The Senegalese startup Mbay Mobility wants to put 33,000 electric taxis on the streets of three major West African cities within ten years. Specifically, this is planned for Dakar and Accra (the capitals of Senegal and Ghana) as well as Abidjan, the largest urban centre in Côte d’Ivoire. Read more…

A total of 1,189,051 electric cars were sold in the US in 2023. That means that the market share of BEVs continues to grow. More than half of electric cars sold came from Tesla. Read more…

The Vietnamese electric car manufacturer VinFast presented its new VF 3 model at the CES. The electric compact SUV was launched on the domestic market six months ago and is now set to be rolled out internationally and is designed to appeal to young customers in particular. Read more…

Electric kick scooter rental companies Tier Mobility and Dott want to merge. Both companies have signed a preliminary agreement on a merger. The planned joint venture will be based in Berlin. Read more…

New regulations for determining the range of electric cars have come into force in the USA. Tesla has already reacted and adjusted the range specifications of its models. Other manufacturers are likely to follow suit. Read more…

In the newly launched “BSR HyAirport” project, 16 partners are working to create the conditions for flights with hydrogen aircraft and enable the first demonstration flights in the Baltic Sea region before the end of this decade. Hamburg Airport is playing a central role. Read more…

Smart has put its first own ultra-fast charging station into operation in Shanghai. The charging station, designed for 800-volt electric cars, is located in Shanghai and offers up to 480 kW of power. This suggests that Smart is preparing the introduction of new 800-volt electric cars. Read more…

The revised version of the Tesla Model 3 is now also available in Canada and the US. Tesla presented the facelift of the Model 3 in September 2023, but did not provide any dates for the US version at the time. Read more…

Primobius will realise the previously announced hydrometallurgical refinery in Kuppenheim, Germany, on behalf of Mercedes-Benz. The battery recycling joint venture is already building a shredding plant on site. Read more…

Toyota has released the 2024 version of its all-electric bZ4X for the US market. The 2024 Toyota bZ4X will have a starting Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of $43,070 on the XLE grade and $47,180 on the Limited grade. Read more…

Honda presented its new generation of electric cars at CES with two design concepts under the name ‘Honda 0 Series’. The market launch of the first model of the new 0 Series is scheduled to begin in North America in 2026. Read more…

The VW brand delivered around 394,000 fully electric vehicles worldwide in 2023, an increase of 21.1 per cent compared to the previous year. However, business with combustion cars remains strongly dominant at Volkswagen. Read more…

Diess succeeds Alexander Landia, an energy market expert who has held the position since 2017, at the technology company for vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and intelligent charging. According to the press release from The Mobility House, Landia will “continue to contribute his outstanding energy market expertise to the company” as an ordinary member of the Board of Directors. Read more…

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Volkswagen is integrating ChatGPT into its vehicles. As the Group announced at the CES in Las Vegas, the chatbot based on artificial intelligence will be made available in its own voice assistant, which can be used to control infotainment, navigation and air conditioning, for example, or to answer general knowledge questions. Read more…

The map and navigation provider Here wants to enable electric car manufacturers to make more accurate range predictions. The ‘Here EV Range Factors’ system that has now been announced is intended to incorporate numerous values in order to achieve a more accurate prediction of the remaining range. Read more…

The US electric vehicle startup Revo Zero has opened the order books for pre-orders of its SUV called Energy. The vehicle uses both a hydrogen fuel cell and an electric battery. It is not clear when the car will hit the road or what the final price will be. Read more…

Volvo has started deliveries of the EX30 in Europe. The first examples of the all-electric compact SUV were handed over to customers in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Portugal. Read more…

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory have developed and patented a new cathode material for sodium-ion batteries. This should enable a significantly higher energy density than other sodium-ion cells – but still lags somewhat behind lithium-ion technology. Read more…

The US battery cell developer 24M, which is supported by Volkswagen, is presenting a battery separator called Impervio. The new technology is designed to significantly improve the safety of lithium-ion and lithium-metal batteries and will be ready for the market in one to two years. Read more…