Solaris has received another significant order from Sweden. VR Sverige AB has placed an order for 81 Urbino 15 LE electric buses to be deployed in the Stockholm region. The vehicles will enter service Q2/2026, supporting Sweden’s ongoing transition to zero-emission public transport. Read more…

According to German media reports, Mercedes-Benz has informed its dealers in an internal memo that it is discontinuing the small commercial vehicle class and withdrawing the EQT and eCitan electric versions from the market. Production is to be cancelled without replacement in the second quarter of 2026. Read more…

The Mercedes-Benz eCitaro has been on German roads since 2018. Since then, Daimler Buses has already installed three battery generations in the electric bus and announced the fourth. The manufacturer is now offering early customers services to extend the service life of the battery. From 2026, it will also be possible to replace the battery with the latest generation. Read more…

The Tesla Model S and Model X can currently no longer be ordered in China. The reasons are unknown. One reason may be the escalating trade war between Washington and Beijing. Read more…

Swedish electric vehicle manufacturer Polestar has reported a significant 76% increase in global deliveries for the first quarter of 2025, totalling 12,304 units. This marks a substantial rebound from the 6,975 vehicles delivered during the same period in 2024 – however, just a small surplus compared to last quarter. Read more…

MAN Truck & Bus wants to decarbonize its logistics by increasing the use of eTrucks to transport its own goods and vehicles. The tender for the future use of battery-electric trucks on the first almost 40 routes has now been launched. Read more…

EV infrastructure provider Believ plans to install 6,000 public charge points across the UK county of Suffolk. The first chargers will be installed this summer, with many locations suggested by local residents. Read more…

Stellantis is continuing to drive the transition to electromobility: in collaboration with French retrofit specialist Qinomic, the automotive group is introducing a solution that can be used to convert light commercial vehicles (LCVs) with combustion engines into fully electric vehicles. Read more…

The South Korean company SK IE Technology (SKIET) will supply battery separator films for 300,000 electric vehicles to LG Chem by next year. The films will later be delivered to LG Energy Solution’s North American plants. Read more…

Nearly 300,000 electric vehicles were newly registered in the United States during the first quarter of this year – marking an increase of just over 10 per cent. That’s according to data from Kelley Blue Book. Between January and March, EVs accounted for 7.5 per cent of all new car registrations in the US. While Tesla continues to lead the market, its dominance is showing signs of decline. Read more…

The Californian EV manufacturer Lucid has acquired the former production facility, headquarters and development centre of the insolvent electric truck manufacturer Nikola in Arizona. Lucid has agreed to pay around 30 million dollars in cash and non-cash considerations. Read more…

The EU and China have agreed to return to the drawing board and renegotiate punitive tariffs on China-made EVs. Instead, China could agree to set a minimum price for electric cars made in China. Read more…

Volkswagen has already confirmed that the series version of the ID.EVERY1 will be built at the Palmela plant in Portugal from 2027. Further information on the small electric car project is now circulating in the Spanish media. Read more…

Short charging times, spacious interior, and good comfort. After its facelift, the Kia EV6 leaves little to be desired – and also offers a significantly longer range than before. But is the 800-volt technology enough to stand out in the mid-range even in 2025? We also took a closer look at the software, which has been criticised in the past.

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The Verge TS Pro is now included in the Guinness Book of World Records for completing the longest journey by an electric motorbike on a single charge. The record journey was 311 kilometres long. Read more…

In a radiation protection study commissioned by the German government, all electric cars analysed complied with the recommendations for protection against the health effects of magnetic fields. Furthermore, according to the analysis, people are not generally exposed to stronger magnetic fields in battery-electric cars than in combustion vehicles. Read more…

California-based bus manufacturer ENC has partnered with InductEV. As part of the collaboration, ENC will begin offering wireless inductive charging on its battery-electric buses using InductEV’s high-power hardware. Read more…

Public transport operator NJ Transit is inching one step closer to its goal of converting its fleet to zero-emission by 2040. It has received the green light to purchase 20 electric buses – even though that is only a fraction of the new diesel buses the company plans to purchase. Read more…

ChargePoint has announced the introduction of a new AC product architecture that will offer a range of innovations such as bi-directional charging and double the speed of a typical AC charger. Read more…

Indian charge point operator ChargET has opened a charging hub in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, a major state in the eastern part of the country. The new facility allows 60 electric vehicles to charge simultaneously. Read more…