The end of a German-Chinese partnership: in 2011, Daimler and the Chinese car manufacturer BYD founded the joint venture Denza to jointly produce low-cost cars for the Chinese market. After reducing its stake in 2021, the Stuttgart-based company has now exited Denza completely. Read more…

The Chinese battery giant CATL has presented a battery with a particularly long service life especially for electric buses. It is designed to last up to 15 years or 1.5 million kilometres. Read more…

Volvo Trucks has announced that it is postponing the start of construction of its planned battery cell factory in Mariestad, Sweden, by one to two years. The parent company Volvo Group intends to manufacture cells there specifically for use in battery-electric heavy commercial vehicles and machines. Read more…

JSW MG, MG’s joint venture company in India, has launched a new electric car called Windsor. The company offers it in a battery-as-a-service (BaaS) ownership model, a first for an electric car in the country. Read more…

On the eve of the IAA Transportation 2024, Daimler Truck invited journalists, politicians, and stakeholders to see what the company has to offer. In addition to electric trucks and buses and a new CEO, the manufacturer brought a message to the trade fair in Hanover, Germany: We are ready, but we need charging infrastructure.  Read more…

Daimler Buses is celebrating the world premiere of the new Mercedes-Benz eCitaro K in Hanover – a 10.6 metre short version of the classic eCitaro electric solo bus. The newcomer unveiled at the IAA Transportation is designed to score points in narrow and winding city neighbourhoods in particular. Read more…

There is unrest in the European car lobby: a lobby document circulating in the sector warns that the EU’s CO2 limits could cost millions of jobs. The document calls for the tightening of the rules, currently set for 2025, to be postponed by two years. Read more…

Taking over Tritium, signing a deal with Hubejct, expanding into the UK: Indian EV charger manufacturer Exicom is on the move and looking to become one of the biggest players on the market globally. We met Priyank Agarwal, the company’s head of strategy, in Berlin to talk about Exicom’s plans. Read more…

The California Air Ressource Board (CARB) has announced a new subsidy programme to assist low-income households in switching to electric vehicles. The agency set aside a budget of 242 million dollars for the undertaking. Read more…

The EV fast-charging network WATER has signed a deal with Korea Expressway Corporation. To that end, the two will install 209 Ultra Fast Chargers at 46 highway service areas. Read more…

Canadia transport operator Durham Region Transit (DRT) has taken delivery of its first six all-electric buses. They will operate from the Oshawa depot in the state of Ontario. Read more…

General Motors and EVgo are expanding their charging infrastructure partnership. The two companies want to build 400 new fast-charging points with up to 350 kW capacity at covered ‘flagship’ locations in major metropolitan regions in the USA. The first charging park is scheduled to go into operation in 2025. Read more…

14 European partners in the SOLiDIFY consortium have developed a lithium-metal battery with a solid electrolyte. The special feature: It is a ‘liquid-to-solid’ processable electrolyte, according to the researchers. Read more…

Tata Power and Tata Motors have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up 200 fast-charging stations for electric commercial vehicles in all metros cities including Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata. Read more…

North Carolina has awarded nearly six million dollars to six companies to build EV chargers at nine locations in the state. The funding is the first part of North Carolina’s share of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program (NEVI) funds. Read more…

The French battery system manufacturer Forsee Power has opened its North American headquarters in the Columbus area in the US state of Ohio, including a production facility and research and development department. Read more…

The all-electric hydrofoiling Candela C-8 has set a world record. It is the first electric boat to cross the Baltic Sea and complete a journey between two countries. And it did have to charge along the route. Read more…

Marcus Groll is leaving the fast-charging joint venture Ionity after almost seven years. The Ionity COO announced his departure himself on LinkedIn. CEO Michael Hajesch had already left Ionity in mid-May. Read more…

Canadian company Ballard has announced a global reorganisation to reduce spending in the face of slowing hydrogen infrastructure development and delayed fuel cell adoption. That also includes jobs being cut. Read more…

General Motors is negotiating the purchase of LFP cells for electric cars, which could be produced by the Japanese electronics group TDK in a new plant in the USA under a technology licence from CATL. Read more…