British conversion company Equipmake has announced a new version of its modular electric chassis to electrify a diesel-powered Wrightbus Streetdeck. Incidentally, that is the same model the manufacturer is looking to repower itself. Read more…

Sila, a California-based next-generation battery materials company, has raised $375 million in a Series G financing round led by existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures and T. Rowe Price Associates. The financing round secures the completion of Sila’s new plant in Moses Lake, Washington. Read more…

BP subsidiary Castrol has announced an investment of up to US $50 million in Taiwanese electric two-wheeler and battery swapping provider Gogoro. Read more…

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) customer Martin Brower, a supply chain solutions provider for global restaurant chains, is taking delivery of ten additional Volvo VNR Electric vehicles. The electric trucks will support food and beverage deliveries to select McDonald’s restaurants in the greater Montreal and Toronto areas. Read more…

Rock Tech Lithium has been granted up to 100 million euros from Brandenburg state government for its German lithium refinery in Guben, Brandenburg. Rock Tech Lithium recently received a funding rejection from the German federal government. Read more…

Watt Electric Vehicle Company (WEVC) has introduced the eCV1 electric van in its production version. The British startup plans to begin manufacturing it in 2026. Read more…

Polestar has unveiled a new entry-level version of the Polestar 3 for Europe and started deliveries of the SUV model in Europe and the US. With the new rear-wheel drive, the starting price in the UK drops to under 70,000 pounds. Read more…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched the ID. Buzz LWB (long wheelbase) in the UK for a starting price of £59,545. The company has also released the specifications of the ID. Buzz GTX for the market and it plans to announce the pricing soon. Read more…

Mercedes-Benz will once again invest more in combustion technology, Group CEO Ola Källenius told a German newspaper. The drivetrain of the hybridised combustion engines is to be “properly” reworked so that “it will last well into the 2030s.” Read more…

Kia could start manufacturing the EV4 in South Korea in March next year. The company may also build the upcoming EV in overseas plants. Read more…

The start was bumpy. Ford actually wanted to save time and thus cooperated with VW on the first electric model from Europe. That is now – almost a year late – finally bearing fruit, as the Explorer will launch this summer. Was it at least worth the wait?

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In the capital of the German state of Bavaria, an innovative system for sustainable energy generation and at-source output is currently being used at Munich Airport. The all-in-one container with photovoltaic panels and wind rotors generates energy used to charge electric cars at the same location. Read more…

The German government is again causing trouble in the EU – this time, it is not Transport Minister Wissing but the Chancellor himself. Olaf Scholz is said to have intervened in the dispute between the EU and China over raising tariffs for Chinese EVs with a compromise offer. Read more…

Nearly 32,000 Porsche Taycan luxury electric vehicles in the USA have have been recalled. 2020-2025 models were shown to have front brake hoses that are prone to crack, which can lead to the complete failure of the front brakes. Read more…

Alphabet’s Waymo has just made its autonomous ride-hailing service, Waymo One, available in San Francisco, nearly four years after a similar move in Phoenix, Arizona. Read more…

Hubject and Ampeco, an EV charging management software provider, have entered into a strategic partnership. The collaboration enables CPOs and EMPs to use Hubject’s networks and Ampeco’s charging management services under one contract. Read more…

Renault Trucks has delivered battery-powered electric trucks outside the European continent for the first time. Three units of the Renault Trucks E-Tech D Wide with a gross vehicle weight of 26 tons were handed over to a customer in Chile. Read more…

British charging network Be.EV has secured £55 million in funding from the NatWest and the German KfW IPEX-Bank. It will use the money to expand its charging network to over 1,000 fast-chargers by the end of the year. Read more…

British public transport operator Stagecoach has placed another major order for electric buses – this time with China. Manufacturer Yutong will supply an additional 158 electric buses. This is already the second major order for the British company within a week. Read more…

Togg has announced that it will open pre-orders for the T10X in Europe by the end of the year, as per recent media reports from Turkey. The T10X, a compact SUV, is the first model from the Turkish EV maker. Read more…