The charging network Eleport has acquired the Austria-based charging infrastructure company TurboVolt. With the takeover, Eleport is continuing its European expansion into Croatia and Slovenia. In a first phase, a total of 17 charging parks are to be created at Supernova and SES shopping centres. Read more…
Category: Electrive
VW introduces the ID.3 GTX Performance for 52,295 euros
VW is launching pre-sales for the most powerful ID.3 model to date. The ID.3 GTX Performance presented in March is now available in Germany from €52,295. It has an output of 240 kW, which is slightly more than the ID.3 GTX, which is already available to order. Read more…
Be.EV signs on to Paua network in the UK
Be.EV and Paua have signed a strategic partnership in the UK. All 700 of Be. EV’s stations will be integrated into the Paua network. And Paua is not the only MSP that Be.EV has recently teamed up with. Read more…
Electric cars from Audi and SAIC: will Audi drop the rings?
According to a media report, the electric cars from the cooperation between Audi and SAIC could be sold in China without the famous four-ring brand logo. Apparently on Audi’s initiative. Read more…
Aehra reveals the names of its first two models
Aehra, Italy’s first pure electric car brand, has announced the names of its first two vehicles. The SUV will be called Impeto and the saloon Estasi. The company also presents a development plan worth 1.2 billion euros for the construction of its new car factory. Read more…
Allego delists from the US stock exchange under Meridiam’s management
Fast-charging network operator Allego is being delisted from the New York Stock Exchange, its French owner Meridiam has announced. The delisting process has now begun. Allego also announced that it has secured a 20 million euro loan. Read more…
Saudi Arabian investor joins Benteler autonomous shuttle subsidiary Holon
Benteler has received the necessary approvals for Saudi Arabian investor Tasaru Mobility Investments to invest in its subsidiary Holon. The deal means millions in funding for the German company to expand its business with autonomous electric shuttles. Read more…
UK: Gridserve opens EV charging test lab
UK charge point operator Gridserve has opened a test lab for EV chargers at its Innovation and Operations Centre in Swindon. The goal is to improve its network’s reliability. Read more…
EU battery regulation: dispute over calculation of the CO2 footprint of car batteries
The EU Commission wants to amend the Battery Regulation in 2027 so that the CO2 footprint of traction batteries is not calculated based on the actual electricity used, but on the national electricity mix. Germany’s automotive industry is up in arms against this. Read more…
ION Storage Systems announces battery research breakthrough
The US solid-state battery developer ION Storage Systems says it has reached an important milestone on the road to commercialisation by achieving 800 cycles with its “anode-less” cells. Read more…
Xpeng Aeroht raises $150 mn in capital
Xpeng Aeroht, the flying car business of the Chinese EV manufacturer Xpeng, has raised 150 million dollars in its Series B1 funding round. The money will be used to advance the company’s production plans. Read more…
Geely starts selling the Galaxy E5 in China
Geely has opened the order books for the Galaxy E5 in China. The compact SUV starts at 112,800 yuan or 14,447 euros. More technical details are now also available. Read more…
Jaguar ups planned spending as it continues to invest in combustion engines
JLR (Jaguar Land Rover) will invest £18 billion in its electric future over the next five years, £3 billion more than it initially announced in April 2023. That is mainly because the carmaker wants to keep producing models with combustion engines. Read more…
Lucid secures funding until the end of 2025
Lucid Motors has received $1.5 billion from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). That means the carmaker now has sufficient funds until the fourth quarter of 2025. This comes as Lucid announced rather positive financial results for the second quarter of this year. Read more…
P3 launches new TCO calculator: where electric trucks already outperform diesel
The management consultancy P3, which specialises in electric mobility, has developed a calculator for the total cost of ownership (TCO) of battery and conventionally powered trucks and prepared the results for the German market. The conclusion: in some cases, electric trucks are a better deal. Read more…
EU contradicts Wissing on alleged decommissioning of diesel cars
EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton has contradicted German Transport Minister Volker Wissing’s warning that millions of diesel vehicles are at risk of being decommissioned. Breton described Wissing’s statements as “misleading.” Read more…
ADL designs electric bus model for TfL
Alexander Dennis has officially unveiled the next-generation Enviro400EV battery-electric double decker built to Transport for London (TfL) specification. Read more…
Norway: Fastcharge chooses Kempower as a partner for truck charging hubs
Norwegian charging station operator Fastcharge is working with Kempower for its truck charging parks. These are said to be the first hubs in Norway dedicated exclusively to trucks. Read more…
CATL invests in China’s electric air taxi developer Autoflight
The Chinese electric flying taxi startup Autoflight has announced a significant investment from CATL. The battery giant is pumping several hundred million dollars into Autoflight. The two companies also want to jointly develop batteries for electric aircraft. Read more…
Group1 presents potassium-based battery in the USA
Texas-based battery developer Group1, which was founded in 2021, introduces the first potassium-ion battery (KIB) in the form of an 18650 cylindrical battery cell. Read more…
