French charging provider Electra is reducing the price for fast charging to 49 cents per kilowatt hour nationwide from July when charging via the company’s own app. In Italy, the price will drop even more, but the promotion is limited in time there. Read more…

French charging provider Electra is reducing the price for fast charging to 49 cents per kilowatt hour nationwide from July when charging via the company’s own app. In Italy, the price will drop even more, but the promotion is limited in time there. Read more…

Shell Germany has launched a pilot project for dynamic electricity prices at fast-charging stations that takes into account the development of the electricity exchange price. The main aim is to lower prices in the meantime to establish incentives to charge when electricity prices are low. Read more…

The Swedish fuel cell manufacturer PowerCell has announced the first order for its next-generation maritime fuel cell system from an unnamed OEM worth SEK 44 million (just under EUR 4 million). Read more…

Odysse Electric has introduced a battery-swapping service for the Snap electric scooter in India. The company claims that the Snap is the most affordable electric scooter in the country to support battery swapping. Read more…

Four maritime associations have jointly launched the Global Alliance for Maritime Electrification (GAME) to accelerate the electrification of maritime transport with an initial focus on inland, coastal and commercial vessels. Read more…

The German Federal Ministry of Transport is working on new rules for the parking of e-scooters that can be borrowed. This means that sharing scooters and bikes will no longer be allowed to be parked on pavements and in pedestrian zones without further ado in future Read more…

Dacia also wants to offer the Duster with an electric drive “in due course,” as brand boss Denis Le Vot said. The Dacia top manager had previously confirmed that the next-generation Sandero will also have a purely electric offshoot. Read more…

The electric CLA has already been rolling off the production line at the Rastatt plant for several weeks. Now, Mercedes-Benz has announced that it is ramping up production of electric drive units and axles for the CLA at the plant in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim. Read more…

Berlin’s public transport provider, the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), has put in a second order of electric buses from Solaris, this time, for 270 articulated electric buses. The new order is part of a framework agreement signed by both parties in 2023 for up to 700 articulated electric buses. Read more…

Hubject has teamed up with Tritium to integrate Plug&Charge functionality into Tritium’s charging infrastructure worldwide. To this end, the partners are combining Hubject’s Intercharge platform and Plug&Charge ecosystem with Tritium’s DC charging stations. Read more…

CATL has laid the foundation stone for a battery cell factory in Indonesia in collaboration with its joint venture partner, Indonesia Battery Corporation. The factory in Karawang in West Java is scheduled to go into operation by the end of 2026 with an initial capacity of 6.9 gigawatt hours (GWh), and will later be expanded to 15 GWh. Read more…

VinFast has inaugurated its new EV factory in Hà Tĩnh, Vietnam, just seven months after beginning its construction. The Hà Tĩnh plant is the company’s second EV manufacturing facility. Read more…

The US battery recycler Redwood Materials has founded a new business unit called Redwood Energy to reuse batteries from electric vehicles in stationary energy storage systems. The battery recycling firm has already built what it claims is “the largest microgrid in North America” for a data centre in Abilene, Texas. Read more…

Honda has delayed plans to begin operation of its next-generation fuel cell module production plant in Japan, revising initial capacity targets in response to changing global hydrogen market dynamics. Despite government funding commitments. Read more…

Tesla has installed its first V4 Superchargers in China. They are available at seven sites across Shanghai, Zhejiang, Gansu and Chongqing and can also be used by electric cars from other brands. Read more…

Republicans in the US Senate have presented a revised version of US President Donald Trump’s tax reform and spending package, under which the $7,500 tax credit for buying new electric vehicles would now end on 30 September 2025 – roughly three months earlier than previously planned. Read more…

Volkswagen has increased its stake in US partner Rivian. A second payment of one billion US dollars became due on 30 June, after Rivian achieved the targets agreed in the contract. Read more…

German automotive supplier ZF has kicked off series production of its asynchronous electric motor for the recently unveiled SELECT drive platform in China. The asynchronous motors, manufactured at its Hangzhou plant, are intended for integration by Chinese carmakers. Read more…

The European Commission wants to continue exempting zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles from toll and usage charges for longer. Instead of ending on 31 December 2025, the exemption is set to run until 30 June 2031 if the Commission gets its way. Read more…