Tesla has apparently put its plans for a factory in India on hold. According to insiders, this is because the Indian government does not expect Tesla to make an investment in the country in the near future. Read more…
Category: Electrive
Milence plans truck charging park south of Verona
The truck charging specialist Milence is expanding into Italy. The joint venture between Daimler Truck, Traton and the Volvo Group has announced a charging hub for electric trucks south of Verona. The site is due to open in the third quarter. Read more…
Traton could build a third assembly plant for truck batteries
Volkswagen’s truck subsidiary Traton wants to build another battery assembly plant for electric trucks of its MAN and Scania brands. Possible locations include Salzgitter in Germany, Krakow in Poland and Zwolle in the Netherlands. Read more…
Honda 0 EVs to share their platform with Afeela EVs
Honda could develop its new 0 electric cars on the same platform as Afeela EVs. The company plans to unveil the first car in its new EV range in 2026. Read more…
Nyobolt demonstrates extremely fast-charging battery
Using its in-house battery technology, the British startup Nyobolt has demonstrated a fast-charging process in which the battery of an electric sports car was charged from 10 to 80 per cent SoC in four and a half minutes. Read more…
BYD to sell electric buses to Azerbaijan and plans to set up a factory
Azerbaijan transport operator BakuBus wants to buy 160 electric buses and 100 chargers from BYD. The buses should hit the road in Baku by the end of October, just before it hosts the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Moreover, BYD is looking to sell further buses to Azerbaijan and produce them locally. Read more…
Lion Electric secures loan of up to 7.5 CAD
Lion Electric announced a new loan agreement with Investissement Québec for up to 7.5 million Canadian dollars. The electric commercial vehicle maker also announced final certification of its LionBattery heavy-duty battery pack. Read more…
EnBW installs its 5,000th fast-charging point in Germany
EnBW announces that it now has 5,000 fast-charging points in operation in Germany. The energy supplier set up the first units in 2016 and has rapidly increased the installation rate since then. A further 1,000 charging points are to be installed by the end of the year. Read more…
India proposes faster approval for EV charging stations
The Indian government could cut the time to get approval for installing EV charging stations. Such a move will help it ramp up the nation’s EV charging network at a much faster pace. Read more…
Xpeng Aeroht wants to mass-produce flying cars
Xpeng Aeroht, the flying car business of the Chinese EV manufacturer, wants to build a factory for flying cars in Guangzhou, China. Local authorities will also help with financing and flying car application scenarios. Read more…
Wallbox Chargers to launch next generation of their Supernova DC fast charger
Wallbox Chargers has announced plans to launch the next generation of its Supernova DC fast charging station. The Supernova 220 will start in European markets, and features a 220 kW output capacity. Read more…
China’s public sector in Jiangsu considers procuring Tesla Model Ys
The Tesla Model Y has apparently been included in a procurement catalogue for public bodies in the Chinese province of Jiangsu by the local government. It is therefore eligible as a company car in the public sector. A novelty. Read more…
CATL unveils electric CV batteries under new ‘Tianxing’ brand
CATL has announced a new brand called ‘Tianxing’ for electric commercial vehicle batteries and unveiled its first products. The new EV batteries serve the logistics and distribution industry. Read more…
Cabify and Polestar sign to deploy 100 BEVs in Barcelona and Madrid
Cabify and Polestar have signed a milestone agreement for the ride-hailing sector in Barcelona and Madrid, which aims to help decarbonize the private hire vehicle (PHV) transportation sector in both cities. Read more…
Ineos postpones electric off-road vehicle indefinitely
The British manufacturer Ineos is postponing the launch of its announced electric off-road vehicle Fusilier until further notice. After two combustion models, it would have been the off-road brand’s first electric vehicle. Contract manufacturer Magna is also affected by this decision. Read more…
BYD selects Ayvens as European sales partner
The French mobility brand Ayvens from ALD Automotive and Leaseplan will become BYD’s sales partner in Europe. Both parties will initially focus on France and the Benelux countries. Further expansion into additional European markets will follow. Read more…
Porsche considers acquiring a stake in Varta battery subsidiary V4Drive
Porsche is considering acquiring a majority stake in the electric car battery business of ailing battery manufacturer Varta. According to media reports, both sides are currently negotiating about V4Drive, Varta’s subsidiary for electric car batteries. Read more…
Hyundai to halve slow charging time in future EVs
Hyundai plans to reduce the slow charging time of its EVs by half compared to current levels. Thus, future Hyundai EVs could charge significantly faster through home and office chargers. Read more…
Tesla gets preliminary approval for expansion of Grünheide plant
Tesla is allowed to grow its German Gigafactory in Grünheide outside of Berlin. The state authorities have approved the carmaker’s application. The expansion involves construction work on the existing site – not to be confused with an externally planned freight station, which recently caused unrest. Read more…
Testing the Kia EV9 – the South Korean luxury SUV
Five metres long, weighing 2.6 tonnes: the Kia EV9 probably fulfils the most common SUV clichés. And it costs over 80,000 euros – for a Kia! Over more than 1,000 test kilometres, we sought an answer to the question of whether a car like the EV9 is really necessary – and whether a Kia is really worth that much money.
