Opel is reviving the Frontera model name for the successor to the Crossland. Opel sold an off-road vehicle under the name Frontera from 1991 to 2003. In 2024, it will become an SUV. Read more…

After an eight-month remodelling phase, Kia will resume production at its South Korean plant in Gwangmyeong in February. During the break, the carmaker prepared the facility for the production of future EV models. Read more…

Tesla wants to start production of its compact model for around 25,000 dollars in the middle of next year. According to an agency report, the model bears the internal codename ‘Redwood’ and is a compact crossover. Read more…

The charging platform Monta has completed a series B financing round totalling 80 million euros. With the capital now totalling 130 million, the Danish company wants to double the number of employees, invest in product development and expand the partner network. Read more…

The German electrical engineering specialist Phoenix Contact is working on solutions for the North American Charging Standard (NACS). The first NACS charging cables will be available by the end of 2024 – the range will then be successively expanded. Read more…

The Italian fast-charging station manufacturer Alpitronic has opened a new development centre in Bologna. This will cover the areas of software and hardware development as well as cybersecurity. Read more…

Be.EV has opened its first charging hub in Romiley in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The four chargers are the first of 20 charging hubs that Be.EV plans to install in the borough. Read more…

The struggling British electric vehicle developer Arrival is apparently expecting to go bankrupt soon. The company has been struggling for some time and recently announced extensive layoffs. Read more…

After Polestar missed its own sales target for 2023, the electric car brand is restructuring its management. Among other things, the heads of sales and finance are being replaced. And a former top manager from the VW Group has been appointed to the board. Read more…

In future, the Iveco Group will have the discarded batteries from its electric vehicles recycled by BASF. The Italian manufacturer builds electric vans, buses and lorries and expects significant battery waste in the future. Read more…

The Dutch Damen Shipyards will deliver four hybrid electric passenger ferries to the Canadian province of British Columbia. Damen will also be in charge of charging infrastructure. Read more…

Ionity has reduced the subscription price for its Passport customers in all 24 countries of the charging network with immediate effect. The monthly basic fee is now just €5.99 instead of the previous €11.99. In some countries, the charging current will also be cheaper. Read more…

Cadillac has started production of its electric luxury saloon Celestiq. The flagship model is based on the Ultium platform from General Motors and is manufactured by hand – at high prices and in manageable quantities. Read more…

The two German companies Lanxess and IBU-Tec Advanced Materials are jointly developing “innovative iron oxides” as a key material for LFP batteries. The aim of the new research co-operation is to make this type of battery more efficient. Read more…

Hyundai and Kia have presented a technology called ‘Active Air Skirt’ (AAS), which controls the airflow at the front. Reducing the drag coefficient is expected to lower fuel consumption and increase range – but only a few kilometres. Read more…

Hozon Auto’s EV brand Neta from China is expanding its production capacities abroad. It is focussing primarily on the Far East. The newest factory will be built in Malaysia. Read more…

The Japanese carmaker has found a special use case for its EV system e-4ORCE. The all-wheel drive now powers the specially equipped Nissan X-Trail Mountain Rescue for first responders recovering snowboarders and skiers who did not quite make it downhill. Read more…

Shell has installed 45 charging points for electric vans at the DHL Express site in Nieuw-Vennep near Amsterdam. Around 90 of the 450 DHL Express delivery vans in the Netherlands are already fully electric. Read more…

Estes, one of North America’s largest private freight carriers, has added its first zero-emission truck to its nationwide fleet. The company opted for the Freightliner eCascadia. As a Class 8 truck, it may be the largest but not the first electric machine to join the Estes fleet. Read more…

Battery cell manufacturer Northvolt has joined the Fair Cobalt Alliance. The initiative is committed to the promotion of fairly mined cobalt in small-scale mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Read more…