Chinese battery manufacturer Lishen Battery is using Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio to scale its battery production. Lishen and Siemens have signed a corresponding strategic cooperation agreement. Under the terms of the collaboration, Lishen Battery will use Opcenter software from the Siemens Xcelerator software portfolio to set up a technology centre. The dedicated facility will be equipped […] More…

The third tender for 4,675 electric buses for India, published in January 2023, is likely to be a flop. Apparently, there was not much interest from the industry – because of the financing model chosen in the tender. As reported by Business Standard, no bids were received from established OEMs such as Tata Motors, Ashok […] More…

The Norwegian company Hydrolift Smart-City Ferries (Hyke for short) has developed a purely electric passenger ferry with space for 50 people, which weighs only ten tonnes and can be produced in series. The 15-metre-long and 5.7-metre-wide Hyke Shuttle 0001 has an output of between 60 kW and 150 kW, depending on the version, and has […] More…

The Polish bus manufacturer Solaris has placed another order with Ballard Power Systems for multiple fuel cell modules. Most of the modules now ordered are for a hydrogen bus order from Germany. Ballard will deliver 96 new modules to Solaris from the end of 2023, most of them in 2024. Fifty-two fuel cell modules will […] More…

The joint venture SAIC-GM-Wuling is launching another affordable electric model on the Chinese market. The Baojun Yunduo is a 4.30-metre-long compact electric car that costs only 12,100 euros and is intended to compete with the BYD Dolphin and VW ID.3. Yunduo means “cloud” in Chinese and is offered on the Chinese market from 95,800 yuan, […] More…

Airbus, BMW and the English quantum computer provider Quantinuum are jointly conducting mobility research with quantum computers. The focus of the cooperation is on the chemical reactions of catalysts in fuel cells. In a new technical paper, the partners report that they can accurately model the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on the surface of a […] More…

Tesla has again lowered the prices for its Model Y in China. The new price reduction concerns the Model Y Long Range and the Model Y Performance, which now cost 14,000 yuan (approx. 1,760 euros) or about four per cent less. The Model Y Long Range is now available in China from 299,900 yuan (approx. […] More…

Fisker is once again lowering its production forecast. According to its latest quarterly report, the electric car manufacturer expects to produce only 20,000 to 23,000 vehicles in 2023. That is more than 50 per cent lower than initially planned. The reason is “a short-term capacity constraint at one supplier,” according to the US carmaker. However, […] More…

Mahindra has signed a deal with BYD to supply the battery for the upcoming EV models. The motor will come from French company Valeo. This, even though the Indian carmaker was to use MEB components from Volkswagen – who is apparently behind schedule. The news was first reported by Indian Autocar Professional, who says that […] More…

UK-based power equipment manufacturer Volex has been selected to manufacture the North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors for Tesla. This comes as the US EV manufacturer is looking to establish its connector as a new standard in the US. Even though the deal was announced, Volex says it “is stocked and ready to immediately supply […] More…

Tesla’s electric truck is apparently being “cloned” in China. A recently discovered prototype, presumably from the Chinese vehicle manufacturer JAC, looks strikingly similar to the Tesla Semi. A Chinese Tesla driver spotted a prototype on a motorway. As seen in pictures published on Twitter, the heavily camouflaged vehicle is transported on a low-loader. The basic […] More…

Tesla seems to be getting started on the construction of its factory in Mexico. Through its subsidiary Tesla Manufacturing Mexico, Tesla requested first environmental permits from the Mexican Ministry of the Environment for the construction of the factory – initially for the construction of a warehouse. According to media reports, Tesla stated in the application […] More…

Mercedes-Benz UK has appointed Ohme as its new home charge point provider, joining the previously-signed partnership with PodPoint. Under the agreement, Mercedes-Benz will recommend Ohme to customers and an Ohme Home Pro charger will be on display in Mercedes-Benz showrooms. While the communication does not include the charging capacities on the Ohme home chargers, Mercedes […] More…

The Californian electric aircraft startup Archer Aviation has closed a new financing round worth 215 million US dollars. The round, led by Archer partner Stellantis, also saw participation from United Airlines, Boeing, ARK Invest and others. And another hurdle to commercial flight operations has been cleared. Archer has raised a total of $1.1 billion in […] More…

Last autumn, the Milan public transport company ATM invited tenders for the procurement of a total of 340 battery buses. According to Italian media, the winners of two of the three lots have been determined. According to the Italian trade portal Autobusweb, Iveco Bus has been awarded the contract to supply 205 electric 12-metre buses. […] More…

The Indian petroleum company Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) wants to turn all its petrol stations in India into “energy stations” that also offer charging options for electric vehicles. As a first step, charging stations will be set up at 7,000 of BPCL’s more than 19,000 petrol stations by December 2024. BPCL will initially focus […] More…

The Japanese semiconductor conductor manufacturer Rohm Semiconductor wants to start up its largest production facility to date at the end of 2024. For this purpose, Rohm is acquiring an existing plant of the solar technology company Solar Frontier in Kunitomi, Japan. The purchase is expected to be completed in October 2023. With the new plant, […] More…

A new solid-state battery factory is being built in China. Jiangxi Judian New Energy Technology, a battery manufacturer little known in the West, has announced the start of construction of a plant in Ganzhou in China’s Jiangxi province. Once fully operational, the new plant is expected to have an annual capacity of ten gigawatt hours […] More…

The Israeli chemical company ICL (formerly Israel Chemicals) has begun construction of a factory for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) in St. Louis in the US state of Missouri. The plant will produce LFP cathode material for battery cells for use in electric cars, among other things, from 2025. The background to the construction of the […] More…

Around 780,000 electric cars and plug-in hybrids were sold in China in July, 31.6 per cent more than in the same month last year. Among the manufacturers, BYD continues to outpace the competition, but there is also movement among the startups. However, sales are down slightly compared to the 806,000 so-called News Energy Vehicles (NEV) […] More…