Concluding 5 years of dedicated service, Blink Charging announced that its President & CEO, Brendan Jones, will retire on January 31, 2025. Michael Battaglia will take over the post from the beginning of February 2025. Read more…
Category: Electrive
Nissan USA approves Fermata bidirectional charger
Nissan USA has approved an enhanced Fermata Energy bidirectional charger for use with the Nissan Leaf. Read more…
UL Solutions opens battery lab in Michigan
UL Solutions opened the doors of its new North America Advanced Battery Laboratory in Auburn Hills, Michigan, one of the most extensive electric and hybrid vehicle and industrial battery testing laboratories in the USA. Read more…
Driivz opens new HQ in the USA
EV charging software company Driivz has established a US-American headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina. The new HQ is to help the company expand its footprint on the US market. Read more…
Q2 figures: Polestar with renewed drop in sales
The electric car brand Polestar continues to struggle, as the figures for Q2 2024 show. Although sales increased again compared to the first quarter, there was a significant drop in turnover compared to the same period last year. Read more…
Grab integrates 1000 BYD electric vehicles in Indonesia
The Singapore-based ride-hailing service Grab is set to expand its fleet in Indonesia by more than 1,000 electric vehicles by the end of this year. Grab is relying largely on BYD electric cars as well as BYD’s M6, an electric multipurpose van recently launched in the Southeast Asian country. Read more…
Mack Trucks releases MD Series upgrades
Mack Trucks has announced a significant refresh of its Mack MD Series electric medium-duty trucks, featuring a larger cab that improves the driver environment and incorporates new safety features. Read more…
Hedin sells German BYD sales organisation to BYD Europe
What has become apparent over the past few days is now official: BYD is taking sales in Germany into its own hands. To this end, the Chinese car manufacturer is founding a company called BYD Automotive GmbH and taking over Hedin Electric Mobility, the Hedin subsidiary previously responsible for imports. Read more…
GM transfers its BrightDrop electric van division to Chevrolet
General Motors is transferring the BrightDrop electric van division to its Chevrolet brand. As a result, BrightDrop vans will be integrated into Chevrolet’s commercial vehicle sales and service network. The restructuring of the electric subsidiary is thus entering another round. Read more…
Xpeng G9 in the test: Xpeng has what VW is trying to achieve
As part of the Chinese cooperation between Volkswagen and Xpeng, the German manufacturer will also use the Xpeng electric vehicle platform. We took a close look at the Chinese manufacturer’s electric SUV – and found numerous points that could also convince European customers.
Samsung SDI selects battery material supplier in the USA
Samsung SDI has selected Lotte Energy Materials as the exclusive supplier of copper foil for its first battery factory in the US, which is being built in partnership with automotive company Stellantis. Read more…
Tesla lags behind on promise to open Supercharger network to 3rd party users
A year after the charging infrastructure agreement surrounding Tesla’s NACS (North American Charging Standard) was set to open the path for a unified charging standard in the USA, many non-Tesla drivers still find themselves barred from the Supercharger network. Read more…
ChargePoint uses AI for fault diagnosis at charging stations
The charging solution provider ChargePoint is integrating a new tool into its app that not only reports defective charging points, but also uses artificial intelligence to identify problems on site. Read more…
Athens & Thessaloniki order Fuso eCanter fleet
The Greek cities of Athens and Thessaloniki are ordering 89 Fuso eCanter vehicles with bodies from Kaoussis for waste collection in urban areas. 40 of the electric waste collection vehicles are to be deployed as early as November. Full delivery will take place over the course of next year. Read more…
Hyundai & Kia present three new thermal management systems
At the ‘Heat Tech Day’ in Seoul, Kia and Hyundai presented three new temperature control technologies that can significantly increase both the comfort and energy efficiency of electric vehicles. Read more…
Europe passes the 900,000 charge point mark
More than 900,000 semi-public and public charging points are connected to the European grid. One in five chargers is located in the Netherlands. These are just two of the many findings on the development of the European charging network provided by the new Charge Point Monitor from EVMarketsReports. Read more…
California to fund 1,000 zero-emission school buses
The US state of California has earmarked another $500 million in grants to fund 1,000 new zero-emission school buses and corresponding charging infrastructure. The state requires all new school buses to be zero-emission from 2035. Read more…
Munich’s football stadium to install charging park
MAN Truck & Bus and the football club FC Bayern Munich want to set up 30 public charging points for electric trucks and buses in a bus car park at the Allianz Arena. Additionally, the team is opting to employ an electric MAN bus as a professional team bus in 2026. Read more…
Lilium kicks off integration testing for the Lilium Jet power system
Lilium has successfully completed the first phase of integration testing of the Lilium Jet’s electric propulsion system in the company’s purpose-built laboratory at its headquarters in Munich, Germany. Read more…
Valmet Automotive spins off battery business
Finnish supplier and contract manufacturer Valmet Automotive wants to split off its battery business for electric vehicles. The EV Systems (EVS) division will be set up as an independent company with its own management and governance. Read more…
