The Chinese battery market leader CATL is said to be in talks about setting up a battery recycling business in Europe. Negotiations are apparently already taking place with European governments about possible locations. Hungary is likely one of them. Read more…

Hero MotoCorp-owned startup Surge may launch the S32 transforming electric scooter in India by mid-2025. Customers can convert the radical EV from a scooter into a three-wheeler or vice-versa in just three minutes. Read more…

German supplier Handtmann Systemtechnik has unveiled a modular LFP battery system that can provide a capacity of up to 1.3 MWh. According to the manufacturer, it is particularly suitable for robust applications in heavy vehicles, ships and stationary energy storage systems. Read more…

Volkswagen’s North America CEO Pablo Di Si is leaving the company. Gerrit Spengler will take over as interim CEO for a short time before the position is handed over to Kjell Gruner in mid-December. Gruner worked at Porsche for a long time but was most recently employed by the US startup Rivian. Read more…

The multi-brand group Stellantis has launched its third current-generation multi-energy platform, the STLA Frame. The ladder frame platform is designed to support large US pickups, vans and SUV models – and a variety of drive technologies. Read more…

The first cars have rolled off the production line at the new BMW plant in Debrecen. These are not production models, but test vehicles of the all-electric X model of the Neue Klasse. Read more…

Researchers from Chinese universities used biocompatible acids, like citric acid, to leach out and separate the constituents in NCM batteries. The resulting material from the recycling process can be directly converted into NCM electrodes. Read more…

In the summer, Indian company Exicom took over the insolvent fast-charging station manufacturer Tritium – Exicom is one of the largest manufacturers of chargers in India, but is relatively unknown in Europe and North America. We spoke to Anant Nahata, Managing Director of Exicom, about the future of Tritium and the company’s prospects. Read more…

Lexus is expanding its electric SUV portfolio with new entry-level 2025 RZ trims in the USA. The company has also slashed the starting price by over $10,000 compared to last year’s models. Read more…

The Texan bus operator Capital Metro will store 46 brand-new electric buses from Proterra for at least a year. The reason for this is Proterra’s insolvency and the problems that the successor company, Phoenix Motor, is now having in fulfilling guarantees and solving technical problems. Read more…

The University of Warwick has entered into a partnership with the charging infrastructure company Zest. 78 charging points for electric vehicles have been installed on campus. Read more…

The Japanese technology group Asahi Kasei has started construction of its battery separator plant in Port Colborne in the Canadian region of Ontario. Asahi Kasei intends to operate the plant in a joint venture with Honda. Read more…

From mid-2025, participants in the ALIKE project will gradually initiate trial operations for autonomous on-demand ridepooling in the German city of Hamburg. The operational zone spans across the city centre. Read more…

Solaris has won a tender for the delivery of 10 electric buses for the public transport operator in Gliwice, Poland. Seven Urbino 18 electric articulated buses and three 12-metre Urbino 12 electric buses will join the city’s public transport fleet in November 2025. Read more…

By building its large electric SUV EV9 in Georgia, Kia hoped to benefit from the US tax credits of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). However, stricter requirements concerning the origin of the batteries could put a damper on the US production plans for the EV9. Read more…

Renault has expanded its offering for the Renault 5 E-Tech Electric. Customers can now order the small electric vehicle with a new battery version called ‘Urban Range’ (40 kWh). This version lowers the price, though the long-awaited €25,000 model will not arrive until next year. Read more…

Daimler Buses has announced that a new battery generation will be available for all eCitaro variants from the beginning of 2026, which will provide significantly more range. In addition, the eCitaro with fuel cell range extender will also be able to run exclusively on hydrogen via a new operating mode. Read more…

ChargeEuropa is an EV charging company based in Europe and has announced a strategic partnership with Movem, which is a subsidiary of Meralco -the Philippines’ largest energy provider. Read more…

A year ago, BMW announced the construction of a new battery test centre at the Wackersdorf site. The first section of the centre has now gone into operation on schedule. Read more…

California wants to draw more investments for cleaner fuel and transportation options and has upgraded the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The goal is to cut CO2 emissions in the transport sector by 90 per cent by 2045. Read more…