Hyundai Glovis, the logistics subsidiary of the South Korean Hyundai Group, has reached an agreement with the Chinese battery material manufacturer Huayou Cobalt to set up a recycling network for electric car batteries. Read more…
Category: Electrive
Toyota faces class action lawsuit regarding H2 fuelling stations in California
Toyota is facing an(other) class action lawsuit. This time, it is accused of using anticompetitive business practices to keep out the competition, pushing FCEV drivers to get their hydrogen at First Element fuelling stations. Read more…
Twaice presents simulation model for sodium-ion batteries
The Munich-based battery analytics software company Twaice is launching a simulation model for the ageing of sodium-ion batteries. With the simulation model, Twaice aims to provide battery operators with a tool to understand and optimise the function and operation of sodium-ion batteries. Read more…
MG Motors looks to set up shop in Mexico
MG Motors is looking to build a manufacturing plant and a research & development centre in Mexico. It will allow the now Chinese brand to “produce market intelligence specifically designed for and by Latin America.” Read more…
Van Moer Logistics outlines truck charging hub in the port of Antwerp
Belgian logistics company Van Moer Logistics will start building a truck charging hub in the port of Antwerp at the end of the year. It plans to install six publicly accessible fast chargers, each with a capacity of 400 kW, and 30 charging points with 50 kW each for the company’s own use. Read more…
BTR kicks off anode material production in Indonesia
At its new plant in Indonesia, Chinese battery material manufacturer BTR New Material Group has started production of anode materials, including for electric vehicle batteries. Read more…
UK: Zest to install 150 public EV chargers in the Borough of Warrington
British charge point operator Zest announced that it will install 150 public chargers in the Borough of Warrington. The chargers, which include AC and DC units, will be spread throughout 35 streets of the borough in northwestern England. Read more…
Tritium to be acquired by Exicom
The insolvent Australian fast-charging station manufacturer Tritium is being acquired by Exicom. Exicom, which claims to be India’s largest manufacturer of EV charging stations, has officially announced the acquisition of Tritium’s business and assets. Read more…
Dodge asks $60,000 for electric muscle car
Dodge has priced its all-electric Charger Daytona in the US. The first electric ‘muscle car’ goes on sale from $59,595 – for the Charger Daytona R/T version. For the even more powerful Charger Daytona Scat Pack variant, Dudge is asking at least 73,190 dollars. Read more…
The Toyota Proace Max goes on sale in the UK
Toyota’s panel van Proace Max can now be ordered in the UK. It is available as an all-electric and a diesel variant, while the former starts at £62,375. The first deliveries will be made in September. Read more…
DPD UK increases last-mile deliveries with electric vans
DPD UK has electrified a third of its delivery van fleet, the parcel company says. It is thus on target to lower emissions by 46 per cent by the end of the year compared to 2020. Read more…
Solaris to deliver ten fuel cell buses to the Czech Republic
Czech transport company Martin Uher Bus has ordered ten Urbino 12 hydrogen buses from Polish manufacturer Solaris. All buses should be delivered towards the end of next year. Read more…
“What supply chain strategies look like” – interview with Grant Ray from Group14
Group14 makes a stable silicon-carbon composite anode that replaces graphite in lithium battery anodes called SCC55. The company recently acquired Schmid Silicon and signed a large supply deal with CustomCells. We talked to Grant Ray, VP of Global Market Strategy for Group14 Technologies, about supply chains and the company’s activities in Germany during his recent European visit. Read more…
Spiro launches operations in Nigeria
EV manufacturer Spiro has hit the road in Ogun State in Nigeria. The company says it will offer its electric motorbikes in up to eight major Nigerian provinces. Read more…
Belgian bus operator orders 181 electric buses from MAN
Hansea, the leading private bus operator in Belgium, has ordered 181 electric buses from MAN Truck & Bus. The company is thus increasing its fleet to a total of 271 fully electric city buses, all of which are from MAN. Read more…
LCP expands charging infrastructure deal with PoGo
The UK-based commercial property company LCP Group signed a development deal with PoGo Charge to install ultra-rapid DC charging points at 52 retail locations across the UK. This builds on a previous contract for charging stations that was signed last November. Read more…
Archer and Southwest to set up eVTOL network in California
Archer Aviation and Southwest Airlines have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish an electric air taxi network. The network will initially comprise 14 California airports where Southwest operates. Read more…
Porsche employs used Taycan batteries for stationary energy storage
A new battery storage system to supply power to the Porsche plant in Leipzig was built using used Taycan batteries. These come from pre-series and factory vehicles and will now be used as stationary power storage at the end of their useful life. Read more…
Galp uses old EV batteries as buffer storage for HPC chargers
The Portuguese energy supplier Galp, along with BMW and BeePlanet, has commissioned a stationary energy storage system in Madrid made from disused electric car batteries. The system supplies HPC charging points with buffered energy from the grid. Read more…
Fiat to offer build-in charging cables from next year
Starting with the Grande Panda next year, Fiat apparently wants to permantly attach the AC charging cable to its electric cars. That way, they no longer have to drag through the mud. Read more…
