GAC Aion, a new energy vehicle (NEV) subsidiary of GAC Group, has opened its first overseas plant in Thailand. The company rolled out a second-generation Aion V from the new factory on its first day. Read more…
Category: Electrive
Audi brings back smaller battery for the Q4 e-tron
Audi is expanding its electric Q4 e-tron series with a new entry-level variant. In Germany, the Audi Q4 35 e-tron with a 55-kWh battery costs 45,600 euros, and the Sportback offshoot 47,600 euros. Read more…
Mercedes to set up HPC chargers at Starbucks in the US
Mercedes-Benz High Power Charging has signed a deal with Starbucks to set up 400 kW HPC chargers at 100 locations along the US West Coast. The two companies will focus on locations along Interstate 5, which passes through California and Oregon, connectig Canada and Mexico. Read more…
VW shows ID. UNYX for China
Volkswagen Anhui has presented the first model of the new ID. UNYX sub-brand for the Chinese market. The electric SUV coupé of the same name is basically a Cupra Tavascan with the VW logo and is available from 209,900 yuan (approx. 26,500 euros). Read more…
Citybus to replace 70% of its buses in Hong Kong with hydrogen models
Citybus, a public transport operator in Hong Kong, could replace 70% of its buses with hydrogen models. The company is testing a prototype of a hydrogen bus on public roads. Read more…
Charging like a champion: ABB’s charging expertise with the Formula E
As the Formula E nears the end of its tenth season, the charging experts at ABB figured out what it takes to keep the world’s fastest electric cars doing laps around the race track. While that brought forward a real heavyweight, the focus remains – perhaps unsurprisingly – on reliability. Read more…
Stellantis rolls out app for intelligent route planning to all brands
Stellantis will roll out its e-ROUTES app to all Group brands in Europe this summer. The application, designed for purely electric vehicles, takes care of route planning and recommends suitable charging stops. It can be used directly on the smartphone or in the vehicle display via Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Read more…
TotalEnergies and SSE announce charging JV
TotalEnergies and SSE announced that they will form an EV charging joint venture in the UK and Ireland called ‘Source.’ The first charging hubs are already under construction. Read more…
Nissan Motorsport brings Ariya Nismo to Europe
The Japanese motorsport brand is returning to Europe with the Ariya Nismo. The Nissan Ariya e-4ORCE forms the basis for the performance variant. While it uses the familiar 87-kWh battery, the car manufacturer promises visual modifications and better power and torque distribution. Only the price tag is still missing. Read more…
Renault Trucks tests electric truck for city logistics in Amsterdam
Renault Trucks is putting a new version of its laboratory truck Oxygen on the road – in this case with a refrigerated box and in collaboration with retailer Jumbo and haulage company SVZ. The vehicle will be deployed in Amsterdam from October. Read more…
Austrian Institute of Technology to develop improved battery management system
The European research project NEXTBMS, coordinated by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, aims to develop an advanced battery management system to improve battery longevity and safety. Read more…
Volvo opens access to Plug&Charge
Volvo is equipping its electric cars with Plug&Charge functionality, starting with the EX90. This is the result of a recently signed partnership with Hubject. However, it is unclear when other models will receive the function. Read more…
Lucid improves energy efficiency of the ‘Air’
The US electric car manufacturer Lucid Motors has achieved an energy efficiency of 5.0 miles (8.05 kilometres) per kilowatt hour for the first time with the new model year of its Air electric saloon. Read more…
Genesis hits the brakes en route to electric mobility
Hyundai brand Genesis is moving away from earlier plans to only launch all-electric models from 2025, saying it will focus on hybrids first. Meanwhile, the automaker is working on a new architecture for electric vehicles. Read more…
Advisory vote shows EU governments are not sure about special tariffs on Chinese EVs
European member states seem divided about tariffs on EVs imported from China. Twelve countries voted for the special tariffs in a non-binding vote on Tuesday. However, four governments voted against the measure, and eleven abstained. Read more…
Porsche offers two new versions of the electric Macan
Porsche now offers two new versions of the all-electric Macan. The new entry-level version is the Porsche Macan with rear-wheel drive, while the new Macan 4S sits between the Macan 4 and Macan Turbo. Read more…
Stagecoach orders electric buses from Alexander Dennis for use in London
London-based public transport operator Stagecoach has ordered 41 electric buses from Alexander Dennis, including 24 small electric buses and 17 electric double-deckers. They are to arrive in early 2025. Read more…
HaPiPro2: Research project on efficient e-motor production comes to an end
After almost four years, the Chair of Production Engineering of E-Mobility Components (PEM) at RWTH Aachen University has completed the electric motor research project ‘Product and production concepts for variant-flexible hairpin stator production’ (HaPiPro2). PEM now wants to continue its research. Read more…
Joby Aviation completes demonstration flight with hydrogen aircraft
Californian eVTOL startup Joby Aviation has successfully completed a 523-mile (842-kilometre) flight with a hydrogen-electric air taxi demonstrator built by H2FLY. Read more…
NEV sales in China exceed the million mark
More than one million electric cars and plug-in hybrids were sold in China in June. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), 1,049,000 of the so-called new energy vehicles (NEVs) were sold – with BYD remaining the largest manufacturer. Read more…
