The robotaxi company Waymo of Google parent company Alphabet is presenting the 6th generation of its Waymo Driver technology for autonomous driving. The technology is already integrated into electric cars from Zeekr. Read more…

TravelCenters of America (TA) has broken ground for its new charging hub for electric trucks in Ontario, California. It will feature four chargers with 400 kW each, and one megawatt charger. Read more…

German logistics service provider Craiss plans to expand its fleet with a total of twelve electric trucks from Mercedes-Benz, including ten long-haul eActros 600 trucks, which are expected to arrive in 2025. Read more…

LG Energy Solution plans to complete a pilot line for its dry electrode process at its Ochang plant in South Korea by the end of this year. The declared goal remains to achieve series production by 2028. Read more…

Uber has hired Rebecca Tinucci, the former head of the Supercharger team who was sacked by Elon Musk a few months ago. Tinucci will become global head of sustainability at Uber and oversee the ride-hailing company’s transition to a zero-emission platform. Read more…

Chinese car manufacturer Xpeng has presented its latest financial figures for the second quarter. Sales rose to 8.11 billion yuan (around one billion euros) in Q2/2024, which is 60.2 per cent more than in the same period last year and 23.9 per cent more than in Q1/2024. Read more…

Construction of the Ford, SK On and EcoPro BM cathode material plant in Becancour, Canada, has been halted for the second time this year. The cause of this renewed delay appears to be Ford’s changed priorities in the electric vehicle sector due to weak demand. Read more…

Polestar has now also delivered the first units of the Polestar 4 in Europe, specifically to buyers in Germany, Norway and Sweden. In China, the electric SUV coupé has been handed over to customers since the end of 2023. Read more…

This week, the VW subsidiary Audi started the statutory consultation process with employees, which is mandatory in Belgium before possible mass redundancies. Various options remain on the table, but the union expects the worst. Read more…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is expanding the model range of the ID. Buzz upwards and downwards with five new electric van models including an AWD variant as well as a base version available for under €50,000. Read more…

Under President Biden, the US created a unique support framework for electric mobility with the Inflation Reduction Act. During the election campaign, Republican Donald Trump announced that he wants to abolish the tax credit for electric cars if re-elected and possibly bring Elon Musk into his cabinet. Read more…

Germany is getting another large semiconductor plant, which will produce silicon-based chips for the automotive industry, among other things. The Taiwanese chip manufacturer TSMC is investing in a plant in Dresden as part of a joint venture with Bosch, Infineon and NXP. The foundation stone was laid today. Read more…

As the British King plans to electrify the entire royal fleet, Buckingham Palace could soon receive an infrastructure update. Up to 27 EV chargers could be installed there. Read more…

The EU Commission has presented the draft for the final additional tariffs on imported electric vehicles from China. The logic of the planned tariffs remains basically the same, but the respective tariff rates have been lowered slightly – and a regulation is now also known for Tesla. Read more…

GreenPower announced that it will deliver the first five units of its Type D Beast all-electric school bus to two school districts in California. Deliveries of another 26 units to school districts in California and Oregon are already planned. Read more…

Lilium may be considering selling to foreign investors and relocating abroad. This comes as there has yet to be a decision on German state aid to support the manufacturer of flying electric taxis. Read more…

Stellantis has received an order to support Scottish Water’s vehicle replacement programme, which has purchased 111 Fiat Professional vans including 69 Fiat Doblo, 39 Fiat E-Doblo and 3 Fiat E-Scudo. Read more…

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation announced $7.1 million in investments for Round 1B of federal National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) funding. Read more…

Mercedes-Benz abolished the PDF price lists at the end of July due to the agency model. Now, in addition to the list prices, significantly lower promotional prices can also be found in the configurator, including for electric vehicles. Read more…

Morrow Batteries has inaugurated its gigawatt factory for LFP batteries in Norway. It has a production capacity of one gigawatt – or up to three million battery cells. Read more…