Japanese car manufacturers Honda and Mitsubishi are launching the joint venture Altna. It will tackle three areas: optimising EV usage costs, increasing the service life of batteries and improving the resource cycle within Japan, and adapting to the increasing demand for balancing capacity in the electricity grid through grid storage batteries. Read more…
Category: Electrive
ChargePoint and Porsche partner in North America
Porsche Cars North America and ChargePoint have signed an agreement to integrate the ChargePoint network into the Porsche Charging Service. This means customers can access the stations via the My Porsche app. Read more…
Seat CEO Griffiths withdraws from ANFAC
Seat boss Wayne Griffiths is stepping down as President of the Spanish Association of Car and Truck Manufacturers (ANFAC). He is resigning because, in his view, the Spanish government is doing too little for electromobility. Read more…
Huber+Suhner presents new modular cable assemblies for commercial vehicles
Thanks to a new, customised modular high-voltage cable assembly (mCAY) from Huber+Suhner, the production of electric commercial vehicles such as trucks, buses and special vehicles is set to become more efficient. The solution has been designed to be easier to assemble and to save development effort and time. Read more…
GAC Aion Hyper GT Global Model launched in China
GAC Aion has launched three new trims of the Hyper GT under a new ‘Global Model’ variant. The latest trims offer new styling, fresh colours, and more features. Read more…
NECA to support bus electrification initiative in North East England
The North East Combined Authority (NECA) backed plans to see one in 10 buses in the region provide zero emissions by 2025. The English ‘North East Combined’ includes Durham, Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland. Read more…
Nio presents the EL8 for Europe
Nio has unveiled its new flagship model for Europe, the EL8. The luxury SUV with six seats is now available to order in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in September. Read more…
Technotrans introduces modular battery cooling system
Technotrans has presented a modular battery cooling system for electric vehicles. The new modular solution enables flexible decentralised placement of the modules in the application. Read more…
Milence opens truck charging park in the port of Antwerp-Bruges
The joint venture Milence, founded by Daimler Truck, Traton Group and Volvo Group, has opened its third truck charging park in the port of Antwerp-Bruges. Ten CCS (Combined Charging System) chargers with a charging capacity of up to 400 kW per bay supply a total of 20 parking spaces. Read more…
Germany to launch tender for 350 electric truck charging locations
The German Federal Ministry of Transport has confirmed it will launch a nationwide tender for an electric truck charging network this summer. Specifically, 350 charging locations will be available—220 at managed and 130 at unmanaged motorway service areas. Read more…
Smart #5 will be a 4.7 metre long electric SUV
BYD Seal 06 GT electric hatchback leaked in China
The production version of the BYD Ocean-M concept has been leaked again, this time through spy shots. Called ‘BYD Seal 06 GT,’ the upcoming model will be a large electric hatchback. Read more…
Tesla: Musk get his compensation package, teases new EVs
Tesla shareholders have voted in favour of the controversial remuneration for CEO Elon Musk in the form of a 56 billion dollar share package. Tesla will also formally move its headquarters from Delaware to Texas, and its portfolio could grow soon. Read more…
Lynk & Co Z10 unleashed as the brand’s first electric car
Lynk & Co has revealed its first electric car – the Lynk & Co Z10. The new electric sedan is the production version of the Lynk & Co The Next Day concept. Read more…
Opel Astra Sports Tourer Electric: Good, but good enough for 2024?
Electric estates are still rare, with VW and BMW positioning their models in larger segments for now. For a long time, the only compact fleet and family estate car was the MG5 – until Opel added a practical estate to its Astra. Our driving report explains where the current Stellantis technology scores points and where the competition has more to offer!
Encore for storage units from electric car batteries in Lünen and Elverlingsen
Mercedes-Benz, Getec Energie and The Mobility House are extending the life cycle of their two large-scale stationary storage systems made from vehicle batteries in Lünen and Elverlingsen by another five years. The renewed extension of utilisation thus stands for the durability of the 2nd Life approach. Read more…
Aspark Owl is the fastest electric car in the world
Aspark has broken Rimac’s record for the fastest electric hypercar. A new version of the Aspark Owl called the SP600 reached 438.7 kph – 26.7 kph faster than the Rimac Nevera. Read more…
Alpine A290 will arrive in two power levels
Alpine has unveiled the A290, the sporty Alpine offshoot of the electric Renault 5, with which the ‘Hot Hatch’ shares the battery, but gets two more powerful drive options, as well as a sportier design. Read more…
Kempower and TurboVolt to bring HPC chargers to Croatia and Slovenia
Finnish charging hardware manufacturer Kempower announces a cooperation with Austrian-based charging infrastructure company TurboVolt to install HPC chargers in Croatia and Slovenia. In the project’s first phase, TurboVolt will equip three shopping centres with Kempower charging technology. Read more…
MOL starts testing electric port tractor in Ghent
MOL, a manufacturer of heavy industry and port handling equipment, in partnership with Volvo Penta, has launched tests of their full electric 4X4 RoRo tractor, the RME225, at the Port of Ghent. Read more…
