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 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…

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…

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 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 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 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…

The Augsburg-based company Kontron has received a major order for wall box charging stations worth 120 million euros. The customer is a “leading German car manufacturer”. The wall boxes will be developed and manufactured by Kontron’s new subsidiary eSystems. Read more…

The insolvent electric car manufacturer apparently wants to sell off the stock of its Ocean e-SUV – for just 2,500 to 16,500 dollars per vehicle. Meanwhile, existing Ocean owners are seeking legal advice to keep their cars running. Read more…

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Until now, batteries in electric aircraft have generally been installed as a box-shaped battery pack in the fuselage. A European consortium has spent three years researching multifunctional aircraft structures in which batteries are already integrated to reduce weight and increase efficiency. Read more…

The Italian sports car brand Ferrari has introduced a battery exchange programme for its plug-in hybrid models. The aim is to give customers the opportunity to have the battery of their sports cars replaced up to two times, also to preserve the residual value. Read more…

The EU Commission has imposed the announced special tariffs on imported electric vehicles from China with effect from 5 July – but these are still provisional. Talks with the Chinese government are still ongoing. There have also been slight changes to the tariff rates for individual manufacturers. Read more…

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) could start offering Battery as a Service (BaaS) in its EVs in South Korea this year. The new service is aimed to make its EVs more accessible in the domestic market. Read more…

Car parks in the UK are to become better equipped for charging electric cars. Sweden-based charging specialist CTEK will install electric vehicle charging points in car parks managed by APCOA, which is active in the areas of parking, charging, technologies and urban solutions in 13 European countries. Read more…

Fast-charging provider Atlante and the French financial institution Banque des Territoires are setting up a joint venture to install over 500 fast-charging stations in France. Thanks to battery-powered chargers, the network should also reach areas with a weak grid.
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In the run-up to the IAA Transportation automotive trade show held in Germany coming up in autumn, MAN presented its entire truck drive portfolio. Electric trucks are to play a central role, while the company is still committed to diesel engines, now also hydrogen combustion engines as an interim solution, and has yet to bring its hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks to market. Read more…

Stellantis and the French state research organisation CEA have agreed on a five-year collaboration to develop next-generation battery cells. The deal is likely to be directly related to the currently cancelled work on ACC plants in Germany and Italy. Read more…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer BYD is now also building its vehicles in two other countries. Two plug-in hybrids are coming off the production line in Jizzakh, Uzbekistan, while electric cars for South East Asia are being built at the factory in Thailand. Read more…