The car hire company Hertz plans to sell 20,000 electric cars from various manufacturers in the USA over the course of this year and invest some of the proceeds in the purchase of combustion cars. This corresponds to around a third of Hertz’s global fleet of electric cars. Read more…

The Chinese electric car manufacturer has gained new partners for its battery-swapping business. Nio, JAC, and Chery Automobile will cooperate on battery standards, swapping technology, and the expansion of the battery-swapping network. The signing took place in the Chinese Anhui Province and is just one way the region hopes to promote new energy vehicles (NEVs). Read more…

Tesla has to largely halt production at its German plant for around two weeks. According to Tesla, the reason for this is that the attacks by the Yemeni Huthi rebels on merchant ships in the Red Sea have created a gap in the supply chains. Read more…

The US government is releasing 623 million US dollars from its “Charging and Fueling Infrastructure (CFI) Discretionary Grant Program” to develop charging and alternative refuelling infrastructure. The CFI programme primarily intends to expand the infrastructure in cities and rural areas. Read more…

Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars delivered a total of 222,600 electric cars in 2023. This corresponds to an increase of 73 per cent compared to the previous year. Compared to BMW and VW, Mercedes is in the middle in terms of electric car sales. Read more…

Renault is ending the Zity electric car-sharing offer from its Mobilize mobility brand in Paris next week. According to a company statement, Zity will cease operations in the French capital on 15 January. Read more…

The charging infrastructure operator ChargePoint is laying off around twelve per cent of its global workforce. According to the company, the redundancies are intended to “improve financial performance” and “position the company for long-term, sustainable growth”. Read more…

In the project titled ‘FB2-SiSuFest – Evaluation of silicon anodes in sulfide solid-state batteries’, the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS is analyzing the potential of anode materials for solid-state batteries. Read more…

The public transport operator AMT Genova (Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti SpA) has ordered a total of 112 Trollino 18 battery-powered trolleybuses from Solaris. However, it has not been announced when the delivery to Genoa will be completed. Read more…

Sales of electric cars and plug-in hybrids in China rose significantly again at the end of 2023. 1.19 million new units in December’s statistics pushed total annual sales in China to around 9.5 million plug-in cars. Read more…

The Canadian supplier Magna presented the next generation of its 800-volt drive system e-Drive at the CES. This includes several advanced technologies that are primarily intended to improve packaging in the vehicle. Read more…

Hyundai Mobis presented the Mobion electric car, which is equipped with the next-generation E-Corner system, for the first time at CES. This is an electric drive integrated into the wheel, which allows all four wheels of a car to be controlled independently. Read more…

Suzuki is massively expanding its production capacities in India – including for electric cars. The Indian offshoot Maruti Suzuki announced a completely new vehicle plant in the state of Gujarat and plans to expand its existing plant there. For example, it will build the eVX electric SUV destined for global markets in India. Read more…

A US battery material developer wants to set up in Germany to produce silicon anodes for electric car batteries on a gigawatt scale – specifically in Lower Saxony. The company in question is Graphenix Development Inc (GDI), a US company with a subsidiary in the Netherlands. Read more…

According to media reports, both companies signed a deal with Innovation Automotive, which will import electric cars from both Chinese brands. The EVs should be available in the second quarter of 2024. Read more…

The Turkish electric car manufacturer Togg presented a near-production prototype of its saloon planned for 2025 at the CES and published technical data. The T10F will be Togg’s second model after the T10X SUV and will be launched on the market in three versions. Read more…

VW is cutting the prices of its electric models in Germany, France, Norway, Italy, Belgium, and Sweden. In France, almost all versions of the ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5 now qualify for state purchase incentives. Read more…

A European consortium led by the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is to develop multifunctional structural components with an integrated semi-solid-state battery for use in aircraft as part of the EU MATISSE project. Read more…

MAN Truck & Bus and ABB E-mobility have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for technical collaboration. The first area of strategic cooperation is megawatt charging (MCS). Read more…

BMW will produce exclusively electric cars at its main plant in Munich from the end of 2027. The Munich plant will then be the first location in the BMW Group’s existing production network to have completed the transformation to e-mobility. Read more…