The UK government has announced £40.8m (€48.5m) of funding for new charging infrastructure in the Midlands of England. 16,000 new public chargers will be installed across 13 local authorities, with the aim of supporting EV adoption amongst those without private parking. Read more…

A team from the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University has dismantled current traction batteries from Tesla and BYD and compared the two batteries with each other, reporting “surprising results” – with interesting and previously unknown figures. Read more…

Indian electric bus manufacturer Olectra Greentech has ordered 2,325 electric bus chassis from BYD. It says BYD’s Blade battery has earned a reputation for superior safety and performance and serves as a highlight of its electric buses. Read more…

The battery market boomed in 2024 due to rising global sales of electric cars. At the same time, the average price of electric car battery packs is falling – most recently to below $100 per kWh. That is according to a new analysis by the International Energy Agency. Read more…

The insolvent air taxi start-up Volocopter has apparently found an investor. The saviour is said to come in the form of an Austrian aircraft manufacturer with Chinese ownership. However, the deal has not yet been officially confirmed. Read more…

BMW has started production of the revised iX, which was unveiled at the end of January, at the Dingolfing plant. The electric model has been built at the site since 2021 and has since been sold more than 130,000 times worldwide. Read more…

The revised Genesis GV60 is getting ready to hit the road in South Korea. This is the first update for the all-electric SUV model since its launch in October 2021. Prices and specifications for the European market will be announced “in due course.” Read more…

State-owned company MH Invest will be in charge of installing a minimum of 228 fast-charging points in Slovakia along the TEN-T network. The undertaking will be funded by the Slovak government. Read more…

Toyota and GAC have begun selling the bZ3X in China. The electric SUV is available at prices starting at 109,800 yuan, which is equivalent to around 14,000 euros. More than 10,000 orders for the bZ3X were placed in the first hour. Read more…

Rivian Automotive has developed an electric ice cream van for the popular Vermont-based ice cream manufacturer Ben & Jerry’s. The vehicle will be presented in Texas, before touring the rest of the USA. Read more…

Transport Malta has unveiled a huge grant scheme for the purchasing of new electric vehicles, including cars, vans, pedelecs, motorcycles and more. An additional €1,000 grant can be obtained through the vehicle scrappage scheme. Read more…

Ionity is launching its first charging solution specially developed for electric company fleets called Ionity Fleet. The new product offers “competitive charging rates and flexible tariff models tailored to a range of fleet sizes and usage profiles.” Read more…

Australian logistics company Centurion has added its first 20 battery-electric trucks from Daimler Truck to its fleet. The freight provider previously received 15.8 million AUD (€9.26m) in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to purchase the electric trucks and corresponding infrastructure. Read more…

Group sister companies Volvo Trucks and Renault Trucks presented their sales figures. Both have relatively high market shares in heavy-duty electric trucks. Volvo Trucks alone sold almost half of all heavy-duty electric trucks in Europe last year, according to its own figures. Read more…

California’s Clean Mobility Options voucher programme is awarding $33m to a range of mobility projects ranging from EV carsharing to electric bikes and buses. The state government says the funding is designed to tackle transportation and pollution issues in under-resourced communities. Read more…

Uber customers can now hail Waymo autonomous vehicles in the Texan capital, marking a major expansion for the ridesharing app’s driverless fleet. The vehicles will initially serve 95 sq-km of high-demand areas in the city at no additional cost to passengers. Read more…

Xpeng has officially entered the Indonesian market, expanding its presence in the ASEAN region. The Chinese automaker plans to offer locally assembled electric cars in the country. Read more…

Volkswagen has launched an updated version of the ID.3 in China – with an LFP battery for the first time. The 2025 model year ID.3 will be available with two very similarly sized battery options, but with different cells. Read more…

Ford has unveiled its patented Vapour-Injected Heat Pump (VIHP) technology, which is fitted as standard in the E-Transit Custom, E-Tourneo Custom and E-Transit models. The VIHP uses vapour injection to increase the performance of the heat pump. Read more…

A new EU project, BeyondBattRec, has brought twelve partners together to work on innovative battery recycling technologies under the leadership of Aalborg University. The aim is to efficiently recover 95 per cent of critical metals such as cobalt, nickel and copper, among other goals, such as the scalability of industrial applications. Read more…