
Mitsubishi Motors has announced the European debut of the all-new Eclipse Cross battery-electric vehicle. Built at Renault’s ElectriCity Douai Plant in France, the compact SUV offers up to 600 kilometres of range, advanced connectivity, and over 20 driver assistance systems. Read more…
Category: Electrive
Tesla scraps entry-level Cybertruck after five months

Tesla has discontinued the rear-wheel-drive Cybertruck, its lowest-priced variant, less than five months after its launch. The decision effectively raises the starting price of the electric pickup by 14 per cent to $79,990, with the all-wheel-drive version now the cheapest model in the line-up. Read more…
Nissan to halve production of Leaf EV due to battery shortage

Nissan is set to cut production of the relaunched Leaf EV to half of what was originally planned this autumn. The cut has been attributed to delays in securing batteries. Read more…
Stellantis clarifies Leapmotor sales comments

Last week, BYD publicly disputed Stellantis CEO Antonio Filosa’s claims that Leapmotor outsold BYD in Germany in the year-to-date. Stellantis has now clarified that the remarks referred only to August 2025, when the Leapmotor T03 was Germany’s top selling Chinese-BEV. Read more…
Fastned opens flagship Gentbrugge stations on Belgium’s E17

Fastned has opened its largest charging stations to date on the E17 between Ghent and Antwerp. The twin “Gentbrugge” sites offer 16 fast-charging points for electric cars and two for electric truck on each side of the motorway, alongside a restaurant, shop, and fully electric facilities. Read more…
MotorInspector project to automate air gap measurement in electric motor production

The IPH – Institute for Integrated Production Hannover and MFP Messtechnik & Fertigungstechnologie have launched a joint project called “MotorInspector,” which aims to improve the production of electric motors. The project focuses on automating the measurement of the gap between the rotor and stator. Read more…
EU mega-project on cross-border charging corridors for electric trucks

The European Commission and nine EU member states have officially launched the announced “Clean Transport Corridor” initiative to accelerate the roll-out of charging infrastructure for electric lorries along major freight routes. The initial focus is on a North Sea–Baltic route and a Scandinavian–Mediterranean corridor. Read more…
Nissan to half production of Leaf EV due to battery shortage

Nissan is set to cut production of the redesigned Leaf EV to half of what was originally planned this autumn. The cut has been attributed to delays in securing batteries. Read more…
Nissan to half production of Leaf EV due to battery shortage

Nissan is set to cut production of the redesigned Leaf EV to half of what was originally planned this autumn. The cut has been attributed to delays in securing batteries. Read more…
79 new electric buses for Warsaw

Warsaw’s public transit operator MZA has just signed a contract for the delivery of 79 electric buses from Solaris Bus & Coach. It’s the second order of Solaris electric buses that MZA has placed this year. Read more…
Taiga unveils two new electric jet skis

The Canadian manufacturer Taiga Motors has unveiled two new jet ski models in Monaco: the two-seater Orca P2, which succeeds the Orca Performance, and the three-seater Orca WX3, a completely new design. Read more…
Mercedes‑Benz eIntouro completes summer testing in Spain

The Mercedes‑Benz eIntouro has successfully completed high-temperature trials in Andalusia, demonstrating its operational reliability, thermal management and charging performance under extreme conditions. The battery-electric inter-city bus will premiere at Busworld Europe 2025. Read more…
Munich Airport opens Bavaria’s largest EV charging park

Munich Airport has inaugurated Bavaria’s largest electric vehicle charging park in parking garage P44, featuring 275 charging points powered by rooftop solar. The €5.2 million project forms part of the airport’s NetZero 2035 strategy and its drive to expand sustainable mobility. Read more…
Rivian breaks ground on Georgia EV plant

Rivian has broken ground on its new EV plant in Georgia. Vehicle production is planned to start in 2028, with annual capacity reaching 400,000 units across two phases, including the midsize R2 SUV and R3 crossover. Read more…
Xpeng to add Eve Energy as Mona battery supplier

Xpeng will diversify battery sourcing for its Mona lineup by adding Eve Energy alongside BYD. According to Chinese media, base versions of upcoming Mona models will use Eve Energy prismatic batteries, while long-range versions will continue with BYD’s blade batteries. Read more…
BMW to start iX3 series production in Debrecen in October

BMW will begin series production of the all-electric iX3 in late October at its new Debrecen plant in Hungary. The factory is the first in the network to run entirely on renewable power, includes an electrified paint shop, and will assemble sixth-generation high-voltage batteries on site. Read more…
Up to 1000 jobs at risk at Ford’s Cologne plant

Ford will cut up to 1,000 jobs at its Cologne EV plant and switch to a single shift from January 2026. The site builds the Explorer and Capri on VW’s MEB platform. Ford cites weak demand for battery-electric vehicles as the reason for the changes. Read more…
Up to 1000 jobs at risk at Ford’s Cologne plant

Ford will cut up to 1,000 jobs at its Cologne EV plant and switch to a single shift from January 2026. The site builds the Explorer and Capri on VW’s MEB platform. Ford cites weak demand for battery-electric vehicles as the reason for the changes. Read more…
India: Tata Motors now offers 25,000 public chargers for small CVs

Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles has announced that it now offers an extensive network of over 25,000 public chargers to its electric small commercial vehicle (SCV) customers in India. The company is already working on an expansion plan, which would further accelerate the adoption of electric models in the SCV segment. Read more…
India: Eicher supplies electric buses for Bengaluru airport

India’s Eicher Trucks and Buses has delivered a small fleet of electric buses to IndiGo, the country’s largest airline. IndiGo plans to deploy it at the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Read more…

