Cake, the Swedish manufacturer of lightweight electric motorbikes, had to file for insolvency on 1 February. The insolvency administrator is currently preparing the tender documents for the sale of the company. Read more…
Category: Electrive
Kiepe Electric now belongs to the investment company Heramba
Knorr-Bremse has sold its subsidiary Kiepe Electric to the investment company Heramba. However, the Munich-based supplier will retain a 15 per cent stake in Kiepe Electric. Read more…
Daimler Truck and Linde show fuelling solution for liquid hydrogen
Daimler Truck and Linde Engineering have presented their jointly developed fuelling technology sLH2 for liquid hydrogen. At the heart of the fuelling solution is a new pump. However, the technology will not remain exclusive but will become a standard for hydrogen-powered trucks. Read more…
ZF upgrades US plant for electrified drives
The German supplier ZF has announced that it will build automatic transmissions for electrified drives in cars and commercial vehicles at its US plant in the future. The Friedrichshafen-based company is investing 460 million euros in the plant in Gray Court, South Carolina. Read more…
Electric motors: New Siemens software for better performance forecasts
Siemens is launching software on the market that will help manufacturers of electric vehicles and their suppliers predict the performance of electric motors, such as axial flux motors. Read more…
Nissan unveils Interstar-e large electric van
Nissan is presenting the new generation of its large Interstar van, which is being offered with a purely electric drive for the first time. The all-electric Nissan Interstar-e shares its technology with the Renault Master E-Tech. The range: up to 460 kilometres. Read more…
GM orders cathode material worth billions from LG Chem
LG Chem has signed a supply contract with General Motors for cathode material worth 25 trillion won (just under 17.6 billion euros). The contract covers the period from 2026 to 2035 for the car manufacturer’s North American plans – and not exactly in small quantities. Read more…
Taiwan could get parking structure with V2G capabilities
Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) specialist Nuvve could launch the first V2G hub project in Taiwan in collaboration with Taiwanese energy solutions provider e-Formula. The project would be realised in the northwest of the country. Read more…
Porsche extensively updates the Taycan
The new versions have more power, greater range, faster acceleration and shorter and more robust charging times. The revised versions of the Taycan are due to arrive at Porsche Centres in spring 2024. Read more…
BMW i5 Touring comes with two drive systems
BMW has unveiled the new 5 Series Touring, which, as the i5 Touring, will also be available as an all-electric model for the first time. The electric estate will launch with two variants right from the start: The i5 eDrive40 Touring and the i5 M60 xDrive Touring. Read more…
Ford’s EV division remains a loss-making business in 2023
Ford again recorded significant losses for its Model e electric car division in Q4/2023, amounting to around 1.6 billion dollars in the final quarter. However, the carmaker could be changing its EV strategy and is working on a more affordable EV platform. Read more…
Toyota invests more than a billion dollars to electrify US plant
Toyota is pouring a further 1.3 billion dollars into its existing vehicle plant in the US state of Kentucky to get it ready for EV production. The plant will also be equipped with a battery pack assembly line. Read more…
Tritium to install 48 fast chargers in Tennessee
The charging station manufacturer Tritium will install 48 fast chargers at 12 locations in the US state of Tennessee. Tritium thus won nearly 50 per cent of the state’s first round of NEVI funding, totalling 21 million dollars. Read more…
Research project on LH2 refuelling at airports takes off in Europe
The EU project ALRIGH2T has been launched and now aims to develop refuelling technologies and processes for liquid hydrogen for use in aviation. The results are then to be demonstrated at two airports. Read more…
Minnesota kicks off EV rebate programme
Residents of the US state of Minnesota can now apply for subsidies when purchasing an electric vehicle. For new vehicles, they can receive up to 2,500 dollars and up to 600 dollars for used EVs. Read more…
Loblaw adds ten Freightliner eCascadia to its fleet
The Canadian retail company Loblaw has added ten new Freightliner eCascadia electric trucks to its fleet. Lowlab already had four of the trucks in operation. Loblaw has also ordered 25 Tesla Semis. Read more…
Hitachi launches final tests of its electric dump truck
Hitachi Construction Machinery has completed the prototype of an all-electric dump truck. The construction machine has now been transferred by ship to Zambia, where it will complete a demonstration and final test programme at a copper-gold mine in mid-2024. Read more…
Daimler subsidiary electrifies HTM bus depot in The Hague
Dutch transport operator HTM Personenvervoer NV wants to equip its bus depot in The Hague with 41 charging stations. The conversion partner is Daimler Buses Solutions, the young charging infrastructure and service subsidiary of manufacturer Daimler Buses. Read more…
SAP to drop Tesla as company car supplier
Tesla is increasingly losing major customers. After the car hire companies Hertz and Sixt, SAP is now the next company that wants to manage without Teslas for its own fleet electrification. Hertz is also pausing the procurement of Polestar electric vehicles. Read more…
Mastercard partners with Last Mile Solutions for EV charging solution
Mastercard and Last Mile Solutions have announced that they are working together to establish new payment standards for the electric vehicle charging industry. The new payment gateway solution will enable CPOs to seamlessly integrate their (existing) charging stations with various payment terminal brands. Read more…
