Last week, Leapmotor launched a new three-row SUV in China – the C16. The Chinese startup offers the new model as a pure electric vehicle (EV) and also an extended-range electric vehicle (EREV). Read more…

The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles in California will provide $25 million for charging infrastructure for electric heavy-duty drayage trucks. It is part of a larger project to set up charging sites for trucks across the US state. Read more…

Geely unveiled a new generation of its self-developed LFP battery for electric cars. According to Chinese media, the new ‘Short Blade Battery’ could debut in the Galaxy E5, a five-door electric SUV. Read more…

The Centre of Automotive Management (CAM) has presented its new ranking of global automakers. Even though BMW takes the top spot, the overall winners are Chinese OEMs. Read more…

As the main sponsor of the Tour de France, Skoda is providing the race organisers with 205 vehicles this year, most of which are electric cars and plug-in hybrids. The same applies to the Tour organisers’ ‘Red Car.’ Read more…

In Portugal, homegrown and operated logistics and transport company Klog is deploying the first of several battery-electric trucks from Scania to transport Ikea products. Read more…

Swiss company Libattion, which specialises in stationary energy storage systems based on recycled electric vehicle batteries, has raised 14 million euros from investors. The company will use the fresh capital to increase its global presence and intensify its activities in Europe and beyond. Read more…

British conversion company Equipmake has announced a new version of its modular electric chassis to electrify a diesel-powered Wrightbus Streetdeck. Incidentally, that is the same model the manufacturer is looking to repower itself. Read more…

Sila, a California-based next-generation battery materials company, has raised $375 million in a Series G financing round led by existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures and T. Rowe Price Associates. The financing round secures the completion of Sila’s new plant in Moses Lake, Washington. Read more…

BP subsidiary Castrol has announced an investment of up to US $50 million in Taiwanese electric two-wheeler and battery swapping provider Gogoro. Read more…

Volvo Trucks North America (VTNA) customer Martin Brower, a supply chain solutions provider for global restaurant chains, is taking delivery of ten additional Volvo VNR Electric vehicles. The electric trucks will support food and beverage deliveries to select McDonald’s restaurants in the greater Montreal and Toronto areas. Read more…

Rock Tech Lithium has been granted up to 100 million euros from Brandenburg state government for its German lithium refinery in Guben, Brandenburg. Rock Tech Lithium recently received a funding rejection from the German federal government. Read more…

Watt Electric Vehicle Company (WEVC) has introduced the eCV1 electric van in its production version. The British startup plans to begin manufacturing it in 2026. Read more…

Polestar has unveiled a new entry-level version of the Polestar 3 for Europe and started deliveries of the SUV model in Europe and the US. With the new rear-wheel drive, the starting price in the UK drops to under 70,000 pounds. Read more…

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched the ID. Buzz LWB (long wheelbase) in the UK for a starting price of £59,545. The company has also released the specifications of the ID. Buzz GTX for the market and it plans to announce the pricing soon. Read more…

Mercedes-Benz will once again invest more in combustion technology, Group CEO Ola Källenius told a German newspaper. The drivetrain of the hybridised combustion engines is to be “properly” reworked so that “it will last well into the 2030s.” Read more…

Kia could start manufacturing the EV4 in South Korea in March next year. The company may also build the upcoming EV in overseas plants. Read more…

The start was bumpy. Ford actually wanted to save time and thus cooperated with VW on the first electric model from Europe. That is now – almost a year late – finally bearing fruit, as the Explorer will launch this summer. Was it at least worth the wait?

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In the capital of the German state of Bavaria, an innovative system for sustainable energy generation and at-source output is currently being used at Munich Airport. The all-in-one container with photovoltaic panels and wind rotors generates energy used to charge electric cars at the same location. Read more…

The German government is again causing trouble in the EU – this time, it is not Transport Minister Wissing but the Chancellor himself. Olaf Scholz is said to have intervened in the dispute between the EU and China over raising tariffs for Chinese EVs with a compromise offer. Read more…