Researchers at Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratory for Material Science and Technology, are developing industrial-scale graphene-based supercapacitors with higher energy density and conductivity than current carbon-based designs. The goal is to offer roll-to-roll printable electrode technology suitable for electric vehicles and other high-demand applications. Read more…

The state’s Energy Administration has just announced $12 million of grant funding through the 2025 Electric School Bus Grant Program. It will see electric school buses and infrastructure introduced to seven school districts. Read more…

Ballard Power Systems, the hydrogen fuel cell company, is due for a major strategic overhaul under its new CEO, Marty Neese. The company has revealed a new plan to move toward profitability through cost-cutting and a narrower product focus. Read more…

The BMW plant in Steyr has started series production of the electric drive unit for the Neue Klasse cars. The electric motor for the sixth generation of the BMW eDrive (Gen6) is the first fully electric drive unit to be manufactured at the Steyr plant. Read more…

Italy’s government wants to launch a new incentive programme for electric cars, apparently starting in September. The Minister for the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto, has announced this and provided initial details. Read more…

Octopus Energy has teamed up with Uber to offer free home Ohme ePod chargers to its rideshare drivers. The offer is limited to the first 1000 drivers who switch to Octopus’ Intelligent Octopus Go EV tariff. Read more…

The Dutch postal and parcel service PostNL now completes 30 per cent of its last-mile deliveries emission-free. According to the postal service, this exceeds the local legal requirements. Read more…

Kathy Hochul, the Governor of New York State, has announced that $21 million in funding is now available for ‘zero-emission mobility’ solutions in the state. The Clean Mobility Program will award funding to pilot projects that ‘expand access to shared zero-emission transportation’. Read more…

A few weeks after launching its Robotaxi service in the Texas city of Austin, Tesla is now also offering a ride-hailing service in San Francisco and the surrounding area. However, there is one crucial difference to the service in Austin: in San Francisco, a driver is behind the wheel. Read more…

Italy’s government wants to launch a new incentive programme for electric cars, apparently starting in September. The Minister for the Environment and Energy Security, Gilberto Pichetto, has announced this and provided initial details. Read more…

9,291 electric cars were newly registered in Norway in July. They achieved a record market share of 97.2 per cent. The Tesla Model Y once again took first place in the model rankings in July. Read more…

Adrian Mardell, CEO of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), wants to retire after around three years in the top job. Under his leadership, the British manufacturer achieved its highest profit for ten years, massively reduced its debts – and recently carried out a controversial rebranding of the Jaguar brand. Read more…

The US rideshare company Lyft has just finished acquiring the FreeNow e-mobility app from Mercedes-Benz and BMW. First announced in April, the acquisition means that Lyft can now offer ride-hailing and taxi services in 11 countries and almost 1000 cities. Read more…

About two weeks after starting pre-orders, Nio brand Onvo has officially started selling its flagship electric SUV, the L90, in China. Priced from 265,800 yuan (or 179,800 yuan if the battery is rented), the starting price is 14,100 yuan lower than at the start of pre-sales. Read more…

Brazil’s foreign trade committee, Gecex-Camex, has announced an earlier-than-planned increase to import duties on disassembled electric and hybrid vehicles, set to impact manufacturers relying on CKD and SKD assembly formats. The revised schedule brings the 35% import tax forward by 18 months. Read more…

There are many electric SUVs in the mid-size class, but the KGM Torres EVX stands out from the crowd in a number of ways – if only because it is very rare in Germany. Our driving report shows whether the model from South Korea deserves more attention!

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Peter Kronschnabl, a senior figure from the BMW Group, has been appointed as the MD of Genesis Motor Europe. He takes over from Xavier Martinet, President & CEO of Hyundai Motor Europe, who previously served as interim Managing Director. Read more…

A large charging park with an initial 38 charging points will open in Amstetten in Lower Austria on 1 August, which will eventually be expanded to 50 charging points. Operated by a municipal utility subsidiary, the charging bays are leased to three operators: Ionity, Tesla and the regional provider Energieversorgung Niederösterreich (EVN). Read more…

Thailand’s National Electric Vehicle Policy Committee (EV Board) today made some amendments to the EV 3.0 and EV 3.5 schemes. The country aims to push EV exports with the revisions in these policies, which it announced in 2022 and 2023, respectively. Read more…

The technology startup NorcSi from Halle an der Saale has successfully completed another round of financing worth 10.7 million euros. Among other things, the investments will go towards setting up a production line for anodes made of pure silicon. Read more…