Following the removal of Tesla from regional rebate programmes across Canada, the Canadian government has now announced a nationwide freeze on all subsidies for Tesla vehicles. Tesla will also be barred from future rebate programmes while US tariffs remain in place. Read more…

Mercedes-Benz is launching an eVito panel van with a larger battery. Until now, the medium-sized van from Stuttgart was only available with a battery capacity of 60 kWh in conjunction with the 85 kW electric motor. Now it is also available with a 90 kWh battery for a WLTP range of up to 480 kilometres. Read more…

Porsche Engineering has developed the concept of an ‘alternating current battery’ for electric vehicles that combines numerous components in one part. In addition to the concept, a new battery control unit was developed. Read more…

Mobilize, Renault Group’s sustainable mobility arm, says it has already opened 25 fast-charging locations in France and plans to open as many as 100 by the end of 2025. The group also says it hopes to manage 650 EV charging hubs across western Europe by the end of 2028. Read more…

Mobilize, Renault Group’s sustainable mobility arm, says it has already opened 25 fast-charging locations in France and plans to open as many as 100 by the end of 2025. The group also says it hopes to manage 650 EV charging hubs across western Europe by the end of 2028. Read more…

Nissan has confirmed that it will release a fully electric version of its Micra this year, the car’s first all-electric generation. The EV will be built by Nissan’s long-time partner Renault in France and will share the same platform as the R5 electric car. Read more…

Pilot, General Motors and EVgo now jointly operate over 130 fast-charging locations in 25 US states. The charging network is focused on interstate highways and popular travel routes, and is set to grow to up to 500 locations. Read more…

The automotive supplier Webasto, which has also been manufacturing battery systems for electric cars and electric commercial vehicles since 2019, is entering into a cooperation with the Aachen-based battery recycling startup Cylib. Cylib will recycle used batteries and production waste from Webasto’s battery production. Read more…

Nissan has confirmed that it will release a fully electric version of its Micra this year, the car’s first all-electric generation. The EV will be built by Nissan’s long-time partner Renault in France and will share the same platform as the R5 electric car. Read more…

The Polish electric bus manufacturer Solaris has secured an order from the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It will deliver ten Trollino 18 by the middle of next year. Read more…

The EU-funded project ‘nExt geNeration 1200V eLectric hIGH volTage powErtraiN’ (ENLIGHTEN), which runs until 2028, aims to develop, integrate and test a next-generation electric powertrain with a nominal voltage of 1,200 volts. Read more…

Hyundai and Genesis now offer US customers a free NACS charging adapter, giving them access to more than 20,000 Tesla Superchargers across the United States. They are the latest EV makers to offer adapters to its customers. Read more…

BYD hopes to sell more than 800,000 vehicles outside of China this year. The company sees particularly good opportunities for increasing sales in the UK, as well as in Latin American and Southeast Asian countries. Read more…

Last summer, MG Motor presented the MGS5 EV in China, an electric compact SUV that is intended as the successor to the ZS EV. The model is now coming to the UK in April and will also be launched in continental Europe in the second quarter. Read more…

BYD premiered a new electric model of its Sealion series in China. The compact SUV called Sealion 05 EV is priced at 117,800 yuan in China, which is the equivalent of around 15,000 euros. The EV is also supposed to be exported globally. Read more…

Nio presented its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2024 and the past full year. Although the company was able to significantly increase deliveries and revenues, losses also increased slightly again. Nio now expects 2025 to be increasingly marked by profitability. Read more…

RAW Charging announced a new partnership with the British gardening charity Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). The first stage of the contract will see RAW deliver over 90 EV charging bays across five RHS Gardens in the UK. Read more…

Nova Scotia has become the latest Canadian province to scrap electric vehicle rebates for Teslas due to the CEO’s association with the U.S. administration and its trade war on Canada. Read more…

The Italian bus manufacturer Rampini is introducing its new H2EU Power division, which is launching a product line of hydrogen fuel cell systems for commercial vehicles as well as off-highway and stationary applications in Europe. Read more…

Vilniaus viešasis transportas (VVT), the public transport operator active in Vilnius, is inviting tenders for the procurement of 145 electric buses. Electric vehicles are to be purchased in four sizes with lengths of eight, ten, twelve and 18 metres. The contract is to be awarded in the third quarter of 2025 and the vehicles are to be put into operation in 2026 and 2027. Read more…