In Canada, electric vehicle charging services provider Flo and the grocery chain store Metro have announced a new partnership to provide fast charging at more than 130 Metro, Super C, Food Basics and Marché Adonis grocery store locations across Quebec and Ontario. Read more…

In Germany, around 100,000 electric cars that have already been produced are said to be sitting in stockpiles, despite the fact that exports increased significantly last year. This is the result of an analysis by car experts from Chemnitz. Read more…

Finnish charging hardware manufacturer Kempower has opened its production facility in the USA. The plant in Durham County, North Carolina, which was announced in February 2023, will now produce charging infrastructure for customers in the USA and Canada. Read more…

EcoG, a provider of charging systems for electric vehicles based in Munich, Germany, has acquired the Josev charger operating system from Switch EV as well as the employees involved. EcoG and Switch EV have also agreed to a partnership beyond the deal. Read more…

The Vienna Chamber of Commerce has initiated the “Zero Emission Transport” pilot project to test emission-free commercial transport in two districts of Vienna within the next three years. The pilot has begun with 32 companies taking part, ranging from large corporations to small businesses. Read more…

Italy’s government launched its announced subsidy programme for ‘clean vehicles’ on Monday. The budget of around 200 million euros earmarked for purely electric cars was used up after less than nine hours. Read more…

Iveco Group and Foton have inked a deal to explore various EV-related collaborations. The duo is considering tying up for joint business opportunities as well. Read more…

REE Automotive revealed the next generation of its P7-S stripped chassis at the ACT Expo in Las Vegas. Customer delivery of the first next-gen P7-S demo will take place in June 2024. Read more…

Volvo Cars plans to implement a battery passport in its EX90 e-SUV this year, which will show the origin of raw materials, components, recycled content and the CO2 footprint of the battery. Read more…

The battery cell joint venture Automotive Cells Company (ACC) of Stellantis, Mercedes-Benz and TotalEnergies is pausing construction work on its battery cell plants in Kaiserslautern and Termoli, Italy. According to an agency report, this is in order to switch from its nickel-based cell chemistry to more cost-effective battery technologies. Read more…

Daimler Truck, PACCAR, and Accelera have established a joint venture called ‘Amplify Cell Technologies’ in the US. The trio will localise battery cell production through the new company. Read more…

Envirostream, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lithium Australia, has signed an exclusive agreement with the Buses business arm of Volvo Group Australia to recycle end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from its electric and hybrid bus fleet in Australia. The agreement has an initial 3-year term. Read more…

Volkswagen’s next-generation EVs will start arriving in 2028. These cars will be based on the upcoming Scalable Systems Platform (SSP). Read more…

Volkswagen has unveiled the ID.7 GTX as the sporty top model in the range. As with the ID.7 Tourer, the GTX is characterised by its powerful all-wheel drive and larger battery. From Thursday, the new 86-kWh battery will be available to order not only in the GTX versions, but also in the regular ID.7. Read more…

The first production model of the new Ford Explorer has rolled off the production line in Cologne – and was also handed over directly to the first customer at the Cologne Electric Vehicle Centre. The second electric model from Cologne is due to follow this year. electrive provides insights into Ford’s all-electric production on the Rhine. Read more…

Kia aims to increase vehicle sales in Europe to 800,000 units by 2028, of which up to 85% are to be electrified. The company will launch a raft of new electrified models in Europe later this decade to achieve this goal. Read more…

The Dutch semiconductor manufacturer NXP and the German supplier ZF are cooperating on EV inverters based on silicon carbide. This should not only enable 800-volt electric cars to go further, but also to be produced more cheaply. Read more…

Polestar has joined forces with Zaptec to offer home charging solutions to its European customers. The Zaptec Go wallbox, including installation and support, is now available for Polestar customers in Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway. Other countries are to follow. Read more…

In September 2023, Tesla launched a shuttle train service to and from the premises of its German factory in Grünheide, which can be used by anyone – but runs on diesel. This earned the manufacturer a lot of malice. Now the switch to battery-powered trains is on the horizon. Read more…

Nissan has begun demonstrating an electric car prototype equipped with self-developed automated driving technologies on public roads in Yokohama, Japan. The prototype vehicle is a Nissan Leaf equipped with 14 cameras, ten radars and six LIDAR sensors. Read more…