Chinese car manufacturer Xpeng plans to launch a self-driving taxi in two years’ time. While the basic idea is similar to Tesla’s robotaxi plans, Xpeng only wants to develop and sell the robotaxis, but not operate them itself. Read more…

The Mercedes EQE has been on the market for a while; BMW even offers its i5 as a saloon and estate. Audi also focuses on two body shapes and unveiled a Sportback and an Avant at the world premiere of the A6 e-tron. Audi’s electric business cars rely on familiar technology – but with more range thanks to aerodynamics. Read more…

Amazon is now using more than 15,000 electric vans from the manufacturer Rivian in the United States. The shipping giant ordered 100,000 of them almost five years ago. The first units are also on the road in Europe, namely in Germany. Read more…

With the four-door CLA Coupé, Mercedes-Benz is set to make a technological leap in 2025. The model will be based on a new platform and will bring 800-volt technology to the carmaker’s range. According to a media report, a mid-size SUV will also follow shortly afterwards on this platform. Read more…

TotalEnergies has announced plans to install and manage a total of 2,000 additional charging points for electric cars in all 19 municipalities of the Brussels Capital Region by 30 June 2025. Read more…

BYD is preparing for its first exports of electric cars to Canada – despite the Canadian government’s plans to introduce special tariffs on China-made electric cars. The Chinese manufacturer already offers vehicles in Mexico but not the US. Read more…

Following four successful trials in the UK, First Hydrogen will configure a left-hand drive variant of its hydrogen-powered fuel cell light commercial vehicle. The goal is to offer the FCEV in the US, Mexico, South America and Europe. Read more…

The first of seven planned EV fast-charging stations, part of the MetroCHARGE project, has gone into operation in Barcelona. It is powered exclusively by energy recovered during the metro trains’ braking process and from photovoltaic panels installed on all available roofs of the metro stations. Read more…

Liebherr and Fortescue have announced plans to develop and validate an autonomous transport solution that is to be integrated into an electric dump truck. Read more…

After Huawei and Xiaomi, another Chinese smartphone manufacturer is planning to enter the electric car business: Meizu is owned by the Geely Group and wants to launch its first electric car this year, which will be based on the Geely SEA platform. Read more…

The Nantes Métropole municipal association has commissioned Iveco to supply 70 Heuliez electric buses, including standard vehicles and articulated buses. They will be used in and around Nantes, France, in the so-called Naolib network. Read more…

The young Scottish airline Ecojet, which plans to start operations at the end of the year, has signed a contract for the purchase of 22 hydrogen-electric ZA2000 engines from ZeroAvia. The engines are to be retrofitted in turboprop aircraft with 40 to 80 seats. Read more…

Mercedes-Benz Trucks has successfully completed its European tour with the eActros 600. After a 45-day all-electric development tour through a total of 22 countries, the two near-production prototypes of the Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 have arrived back in Wörth am Rhein – with 15,000 kilometres more on the clock. Read more…

The company Librec is building Switzerland’s first large recycling plant for electric car batteries in Biberist (canton of Solothurn). A new hall has been built for this purpose on the site of a former paper factory. From the end of October, Librec plans to recycle 12,000 tonnes of electric car batteries per year in Biberist. Read more…

The South Pasadena Police Department says that it is the only law enforcement agency in the US to replace its entire fleet with electric vehicles. The needed charges were also installed. Read more…

Anne-Catherine Brieux will be responsible for the four plants of Renault’s EV division Ampere from 1 August. She takes over as VP Industrial Operations from Luciano Biondo, who is leaving the company. Read more…

The revised Opel Zafira Electric can now be ordered. Prices in Germany start from €47,550 net, more than €15,000 less than previously announced. However, the new starting price also strongly influences the standard equipment. Read more…

Kia has published the prices for the EV3 in the UK and the Netherlands. We now also know how far the 4.30-metre compact SUV can go between charges. Read more…

Jabil calls itself “the brand behind the brand.” The company manufactures for all sorts of other companies, including OEMs and charging station providers. And as Business Unit Director Friedel Meyer explains in our interview, they are ready to ramp up production of about any new technology in a flash. Read more…

Ubiden, an EV charging service provider in Japan, plans to install 150,000 EV chargers at residences in the country. It will facilitate mostly condominiums with these EV chargers. Read more…