche and Canadian Minister of Industry Mélanie Joly have signed a joint letter of intent to cooperate in the automotive and mobility sectors. The initiatives cover automotive trade as well as battery and hydrogen mobility. Read more…

US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors increased its revenue by 68 percent to $1.35 billion last year. However, as in previous years, the loss remained very high, though it stayed stable at $2.7 billion compared to 2024. Read more…

Until now, new battery types such as sodium-ion batteries have often been seen in politics and media as an opportunity to quickly catch up on technological backlogs compared to market leaders. A research team from several battery institutes has examined this in a study and expresses doubts about this opportunity. Read more…

The EU’s special tariffs on electric cars from China also affect European manufacturers producing in China, such as BMW’s Mini brand. The Munich-based company could now follow Volkswagen’s example and negotiate minimum prices with the EU Commission for the Aceman and Cooper models instead of paying the tariffs. Read more…

The EU’s special tariffs on electric cars from China also affect European manufacturers producing in China, such as BMW’s Mini brand. The Munich-based company could now follow Volkswagen’s example and negotiate minimum prices with the EU Commission for the Aceman and Cooper models instead of paying the tariffs. Read more…

The German Stellantis brand Opel has announced an expansion of its range of fully electric GSE models. Following the introduction of the Mokka GSE last year, the Corsa GSE will be unveiled “soon” and will be available for order later this year. Read more…

The German Federal Ministry of Transport has announced a new funding call for e-buses in Spring, with a budget of up to €500 million euros. At the same time, Minister Patrick Schnieder has handed over nearly 100 grant notifications from the current funding round at the BUSKON 2026 conference in Berlin. Read more…

The public transport operator Azienda Trasporti Verona (ATV) has deployed 34 electric buses from the Chinese manufacturer BYD. The majority of these are 12-meter buses of the B12 model, supplemented by several units of the equally 12-meter-long K9UD. Read more…

Renault’s subsidiary Ampere has signed a development agreement with Basquevolt to accelerate the development and validation of lithium-metal batteries for future electric vehicles. Read more…

Chinese automaker Changan plans to begin testing the installation of solid-state batteries in vehicles before the third quarter of 2026. Mass production is scheduled to start in 2027. Read more…