As previously announced, Leapmotor presented the B10 at the Paris Motor Show. The electric SUV will be the carmaker’s third vehicle to be offered on the European market. Read more…

Local authorities in Dublin plan to install 200 charging points at 50 sites inside council-owned car parks. Councils Dublin City, Fingal, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin are working with EV firm ePower to install the charging points by the first quarter of 2025. Read more…

The former Deutsche Bahn subsidiary Arriva has put a fleet of 21 electric buses from Chinese manufacturer BYD into operation near Madrid. A bus depot in the town of Móstoles was electrified in advance for this purpose. Read more…

Scottish bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis (ADL) is providing more details on its new Enviro200EV single-decker electric bus, which is due to be launched next year and will complement the current range of next-generation electric buses. Read more…

Around 650 new fast-charging stations will be built at Roadchef motorway service stations in the UK. The initiative is part of a £20 billion package that the financial services provider Macquarie is putting together for an infrastructure offensive in the UK. Read more…

The Norwegian shipping company Hurtigruten has provided an update on the plans for its first zero-emission cruise ship. Using various approaches, energy consumption will be 40 to 50 per cent lower than comparable ships. Batteries will serve as the primary source of energy. Read more…

The British-Australian mining group Rio Tinto is becoming one of the largest lithium producers in the world through a 6.7 billion US dollar takeover. This will thus supply one of the most important raw materials for electric car batteries on a large scale in future. Read more…

The Irvine Police Department (IPD) has purchased a Tesla Cybertruck for its fleet. It won’t be used as a patrol car, but is meant to spark a conversation between officers and the community – just like if police arrive on horseback or with a dog. Read more…

The US-American fuel cell truck manufacturer Nikola Motor has announced that it let 135 of its employees go last Wednesday. The manufacturers stocks continue to drop as the company struggles to maintain profitability despite delivering 88 fuel cell trucks in Q3. Read more…

Polestar delivered around 11,900 electric cars in the third quarter. That is 2,000 fewer than in the same period last year and 1,250 fewer than in the second quarter of 2024. Unsurprisingly, Polestar’s new CEO Michael Lohscheller wants to review the current strategy. Read more…

A solution is emerging for the public transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités following the insolvency of Van Hool. The Swiss bus manufacturer Hess is to deliver a fleet of electric double-articulated buses originally ordered from Van Hool to the greater Paris area. Read more…

Valeo and Mahle are jointly expanding their product portfolios for magnet-free electric motors (electrically excited synchronous machine, EESM). Specifically, the two suppliers want to develop an electric axle system with an output of up to 350 kW. Read more…

BMW subsidiary Mini is presenting two new vehicles from the John Cooper Works (JCW) performance sub-brand at the Paris Motor Show. They offer racing-inspired chassis technology and extended standard equipment. Read more…

Flying taxi developer Lilium will probably not receive a guarantee from the German government. Although German Transport Minister Volker Wissing (FDP) had campaigned in favour of state aid, the budget committee was not convinced. Lilium has been waiting for a final decision for months. Read more…

The Dutch charging infrastructure provider EVBox has to largely cease operations and only a fraction of the jobs are to be saved. EVBox is said to have posted losses totalling 800 million euros since the takeover by Engie. Read more…

Evil tongues say that when car manufacturers cannot think of anything better, they try a retro version of an electric car. Renault is currently riding the nostalgic wave and has already presented the Renault 4 E-Tech, its second new electric model with references to the classic predecessor. It became clear at the world premiere in Paris that the Renault 4 also surprises with its unique features! Read more…

Audi is expanding its electric model range with the Q6 Sportback e-tron. As with the German carmaker’s previous electric SUVs, the SUV coupé will adopt the drives, but it will have a unique rear. The SUV coupé offshoot of the Q6 e-tron will be available to order from the turn of the year 2024/2025. Read more…

LG Electronics is now offering business customers in the USA a newly developed fast charging station. The device delivers up to 175 kW and complements the AC charging solution already manufactured by LG Electronics in Texas. Read more…

Hyundai has signed a deal with Lithion, a local battery recycler in Canada. The agreement follows an ongoing validation project that kicked off more than three years ago. Read more…

Hyzon has started production of its new fuel cell system that draws 200 kW of power from a single stack. Hyzon already manufactures an H2 truck based on the same drive system. However, it is only for the US market, as the company recently withdrew from Europe and Australia. Read more…